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Article: D I N I NG OUT ; From Baja California and its US neighbor comes a flurry of fish tacos authentic enough to take you there
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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There's an emotion travelers bring home from vacation as an
unintended souvenir. Call it schaden-food: pleasure derived from the
misfortune of having eaten something wonderful, then being unable to
replicate the experience. Symptoms include sighing, poking
halfheartedly at lesser versions of the dish, and saying things
like: "This doesn't hold a candle to the sushi at Tsukiji market,"
"The French would never call this bouillabaisse," and "Now if only
[your hometown here] could produce a good fish taco."
Boston, at least, can produce a good fish taco. Originating in
Baja California, with Ensenada as its arguable epicenter, the dish
is also a particular specialty of San Diego; it's something ...