El Titanic- Mariscos in El Cajon

El Titianic has closed.  It will be missed.

mmm-yoso!!! is a blog about food.  It's written almost daily by a group of friends- Kirk, ed(from Yuma), Cathy and a few others.  Here's Cathy!

Hi again. So anyhow...I have driven past this corner- 2nd and Pepper Drive- in El Cajon (Maybe a mile North on 2nd from the I-8 exit) for..um.. years now.  I've seen this place. From my car.

 Finally one day, I drove in to the parking lot.

Which has painted walls.

As does the interior.

The menu is extensive, with Botanas (the large platters of marinated fish), Cocteles, Coco Estilo Culican (cocteles and ceviche served in a fresh coconut), whole fish, tostadas/tacos/burritos, combination plates, soups,  and platters of just fish, shrimp and octopus, served with rice, beans and salad. First, we got a basket of fresh corn chips, salsa and limes and placed our order.

Medium shrimp coctele ($10) came out first. 14 whole shrimp, marinated in lime and served in a not very tomato-y, not very chilled sauce that had cucumbers and onions.  Excellent, juicy, large shrimp and  topped with sliced avocado.  Filling all by itself.

The fish ceviche tostada ($3.50)

 

came out with the coctele, made just as quickly. Very fresh, with tomato, onion and cilantro, lime juice marinade of course and topped with more sliced avocado.

The Mister and I shared those items while waiting for his shrimp platter,  the "Camarones al Popeye" ($12.25) was being made. Salad with a very nice dressing, excellent refried beans and rice and 17 large shrimp, sauteed in butter that was called a cream sauce, but really was butter, and sauteed onions, bell pepper and, supposedly, spinach (making it a "Popeye", which we thought would be fun to order at a place called Titanic) all topped with melted cheese. 

We didn't see any spinach, except in the salad.  No complaints though. Excellent, fresh flavors of everything.  Lots of food.

 

For some reason, the waitress asked me if I wanted anything else and without thinking, I said I wanted a marlin taco ($3.25) Marinated smoked fish, sauteed and warmed with onions and placed onto a corn tortilla that had melted cheese on it, topped with cabbage and accompanied by a very appropriate hot sauce. A huge portion.  A wonderful taco.  I love smoked fish. This was perfect.

We did not get any beer, which every other table seemed to be ordering. Our bill came to $31.90.  Including tax. 

This is part of our 'regular rotation'. 99 cent fish tacos on M-T-W. Breakfast from 10 am-2 pm daily. If you are in East County, stop. Don't just drive by.

El Titianic Seafood 1771 N2nd Street El Cajon 92021 (619) 593-0637

Comments

[Dennis]

Hi Cathy, the ceviche tostada sounds and looks great. I've never been a shrimp cocktail fan but boy it does sound really refreshing in this heat!

[RONW]

shrimp cocktail is a winner.

[Carol]

That shrimp platter looks huge and yummy. I also could go for one of those shrimp cocktails.

[foodhoe]

I love the painted murals, and the spicy seafood cocktails are so good in the summer. The rice and beans looked good too.

[cathy]

Hi Dennis! I have cravings for ceviche and cocteles every so often and, of course, more often in the heat. Titanic is close to home for me.

Right, Ron.

The platter was wonderful and quite enough to share, Carol. I find I have splurged on at least one coctele a week all year. Gotta try one everywhere.

I wasn't going to show the artwork, but it is so interesting here, FH. Cute and consistent. The rice and beans are excellent. Kind of my 'test' when I go to a new place...if they can't do basics right, I usually don't go back. Titanic has consistently been good.