BLUEFISH — Restaurant in Tahoe City

Blue Fish is located toward the back of a cute liquor store called Sips, where you could also grab a nice drink and enjoy your bowl.

Within Blue Fish’s corner nook, they carry Japanese snacks which were nice to browse while I waited. I had to wait about 15 minutes for someone to come back out of the kitchen to place my order — I didn’t mind since I wasn’t in much of a rush. The woman returned with 6 bowls for two different customers so I imagine she’s working alone back there.

Now the Poke Bowl: I ordered a salmon poke bowl with 1/2 white rice, 1/2 leafy greens, creamy yuzu togarashi, scallion, cucumber, seaweed salad, crab salad, avocado, edamame, pineapple, pickled ginger, wasabi, masago, furikake, garlic chips, crispy onion, and nore seaweed.

I surprisingly thought it was pretty good! The sauce was delicious, the rice was warm & fluffy, the poke to sauce ratio was on point. $18+ worthy? I’m not sure but that’s a different story.

I docked a star because there were a few ingredients missing in my bowl which included avocado, pineapple, and wasabi. I wasn’t too upset considering I didn’t have to pay extra for these but it would have been nice for her to mention (I imagine she ran out of ingredients since it was close to closing which is 3pm.. so I understand)

However, I did enjoy my meal — I actually split it with my boyfriend as a snack so that we could have space for dinner and we both enjoyed this light meal.

I’d recommend this place if you’re looking for decent a poke fix while...

Decent poke, nothing to rave about but nothing major to complain about either. $18 per bowl is a bit pricey given the small portions, but since it's near the lake I assume things are pricey in general in this area. It did take a very, very long time to get our food which is surprising. The poke places I have been to typically get the bowls done in less than 10 minutes, but here we waited about 45 minutes before getting our food. We were told that it's because there was only one person working both the register and making the food, so perhaps this place needs to rethink its staffing to improve on...

All smiles after hiking for miles, this eco-concious kitchen tucked in the corner of The Sips Liquor Store was a serendipitous suggestion by the cosmic intelligence committee. Nevermind the rowdy boys day drinking in the liquor store clubhouse, it adds to the charm of this place, as you dip your chopsticks into your poke bowl and fill your pie hole with delicious, highest quality food. A better lunch cannot be found this side of the Tahoe Lake for...