Super Frat

Mar07

Fat Guy Eats: Meadows Diner

by tonyd on March 7, 2016 at 12:01 am

Restaurant: Meadows Diner

Address: 101 S Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ 08012

Price: Affordable

Portions: Good

Taste: Good

Service: Friendly and Well Meaning

Atmosphere: Very Friendly

Meadows Diner is one of my regular diner stops. It’s fairly close to the homestead and offers consistent, quality diner options.

The highlight is the salad bar which, if you like salad bars, is always clean and fresh. It’s small and doesn’t offer everything, but solidly covers the basics and the croutons are really good.

The other highlight is the extremely friendly staff. They really do treat you like a favorite member of the family, so if there’s a problem they are quick to fix it. Several trips back the Missus and I order gyros and the cooks gave us sour cream instead of Tzatziki sauce. Well, when the manager found out he bent over backwards to make sure we got freebies and apologies.

This time I decided to go rogue and get stir fry. It had veggies, chicken and beef tips. It was full of carrots, water chestnuts and lots of stir fry sauce. It was a little drowned in the sauce, but I like that. I gotta say, I didn’t expect much from an oriental stir fry dish in a diner, but the meat was very tender. Since it was an entrée, I also got the salad bar, bread and a choice of two sides. I went for double French Fries. The fries are pretty classic. Definitely a plus. So hard to find good fries these days. I think they’re from a bag, but they are plain, not the cheaper kind with the batter. The bread is good too. They may bake it there, they do a fair amount of desserts and pastries.

The Missus got the gyro platter, which is awesome and comes with fries, pickle and coleslaw. The topper is the iced tea. There’s plenty of lemons and it’s brewed.

The waitress forgot the Missus decaf and extra napkins, but quite frankly, we were so hungry we didn’t miss it. Total charge was $33.45 and we came home with leftovers. It’s a solid deal all around.

I give Meadows Diner 8 out of 10 keggers.

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Mar06

Your Fratoscope: March 6, 2016

by tonyd on March 6, 2016 at 12:44 am

If your birthday is this week: Your birthday party at the trampoline park ends with your fat ass being escorted out. Why did you wear cleats?

Aries: You discover CFI stands for “Colossal Fucking Idiot”, so you probably should get rid of those monogram pajamas.

Taurus: This week, customers discover that your app is actually just a sticker affixed to the screen of their iPhones.

Gemini: You make a joke at the cashier’s expense at KFC and they imply they deep fry something other than chicken. Now who’s an asshole?

Lemini: You rehab meeting ends at an opium den again.

Cancer: Your Uber driver will offer you free massages until you get out of the car.

Leo: You will discover that you have a fetish for Cajun spice.

Virgo: Your credit card will be declined, but you didn’t need to buy that life-sized statue of Kim Kardashian anyway.

Libra: The stars say, you’ll need change for a twenty and possibly some body armor this week. It’s going to be busy.

Scorpio: You will have a sexual dream about the Michelin Man.

Sagittarius: You will discover after 18 Jello shots, you’ll pretty much give anyone a handjob.

Capricorn: You’ll eat a record-setting amount of barbecue sauce, not for the record, just because you like it.

Aquarius: You will change your horoscope sign to one that more closely resembles your personality.

Pisces: Donald Trump will continue to call, but you’ll continue to duck him until he picks another VP.

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Mar05

Fat Guy Eats: Pho Xinih

by tonyd on March 5, 2016 at 1:56 am

Restaurant: Pho Xinih

Address: 480 E Evesham Rd, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003

Food: Vietnamese Pho

Price: Affordable

Portions: Excellent

Taste: Good

Service: Good

Atmosphere: Average

Pho Xinih is my go-to local Pho place. Started going there a few years ago because of the quality food and low prices. It stayed fairly consistent over the past four years.

Last year, they had a weird thing going on with the menus. They had served this appetizer called Sweet Onion Beef which me and the Missus love. About a year and a half ago, they dropped it, but it was still on the menu. Then, instead of new menus, they crossed it out. Right around that time, they raised their prices and although it was still good, I felt the quality had suffered.

Well, good news. Pho Xinih is back and so is the Sweet Onion Beef! New menus and what appeared to be a new staff. Even the portions seemed to be bigger this time around. Previously, they’d serve the Sweet Onion Beef over lettuce. Now it’s on a bed of lettuce, noodles and that briny carrot and root salad. It was practically an entrée itself. The Missus loves the Chicken Satay appetizer, so that was a must. Great peanut sauce.

For entrees, the Missus got a giant bowl of Pho with the meatballs. I opted for the house Vermicelli. It include bits of pork, beef, shrimp, two kinds of noodles, some spring rolls and the carrot/root briny stuff. It’s a nice bowl and very filling. Total for two people, plus Jasmine tea, just $36.70. That’s a pretty good deal these days and the Missus still has a bowl of Pho for tomorrow.

Pho Xinih is prefect if you’re new to Vietnamese food and you’d like to try it. The menu’s not so overwhelming or hard to read that you’ll feel the food is too exotic if you’ve never tried it. At the same time, Pho veterans will appreciate the solid basics, fresh ingredients and affordable price. As a bonus, there’s a Starbucks next door, so you can drop in for coffee afterwards.

I give Pho Xinih 8 out of 10 keggers.