Bad Ass Coffee to start the day—hula pie, a sweet, dark roast coffee.

Known for their fresh fish, we went to The Fish Market for some sandwiches. I wanted everything in the counter. The fish looked like it was caught that morning and the salads had good seafood to vegetable ratio (I love seafood salads).

While waiting, we got a $1 oyster shooter. It didn’t taste all that fresh and I think hot sauce is often added to mask it. I hoped this wasn’t foreshadowing our “fresh” fish.

We got our big fish sandwiches and walked across the street to the Honokowai Beach Park. It was the perfect, beautiful and uninterrupted view of the ocean.

I ordered the grilled fish of the day, opah. The herb bun sandwich was smothered with homemade tartar sauce, tomatoes, shoyu (soy sauce) caramelized onions, shredded lettuce and a whole lot of opah. That’s what I’m talking about. No hiding here—big, meaty, fresh chunks of opah. Delicious. This might be the first time I’ve had fresh fish in Hawaii, something I thought was easily attainable everywhere. 

Jason got the seared ahi steak sandwich, similar to mine, but a nice, medium rare seared ahi with wasabi aioli and on an onion bun.

It was good, but I thought mine was way better. We were supposed to split our sandwiches, half and half, since they were so large. But, I wanted mine back (hah!) and I didn’t really care for his.

The ahi steak was satisfying, but I thought the texture of the sandwich ended up being mushy because of the rare ahi. My opah was cooked all the way through, resulting in a meaty texture that held it’s own against the creaminess of the rest of the sandwich.

It was quite a luxurious meal ($14 each), but the best fish sandwich I’ve had, beats McDonald’s, for sure.