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We needed to be by Madison Square Park yesterday around lunch, and wouldn’t you know it, Fishing Shrimp was parked nearby.

Regular NYSF readers know how much we like fish and shrimp, and the only thing better than fish and shrimp is…FRIED fish and shrimp!

We were hoping to try their cod, which we haven’t had a chance to taste yet, but alas, they only had whiting yesterday. Cod is a winter fish and in season, but no luck.

However, we did have a little bit of luck, in that the chef, Odeis, told us he just created a new cocktail sauce and wanted us to try it. He tossed a few fried shrimp and the new cocktail sauce into the bag for us.

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The Fishing Shrimp Truck has been off the road since Hurricane Sandy. When the situation gets better, they will return to our streets. When they do, we highly recommend the shrimp tacos, which we had a day before the storm hit.

Trying to keep up on the latest menu changes can be tricky, but there are worse jobs.

Fishing Shrimp has been trying some new things lately, such as po’ boys with fish or oysters, but the one that got out attention was shrimp tacos. We love shrimp in almost all of its guises, and shrimp tacos are up there on our list.

We all know shrimp ain’t cheap, but one shrimp taco here costs $5 and two are $8. It seemed like a lot to pay $5 for one taco, so we got two, which lowered the taco per unit cost to $4. See how we just rationalized that. Learn from a pro!

Who can survive on one taco for lunch anyway? Maybe a 10 year old, but not us. As an added bonus, they were giving away a free conch fritter to people who saw their tweet that morning and mentioned it. Nice little bonus.

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We’ve always been big seafood lovers, so when the Fishing Shrimp truck came out, we were ecstatic. There’s nothing we love more than fried seafood (except maybe ice cream).

After enjoying most of the items on the menu, Fishing Shrimp has recently unveiled a couple of new dishes to keep us coming back for more.

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One of the things I enjoy having for lunch is seafood. It’s one of my favorite foods, but I’m the only one in my house who likes it, so I never have it for dinner.

A good way to have seafood for lunch is the Fishing Shrimp truck. They hit the street last October, and usually park in one of several different neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

We haven’t been to the truck in a while, and lucky us, there were a couple of new items on the menu. The fish po’ boy was looking straight at us for $8. With any platter or sandwich, you can get a side order of chips (fries) for an extra $1 like I did, or you can get a larger order for $3.

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The Fishing Shrimp truck is a fairly new food truck that I trucked out to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn when they first opened – but now they are coming into Manhattan a few times a week, making my life much easier.

I recently caught up with them and decided to get fried shrimp & chips for lunch, which costs $11.  Although I try to stay under $10 for lunch, I love seafood, and will spend more than $10 for fried shrimp, lobster rolls, or other dishes along these lines.

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