Jul11

Fat Guy Eats: Tomo Sushi

by tonyd on July 11, 2018 at 12:01 am

Restaurant:  Tomo Sushi

Address: 806 Delsea Dr, Glassboro, NJ 08028

Food:  Japanese

Price:  Okay

Portions:  Good

Taste:  Decent

Service:  Great

Atmosphere:  Average

We were looking for one last all-you-eat-sushi before my friend headed back home, so I looked for a new place.  I had never been to Tomo, so we drove out there.  The place is a little hard to find.  It’s in a massive shopping center and kind of towards the back.  But no worries.

It has a decent atmosphere, but for some reason they were playing Sports Center in the middle of serving customers.  Seemed like an odd choice for an Asian restaurant.  Usually it’s mellow instrumental music, but it wasn’t too bothersome.  Just kind of odd.

The all-you-can-eat-deal is pretty standard.  It has a decent amount of rolls and sushi on the list.  The white tuna was the best and the spicy tuna roll was good.  Seaweed salad wasn’t included, but the Ginger salad and Miso was, along with Edamame.  I tried something called spicy kani salad, which I wasn’t too enamored with.

Overall I think the sushi was good, the deal was solid and the iced tea was okay.  I wouldn’t go out of my way to get here, but if I was in the neighborhood, I certainly wouldn’t mind going again.  Decent, bros.

I give Tomo Sushi 7 out of 10 keggers.  Not bad.

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Jul09

Frat Boy At the Movies: Sicario 2

by tonyd on July 9, 2018 at 12:01 am

Sicario 2 is one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time.  And that includes Solo, which I kinda hated.

It’s because there’s a real budget here that I give it such a low rating.  When a low budget misses the mark, you can point to the lack of funds as a factor.  Obviously, that’s not an entire excuse for a movie, but it’s definitely a factor.  You can’t get the talent, you don’t have the time, you don’t have the resources—  But in Sicario 2?  A sequel to a hit movie?  The budget is $35 million dollars.  Low by Hollywood standards, but still no excuse for the problems of this movie.

Not the acting or the direction—  It’s the script.  The script is bad, I think.  It’s almost like the person who wrote it only saw the first movie and did zero research for this one.  It’s weird, because it’s the same writer.  Looking back at the first one, the research is just enough.  Since most of the movie is about Emily Blunt’s character and her journey, it works.  Without her in the sequel, there’s nothing to balance out the bleakness.  It’s like the producers said, “Well Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro are popular, therefore they should be the main characters of the movie.”  But that doesn’t work.

Brolin’s character was basically a side character in the first one.  And well Del Toro’s hitman is cool, by the end of the first movie, he’s basically irredeemable.  This movie tries to go back on that.  And on top of that near-impossible tasks stacks a series of improbable events that rely on both Brolin and Del Toro’s characters suddenly developing a conscience.

The third act is just ridiculous and the ending is just dumb.  I was expecting an action-packed assassin movie and instead I got the first movie’s bleakness without an context or Emily Blunt.  And to be honest, I was kind of sick of Emily Blunt by the end of the first movie.  I guess the writer kind of just squeaked by with just enough info in the first screenplay.  This one delves into the CIA and the DOJ and the relations with Mexico—  It just didn’t ring true.

I give Sicario 2 only 2 out of 10 keggers.  Avoid it, bros.  Watch the first one.

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Jul08

Your Fratoscope: July 8, 2018

by tonyd on July 8, 2018 at 1:00 am

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If your birthday is this week:  You friends will be shocked that you managed to somehow eat the slice of birthday cake that wasn’t poisoned.

Aries:  Once again, someone breaks into your place and eats all the crunchberries in your Crunchberry Cereal.

Taurus:  The man you met on the bus isn’t a spy, he’s just a well-dressed homeless person.

Gemini:  The ghost of Anthony Bourdain will appear and ask you if they’ve made jokes about his death or if it’s too soon.

Lemini:  This week you’ll mathematically prove that God hates you.

Cancer:  Your barbecue is kicked into high gear when someone lights the grill and discovers that one unexploded rocket from the Fourth of July you lost.

Leo:  Your bubblegum appetizers save you from having to put out any other appetizers.

Virgo:  You will meet an extraordinarily smart hedgehog.

Libra:  Your addiction to fresh basil finally ruins the relationship between you and the Whole Foods Pesto maker.

Scorpio:  You’ll have sex with a bronze replica of a naked person, but avoid jail time because of the statue…of limitations.

Sagittarius:  You’ll be eating peanut butter and run into some guy eating chocolate, then beat the shit out of him and take his chocolate so you have both.

Capricorn:  Las Vegas calls and asks you to stop betting on “orange”.

Aquarius:  Your bikini waxing goes well, but the lifeguards ask that you no longer have it performed at the beach.

Pisces:  Your Pokemon all get together and demand you clean the poop out of the balls you’ve been storing them in.

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Jul07

Fat Guy Eats: The Follow Ups

by tonyd on July 7, 2018 at 12:01 am

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This week I’d thought I’d highlight some restaurants that I have returned to over the years and see where they landed on the same scale.  I’ve linked to the original reviews if you’d like to find out more.

The Meadow Diner:  Rating is still 8 out of 10, still pretty darn awesome.  I’ve been back a few times.

Fogo de Chão:  Still amazing.  Still 10 out of 10.

Short Hills Deli:  They’ve remodeled after a fire.  Originally, I gave this 7 out of 10.  Now, I could easily bump this to an 8 out of 10.

White Horse Diner:  At 8.5 out of 10, I was shocked that they tore this place down!

The Phily Diner:  Still pretty awesome, but I’m deducting half a keg because they’re using the horrible ketchup that all the local places have switched to.  What happened to the Heinz?!

Bamboo Fusion:  For All-you-can-eat sushi, this place is amazing!  It’s 9.5 rating stands!

Donkey’s Place Too:  Sadly, closed, but the original is still open!

El Mariachi San Lucas:  Still solid stuff.  I would drop them half a keg for my previous visit since they changed the menu, but still great.

Ponzio’s Diner:  Despite the ketchup switch over, their perfect 10 stands!  Oh, my God!  The pie!  The pie!

Ginza:  Another great all-you-can-eat sushi place.  Still 9 out of 10, only because the layout is still a little funky.

Chick-fil-a:  Still a decent place for a fast food grab.  I would bump them to 6.  The fries are decent.

The Voorhees Diner:  Sadly, I have to actually drop VD from 6.5 to 5.  My follow up experiences were always positive with the staff.  The food seems to be in decline there.

Royal Crown Ice Cream:  The 11 out of 10 rating stands.  The absolute best.  I would put it up against any ice cream on the planet.

 

 

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