Nashville, TN, is famous for many things: Country music, churches on every other corner, education (Vandy, Belmont, TSU, David Lipscomb, etc.), and numerous printing and publishing companies.
More importantly, however, Nashville is famous 'cause restaurateurs within its city limits created "hot chicken," which will be the subject of a future A Man's Gotta Eat post, and "hot fish" sandwiches, which'll be discussed, well, here:
What's a hot fish sandwich, you ask? It's cornmeal-breaded whiting fillets on white bread, with mustard, slices of white onion, pickles, and hot sauce. Sounds like an odd combo, I know, but a hot fish sandwich is just what the doctor ordered when a feller's hungry, indeed.
My favorite hot fish joint is Ed's Fish House in Priest Lake. Ed's does business out of a trailer in the Compton's Foodland parking lot (Smith Springs Road, 'bout a mile and a half south of Bell Road). Ed has been selling fried fish out of his little trailer for over 25 years. That says a lot about the quality of his food.
Since I'm getting up early tomorrow to head to Lynchburg for the Jack Daniel's BBQ fest, I decided to head over to Ed's to pick up my dinner. It'd been a couple of months since I'd had one of Ed's sandwiches. After taking my first bite, I says to myself, I says, "Man, I gotta get to Ed's more often!"
Ed's fish sandwiches are truly two-hand sandwiches. That is, you'll be using both hands from bite one until all you have left are crumbs. (I guess you could cut the sandwich half, or into quarters, but that's not really a manly thing to do.) The cornmeal Ed uses gives the fish a terrific crunch, and he tops the fish with just enough "stuff" on top to enhance, rather than overpower, the crispy fish underneath.
If you've never had a hot fish sandwich, you can't go wrong by heading to Ed's Fish House for your first.
Ed's Fish House
2808 Smith Springs Road
Nashville, TN 37217
2 comments:
I found your post when searching for info. on Ed's Fish House. I had one of Ed's sandwiches for the first time just last Saturday and I am HOOKED. I'm pregnant and I think this may be one of those things I crave throughout my pregnancy. I thought he might have an actual restaurant somewhere in town.
Don't believe it - this dude put that trailer up three years ago -- before that he and his cousin fought it out over ownership of the one on D.B.Todd
It's a good sandwich just flaky owners
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