Santee Lakes has a new restaurant - Tin Fish! The Tin Fish Restaurant concepts include great seafood served in quick service, casual atmosphere. With a beautiful outdoor dining deck and lakefront views, in addition to some amazing quality food, this is the place to go! Kyle Whissel checks it out and tries some of their specialty dishes.

For more info about The Tin Fish at Santee Lakes, check them out here:

Website: https://www.thetinfishrestaurants.com/

Menu: https://www.thetinfishrestaurants.com/menu/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tinfishsanteelakes

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tin_fish_santee_lakes/

Transcript:

Today on Everything East County, we're at one of my favorite places in all of East County, at Santee lakes. And we are checking out the hot new spot to eat When you are camping here at the lakes, we are at Tin Fish. Let's check it out.

East County, San Diego has a lot to offer. amazing food, a rich history, tons of community events and amazing people and organizations. I'm Kyle Whissel with Whissel Realty group, and this is everything east county.

All right, Alyssa, how are you today?

Good, how are you?

Good, So we're here at the new Tin Fish. This is something I've watched being built for a few years now here at Santee lakes. So tell us a little bit about it

So they have been building it for, it's been like two, three years, right? It's been a great addition and people love it. We get a lot of people who like, who are just walkers every day and they come just for us, even if it's just for a cup of coffee to sit out on the deck and watch, watch the lake. You know, I think that we've made a great, like, we're a great addition to the lakes and it's been really well.

What are you guys known for?

We are known for our Tin Fish platters. So like our three-piece fish and chips, That's our big one or our Kaboom shrimp appetizers, and our crispy Asian whole fish. Their whole fishes are a big hit. And our oysters. Lately, our oysters have been number one.

Oysters in Santee guys

I know, isn't that weird? Its crazy, you wouldn't think. But, yeah.

Okay. And then, so you guys are not just open to campers, but anybody can come and have breakfast.

Yeah, no, anyone can come in, breakfast, lunch, dinner And they're always here.

Yeah, and the deck, like the deck is so cool.

It is. It's so nice, and you get a great breeze. When you don't even, you wouldn't think, but yeah

Cool. Well, let's, let's go back in the kitchen, Let's check it out.

Yeah! Let's go.

So Alyssa, tell me about this branzino we're going to have today.

First, You'll see that she rinses the fish off and then she's going to scale it. She'll cut up the neck and then vertically on the belly down and then she'll gut it out. She'll cover it in flour, salt and pepper and then she'll fry it for approximately seven to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the fish. And then next we'll start on the sauce where she is going to saute garlic and ginger. And then once that's done, she'll add in soy sauce, the fish sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar, and then green onions.

All right, guys, let's dive into this. If you never had a whole fish before, you're in for a treat. This thing, I can't describe it on camera. You can't see it, but it smells amazing. The sauce that they put on this absolutely smells delicious. I'm sure it tastes just as good. All right guys, this is so tasty, that fish just completely melts in your mouth. It's got a nice crispy outside from getting fried. This thing is absolutely delicious. The sauce literally tastes as good as it smells. And you guys are looking for a cool place. Like look at this view. This view is insane. Looking going to do something a little bit different, or maybe you're just here camping at Santee lakes and want to enjoy a cold drink and something good to eat. Come check it out. Tin Fish, Santee lakes. If you enjoyed this video, I encourage you, share it, comments on it, Like it, tell your friends about it. Love to drive more business to this local Santee business. Thanks so much for tuning into this episode of Everything East County.

San Diego Featured Listings

See More Listings

See More Listings