Seafood Salad was Taco Bell’s disconcerting attempt to combat other fast food restaurants’ fish friendly options like the Filet-O-Fish. Their cringy commercial from the product’s marketing campaign’s 1986 launch gives an idea of the picture they were trying to paint; that they had the most authentic fish meal in all of fast food. Served in a tortilla bowl, the salad was topped with shredded cheese, tomatoes, olives, shrimp, whitefish, and snow crab. “I love the smell of Taco Bell, even now after working there,” Quinn said. “That being said, I don’t like the idea of that smell combined with the smell of cooked fish. I’m glad I wasn’t around to serve these up.” It was a crispy taco salad shell filled with shrimp, snow crab, green onions, lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and black olives. Understandably, the product was met with a sense of incredulousness from customers and flopped quickly.
The Seafood Salad is a menu item that was available at Taco Bell. It was a crispy taco salad shell filled with shrimp, snow crab, green onions, lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and black olives.