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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May13

Your Mother’s Day Fratoscope

by tonyd on May 13, 2018 at 1:20 am

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If your birthday is this week:  The man you mother hires to wish you a Happy Birthday, lights your house on fire instead.

Aries:  Your “Basket of Badgers” Mother’s Day arrangement gets mixed reviews.

Taurus:  Your mother thanks you for the Strip-o-Gram and then after the dance, introduces you to your new dad.

Gemini:  Your mom assures you that your passive aggressive Mother’s Day celebration won’t impact her love for you in the slightest.  Not the slightest.

Lemini:  Your brunch with mom goes well, but she complains about the Dairy Queen bathroom’s cleanliness.

Cancer:  Visiting your mother goes great, but the prison guards still refuse to remove her handcuffs so you can hug.

Leo:  This week, your mother will attempt to fix you up with one of her older friends again.

Virgo:  The stars say, call your mother.  It’s the only way she’ll make it out of the woods.

Libra:  Your mother will demand you dance and juggle fire for her amusement.

Scorpio:  Mom doesn’t get home from her orgy until late, so you end up having the celebration without her.

Sagittarius:  Your mother will thank you for the two liter bottle of cough syrup and then disappear back into the homeless shelter.

Capricorn:  Mom buys you a tenth round of tequila and calls you a pussy if you don’t drink.

Aquarius:  After beating up everyone in the bar, you can finally give your mother the flowers you bought.

Pisces:  Mother’s Day brunch goes great, but you really didn’t have to take the whole restaurant hostage to get a table.

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