May19

Fat Guy Eats: Sal Vito Pizza

by tonyd on May 19, 2018 at 1:10 am

Restaurant:  Sal Vito Pizza

Address: 910 Haddonfield Berlin Rd, Voorhees, NJ 08043

Food:  Pizza

Price:  Average

Portions:  Good

Taste:  Pretty Good

Service:  Solid

Atmosphere:  So-so

I was kinda of desperate for a place to eat coming back from the Philly Wizard World convention.  Driving around hungry in South Jersey makes me bad at making decisions.  At first, I wanted to stop at Ponzio’s, but the place was packed.  I ended up in Eagle Plaza, but Five Guys had CLOSED!  Eeek!  Then I remember Sal Vito was nearby.  I had been wanting to try it for a long time, but I usually ended up in Pancheros.  Tonight was the night.

It’s a standard pizza place with some chairs.  The staff is all family, which is nice, but they had CNN on and it was kind of loud.  I should’ve gone outside.  I had a slice of pizza, cheesesteak hoagie and a bottle of unsweetened iced tea.  The pizza was good, although a little too much crust on my slice.  The cheesesteak came with the addition of mayo, which I had not asked for.  It was good, but I really didn’t want the mayo.  Kind of made me feel bloated afterwards.

All in all, a solid place.  I would go there again, but I would probably take it out.

I give Sal Vito Pizza 7 out of 10 keggers.

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May18

Fat Guy Eats: Nom Wah

by tonyd on May 18, 2018 at 12:01 am

Restaurant: NomWah

Address:218 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA

Food:  Chinese

Price:  Good

Portions:  Larger Than Expected

Taste:  So Awesome!

Service:  Solid

Atmosphere:  Wood Bar

So I hadn’t eaten all day at the Philly Wizard World Comic Book Convention, but I had only suffered from 4pm to 9pm.  For some reason, that’s what Wizard decided the hours would be on a Thursday.  I was positively starving when I got out and I didn’t want to walk all the way to Chinatown.  Technically, I was in it, but the majority of the restaurants were two blocks away.  After a quick search on my phone, Nom Wah and their 4.5 stars on Google Reviews appeared.  I decided to go.

It was 9:10 and the place closed at 10, but I was seated.  The hostess/waitress was exceedingly pleasant as I looked a wreck from walking in the rain.  I order General Tso’s Shrimp, Shrimp Shu Mai, sticky rice with Chinese sausage and a Pork Bun.  Let me tell you, all were excellent.  Everything from the presentation to the taste.  My shrimp were huge, cooked still in the shell.  I was in a fog until I gobbled it all down and gobble I did.  Sometimes Chinese places leave you feeling thirsty or your stomach’s upset because the food is of bad quality—  Not Nom Wah.  I felt great.  Would totally go again and I just might.

I give Nom Wah 9 out of 10 keggers only because my table was a little sticky.  Other than that, you gotta try this place, bros!

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May16

Fat Guy Eats: Lacampagnola

by tonyd on May 16, 2018 at 1:26 am

Restaurant: Lacampagnola

Address: 439 Oakshade Road, Shamong, NJ 08088

Food:  Italian

Price:  Good

Portions:  Big

Taste:  Astonishingly Good

Service:  Solid

Atmosphere:  Fancy

 

First, let me tell that I absolutely could not do another Twitter in Focus tonight.  I’m up against a deadline and quite frankly, Twitter is an absolute cesspool right now.  Trying to find Twitter accounts that aren’t full of this surface political opinion (and I mean opinion that’s about as nuanced and knowledgeable as a meme) is nigh impossible now.  It’s, dare I say, WORSE than Facebook ever was because at least people post pictures of their kids and relatives and dying celebrities on Facebook.  Twitter is an endless font of narcissism mixed with virtue signalling mixed with self-righteous smugness you can actually smell off your computer monitor.  Jesus Christ people!  It’s bad enough Twitter actually had to prune the other accounts of those that didn’t agree with the current mob mentality that pervades the left side of U.S. politics.  It’s just an endless room of people talking, but not listening.  I don’t know if I’ll be doing Twitter in Focus anymore.  I didn’t want to repeat anyone and I’ve kind of covered everyone I liked.  I think any sane person has long since logged off.

Okay, back to this restaurant review.  (A much more pleasant experience!)  Lacampagnola was incredible and that’s saying something.  As long time readers know, I have a high, high, HIGH bar for Italian food.  This place really got it right.  Now it was a Mother’s Day dinner, so the menu was stripped down to accommodate the throng.  Fortunately, Chicken parm was still there.  I ordered it with the pasta, which I normally sub out for fries.  (I know, I’m a terrible Italian.)  But let me tell you something, the past was great.  Cooked to perfection, great sauce and even better bread and pizza bread.  I also had a shrimp cocktail, which was great, and I really enjoyed the house salad.

Overall, just very impressive.  I left quite full and satisfied.  Good iced tea too.  I give Lacampagnola 10 out of 10 keggers.  Can’t think of a thing wrong with it.  You should go, bros!

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May14

Ten Things I Expect From a Family of Suicide Bombers

by tonyd on May 14, 2018 at 12:01 am

Suicide bombing is apparently a family business now.  Here now are the Ten Things I Expect From a Family of Suicide Bombers.

  1.  Mom always suggest wearing an extra bomb when it’s cold outside.
  2.  Kids constantly outgrowing suicide vests.
  3.  Dad insists on having better suicide bombs than neighbor family.
  4.  Chuck E. Cheese now number one target.
  5.  Family dog keeps slipping out of bomb vest and chewing on it.
  6.  Super high cellphone bill from detonating bombs.
  7.  Father argues with son about following in his footsteps in the family business.
  8.  Mom feeds dad diet food so that he doesn’t get too fat for his good suicide vest.
  9.  Father insists daughter wear less revealing bomb.
  10. All family trips mercifully short as they always abruptly end.
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