The Funky Taco - HIPPIES!

The Funky Taco has been on my radar for a bit, but they seem to emphasize the vegetarian and vegan options. Nothing wrong with that, but fish are decidedly alive. Before they're murdered and made into tacos for me that is. Point is, I thought The Funky Taco and The Tour de Fish Tacos were a venn diagram with no overlapping middle part. I was wrong.

It appears the fish options are occasional at best, but kismet put them at The Boise Farmers Market from 9-1PM today with ahi tacos on the menu, and me returning from a 10k in Eagle right around 9AM. It was a sign from above, eat some damn tacos.

Presentation - Ambiance is a bit odd, it's a trailer in a parking lot. A pretty bitchin Airstream for what that's worth, but they only control a pretty narrow radius around the trailer, so I won't fault them on anything outside their control. Cash only, which is irritating, but there is an ATM at the market so it was a minor delay at most. Tacos come in a tub, one per (they're big). Limited beverage selection, water and La Croix (more different fizzy water), so I opted for a coffee kombucha from the Idaho Kombucha tent right next to them. No diet soda that I could find, I had to improvise. I regret nothing. 3/5

No inside picture. The inside of the trailer appeared to be crowded with cooks. I didn't ask to go inside. Side note though, this is stop number 50 on the tour, and holy balls do I have a lot of fish taco related pictures.

Aroma - Honestly a little light given the oddball ingredients. Not bad, but I didn't get much wasabi. Oh, that togarashi though, that was something. I think. I don't actually know that I smelled it. Google says it's a Japanese chili pepper. If it was there, it was light. 2/5

Value - One taco is eight bucks. That caught me off guard. Luckily they're pretty giant, on 8" tortillas. I wasn't crazy hungry and two would have probably been too much. I'd equate it to about two average tacos, so call it 4 bucks per with premium fish. About average. 5/10

Fish - Ahi again! You can see in the picture, it's cooked through more than the McGrath's version. Some of the small pieces didn't actually have any pink, I'd call it more pan fried rare than seared. Still just fine. If there was togarashi, it was part of the fish seasoning, and was a bit light. Above average by just a bit. 6/10

Not Fish - Hat tip for all the bolditude. Fresh scratch-made corn tortilla, guac, wasabi, and some crazy ass veggies. All things considered the combo was way milder than I expected. I think these were legitimately healthy, which is not always the case. I can dig. 7/10

Overall Taste - They came together pretty well. I could have done with a bit more flavor, but they tasted like hippy tacos, which is exactly what they are. A distinct left turn from the norm for fish tacos, and not quite a home run, but plenty tasty. 7/10

Bonus Points - Nothing comes to mind, tough to get these if your're a food truck. +0

Overall Overall - 30/50

These guys occasionally have other fish options, they tend to announce them at least a day beforehand and are at the Boise Farmer's Market all summer. If I go back I'm going to try something else, they have some very unique ingredients and flavors. Funky, some might say...