My husband and I are regular diners at King’s Fish House. We like the vintage-waterfront ambience and the patio dining. But I have a confession to make: I don’t go there for the ambience or the fish (although it is fresh and delicious and bountiful). Nope. I go there for the Danish Walnut Salad.
   
It may sound like a common salad, but it’s not. The walnuts are candied and tossed with mixed greens and tangy vinaigrette. And the coup de grace: a triangle of Danish blue cheese. I have to fight my husband off with my salad fork.
   
And then there’s the eatery’s fresh sourdough bread. It’s delivered warm on a wooden cutting board, Gosh, I’m breathless just thinking about it!
   
Together, they’re enough to satisfy my urgent hunger pangs but still leave me wanting more, so deciding what to order from the long, long, long list of seafood selections isn’t quite as daunting.
   
The menu offers a number of mainstay favorites – wild Hawaiian ono, Idaho rainbow trout, Mississippi catfish, Alaskan halibut, crab, lobster, shrimp and oysters, to name but a few. Each one comes in a variety of preparations – classically grilled or broiled, sautéed or breaded and fried, blackened or rolled in Parmesan or macadamia nuts. And that doesn’t even include the seasonal specialties, one of which my husband absolutely loves: the lobster roll.
   
Picture a huge sandwich, with chunks of lobster dressed in tasty aioli stuffed so thick into a toasted bun that it’s almost too big to bite. It’s a traditional New England sandwich that was first introduced at the restaurant last year as part of King’s Fish House’s Lobster Fest. My husband mourned its removal from the menu, and he let the staff know just how disappointed he was. Apparently, he wasn’t the only one. King’s Marketing Manager Sarah Lipnik says the restaurant heard from a lot of diners saying the same thing, which is why it’s back again this year.
   
And here’s something really new for wine-lovers: The restaurant no longer charges a corkage fee. You can bring in your favorite bottle of wine and enjoy it with your fish dinner.


King’s Fish House
• 7691 Edinger Ave.
  Huntington Beach
  714.793.1177
• 24001 Avenida de la Carlota
  Laguna Hills
  949.586.1515
• 1521 W. Katella
  Orange
  714.771.6655
Hours: Sunday and Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.;
Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.;
and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
kingsfishhouse.com