The co-owners high-school son Sebastian Garcia-Casas’ works in the kitchen. The co-owners high-school son Sebastian Garcia-Casas’ works in the kitchen.[/caption]

The cuisine at Fish and Camarón is inspired by the different beaches in Mexico as well as the cities of the country. The fish and shrimp cocktail is similar to a dish one would find in Acapulco, and the pastor tacos are crafted in a nod to Mexico City, co-owner Nacho Garcia-Casas said.


Co-owners Jacquie Tron and Garcia-Casas moved to The Woodlands more than a decade ago when Garcia-Casas’ Mexican oil company assigned him to Houston. After the contract ended, the couple used their expertise—Garcia-Casas’ master’s degree in aquaculture and Tron’s hotel and restaurant management degree—to open a fish restaurant in Houston.


The couple began receiving requests to bring food back from the Houston restaurant to their friends in The Woodlands, and eventually for friends of friends and others they had not even met, Tron said.


“We started a little place in Houston and twice a week delivered food to The Woodlands to our friends,” she said.


She said over time they were catering for coaches’ luncheons and delivering food to many people. It served as their cue to make the decision to move their business to where they live. That was more than three years ago.


“We live here in The Woodlands, and that was the main reason to start something here,” Garcia-Casas said. “We like The Woodlands because The Woodlands likes us.”




Co-owners Jacquie Tron and Nacho Garcia-Casas will open a Creekside Park location in 2016. Co-owners Jacquie Tron and Nacho Garcia-Casas will open a Creekside Park location in 2016.[/caption]

Everything at Fish and Camarón, from the tostadas and tortillas to the restaurant’s 15 homemade sauces is made from scratch with recipes created by Tron and Garcia-Casas. The recipes stem from their traditions, Tron said.


In their cooking the couple emphasizes constancia, the practice of making sure the food remains consistent.


“You don’t need to be in a three-star Michelin restaurant to have nice food on your plate,” Tron said. “Something that we try to have here is to have everything the same each time. From three years ago and now the same food, the same quality—it’s always the same.”




The ceviche tostada and cocktail are among the most popular dishes. The ceviche tostada and cocktail are among the most popular dishes.[/caption]

Garcia-Casas said the restaurant is named after a company he used to own in Mexico. Camarón is Spanish for “shrimp.”


“We used to have a fish and shellfish distribution business in Mexico, and that was the name,” he said. “Originally, the idea behind the name [Fish and Camarón]—in Mexico, we had the best local and international products. That’s why we used the two languages in the name.”


Most ordered by customers:




  • Ceviche (fish cooked in lime juice), either in cocktail or tostada

  • Pastor tacos

  • Chipotle tacos

  • Aguachiles




The restaurant serves pastor tacos, marinated fish with pineapple and homemade tortillas. The restaurant serves pastor tacos, marinated fish with pineapple and homemade tortillas.[/caption]

Aguachiles


The aguachiles dishes are a growing customer favorite. They are thin-sliced fish, shrimp or vegetables in Fish and Camarón sauce topped with lettuce, red onions and avocados.




  • Green: serrano, cucumber, lime

  • Red: Sriracha sauce, carrots, lime

  • Black: serrano, Maggi brand sauce, lime

  • Yellow: habanero, pineapple, lemon

  • Fish: ($11.30)

  • Mixed: ($12.90)

  • Shrimp: ($14.60)

  • Vegan: ($7.90)


Gringas


The six-inch flour tortilla quesadilla is filled with melted mozzarella cheese and comes with fish or shrimp.




  • Pastor-fish pastor style ($8.90)

  • Chipotle-shrimp and onion ($12.90)

  • Green flame-shrimp, cilantro and habanero ($12.90)