Eating fish while watching fish (Downtown Denver Aquarium, Colorado)

Usually this kind of thing would freak me out.  Eating fish, while watching fish.  (Eeew!  Totally morbid!)  But, I’m the one who made the reservation because I so badly wanted to go to the aquarium in Denver last year when we were there for a family wedding and this was the only way we were going to have time to see any of it.

Of course it was gimicky, but very fun.  There was a definite effort to include some kind of kitchsy sea creature/ocean/nautical theme at any and every opportunity from the schools of fish lights to the sea horse salt shakers.

The boys absolutely loved sitting in front of the big aquarium windows.  (PS. the website says that the floor-to-ceiling windows in the aquarium “allows exceptional viewing from all tables” but the tables were stacked three deep and if you have kids, I think you’ll want to sit right next to the windows or it might get frustrating.)

Thankfully we were next to the windows.  We had a lovely meal.

I even played with my olloclip fish-eye attachment for my phone.

I think I ordered chicken in support of all the fish.  But I definitely couldn’t resist dessert.   Perhaps I’ll get to see the rest of the aquarium the next time we visit Denver but this was pretty fun!

Terumi

Terumi Pong is a Seattle-based family travel writer and mom of twin teenage boys.  She loves coffee and pastries, shopping local and looking for greener ways to live.  She is also known as Scout’s mom (Scout is a 5ish pound little black yorkie-poo)