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the Habanero Roll at sky bar is stuffed with seared tuna and
grilled shrimp and topped with a spicy chile sauce.

spiCY kiMChi soup
fish company taco
1914 23 Street
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This award-winning seafood restaurant uses locally
caught fish that are certified James Beard Smart Catch.
This means that all of the seafood served at Fish
Company Taco is sustainable, not overfished, and is line
caught.
Chef-owner Daya Myers-Hurt says her food is
influenced by her life experiences. “My training
is French. I grew up in Amarillo which has a large
immigrant population from Nigeria and Thailand. And
I’ve worked as head chef at some of Houston’s top-shelf the spicy edamame at sky bar is infused
Asian restaurants.” with a spicy garlic chile sauce.
Myers-Hurt takes all of that experience and combines
it with classic southern and Gulf Coast cuisines to create
a truly unique menu. In fact, it’s a menu that has won add the protein to the clear, spicy broth with gochujang
many awards since debuting in June of 2018. and aromatics and an additional mushroom broth so it’s
Coastal Living Magazine named them one of the top not a muddy mess,” Myers-Hurt said.
15 seafood dives in the country. Fish Company Taco “We take the idea of a pretty standard kimchi-jjigae—a
has won best fish tacos and best kept secret from local stew-like korean dish made with cabbage, tofu and
publications and is ranked 15 on yelp’s Best of 100 Taco aromatics—and refine it.” The kimchi soup has enough
Shops. Most recently, they were voted Favorite Fusion spice to numb the lips and can be served as a complete
and awarded third place People’s Choice at the Texas vegetarian meal if requested.
Restaurant Association’s Galveston Chapter Epicurean
Photos by esther davis mckenna Their kimchi puree is house-made, using the freshest Head chef Jason Lin and his sister Mandy run this little
Evening in April 2023.
seafood sashiMi salad WiTh
spiCY kiMChi dressing
ingredients. All broths are vegetarian. The fish or shrimp
seawall cuisine
is grilled separately and added to the broth where it will
500 Seawall Boulevard, Suite 220
finish poaching. This process helps keep the integrity of
the protein.
“When we build a bowl, we grill the fish separately and
gem of a restaurant that serves Chinese and Japanese-
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