We were in no hurry in the morning, but at about 1:00 PM, we readied ourselves and headed down I-5 to Mission Valley. We were in search of this Triple D location (one we visited on our trip to SD in February). The Blue Water Seafood Market and Grill is a combination fish market and restaurant.
Ordering is a little overwhelming, but it goes like this. You choose what kind of fish you want from about a dozen choices. You tell them how to prepare it (lemon, oil and lemon, teriyaki, or whatever), and then whether you want it on a plate, in a salad, or in a sandwich. All these decisions have to made very quickly because the staff is very impatient. I guess this is a busy place most of the time.
Bubby wanted some scallops, and thought she was ordering them in a salad, but ended up with a sandwich. Sounds weird, but it was very good. The scallops were huge. We ordered a fish taco to share, wanting to have another entry in our quest, and I ordered a salad with teriyakied Hawaiian tuna (whatever that is). We didn't think we were ordering too much, but the total food on the plate was impressive. We just got it tucked away before we both said, enough.
This fish taco had wahoo (in Hawaiin "ono" which means delicious) as the star. Wahoo is a white flaky fish and the fish taco was very good. The fish was a 10/10, however I wouldn't rate the taco as a whole better than 8/10. Bubb said she might go 8.5. It was delicious and we both enjoyed it very much. Our original plan was to take photos of the food, but alas, it would have been too embarrassing in the crowded quarters where we ate. Our readers will just have to check this one out for themselves. We will definitely be going back on this trip because we didn't get to try the soups (CHOWDAH!) or the ceveche, which I enjoyed on our last trip.
It was just a 10-15 minute jaunt back up I-5 to the San Diego temple from our lunch spot. We didn't have to wait more than 15 minutes for our very small (less than 12 people including ourselves) session to start. It was a real role reversal. In St. George, the officiators tend to be old and the witness couples young. Bubb and I were asked to serve as witnesses, and our officiator couldn't have been much over 30.
The celestial room in the SD temple is absolutely stunning. The entire edifice is like something out of Architecture Digest. Building design elements are repeated in the decor so the same geometric highlights appear throughout the interior and exterior. I asked Bubb if she had her camera so we could take a photo of the celestial room, and she gave me a crusty. Go figure.
We did get to see Uncle Bill, and Bubb saw Aunt Verona as she was heading into a session. We may have an opportunity to get together with them later in the week. Our social calendar is not too demanding this week.
After the temple, we drove back to Oceanside and tucked in for the night. Bubby watched the final two episodes of 24-season 2, and we had some dessert.
This morning we walked down the beach again, out on the pier, and back home. We are planning another fish taco and perhaps a trip to Vista. Just to take a look around.
Buboppy
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