Going back to my hometown always conjures up good memories. I was visiting over Mother's Day weekend when I had a craving for "fast fish" on my way back out of town. Since my childhood favorite place was no longer around (and you locals know exactly what drive-in I'm thinking about), I noticed that Banda's opened up a new location that had a drive-thru! Having been around since the 80's, Banda's was a favorite of my dad's back in the day so I HAD to go by and try it out.
I ordered the 3F, 3S plate which came with a roll and three sizable fried potato wedges. To my own surprise, was blown AWAY by the potato wedges. They were well seasoned, perfectly fried, and tasted just delicious. The fish filets were a decent size, fried extra crispy and tasted good as well, albeit only one of the filets was plump and flaky inside. The other two were on the thin side. The shrimp was also battered well and a good size and tasted good too. The tartar sauce was also good, although not as good as my old favorite place... but nobody has tartar sauce like that anymore. All around, it was a satisfying meal and left me with a smile on my face thinking about old memories of my dad frying fish from Banda's Fish Market at home.
The service was very friendly and the price point of the meal was fair. Finally, a "new" fast-fish place rises out of the ashes in the city I call home. I'll be back. read more