Food

Restaurant Reviews

• Buc-ee's, Rockingham County, VA
  • We take a trip to a newly built Buc-ee's to see just what all the hype is about. We still don't know...
• Buffalo Wild Wings, Indianapolis, IN
  • We share our lackluster experiences with this once-pretty solid chicken joint.
• Chicano Boy, Staunton, VA
  • We take a look at a fast casual Mexican joint that doesn't suck.
• Chicago O'Hare Eateries
  • Lord Fizzlebeef wanders the food courts of the Chicago O'Hare airport looking for a place to eat.
• Cho Phra Ya Thai, Herndon, VA
  • A smaller Thai eatery in Northern Virginia packs more food than I was expecting into a simple lunch.
• Dave's Seafood & Subs, Chantilly, VA
  • A small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant proves to have some of the best sandwiches we've tried.
• Dimi's Greek House, London, ON
  • A very busy Greek spot on a Friday night provided a crowded experience, and less than amazing take-out.
• Donatos Pizza at Red Robin, Chantilly, VA
  • A meal at Red Robin reveals a pizza surprise that entertained the entire table.
• Emporio: A Meatball Joint, Pittsburgh, PA
  • We check in with some food options at Pittsburgh, PA, and a selection of meatballs on offer.
• Golden Garden Asian Cuisine, Lexington VA
  • A solid, local Asian restaurant serving a good mix of Chinese and Japanese flavors.
• Heart Sushi, London, ON
  • We hit up an all-you-can-eat sushi joint to do their bomb squad run and get, in the process, a pretty solid experience.
• Kenney's, Lexington, VA
  • We check out a small, hole-in-the-wall chicken and burger joint to see how they stack up against the big guys.
• KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot, Roanoke, VA
  • A fun hot pot place in Roanoke provides an enjoyable, soupy experience.
• Mellow Mushroom, Chantilly, VA
  • A return visit to a restaurant I've been to before leads to a less than stellar second opinion.
• Napa Thai, Lexington, VA
  • This restaurant, local to the Lexington, VA, area, provides delicious Thai food in a nicely crafted atmosphere.
• Ned Devine’s Irish Gastro Pub and Restaurant, Herndon, VA
  • A visit to a supposed Irish pub in the middle of Northern Virginia leaves us wishing more of the Irish spirit was in the food.
• Panda Express, CHantilly, VA
  • It might not be real Chinese food, but there's something so right about this place.
• P.F. Chang's, Indianapolis, IN
  • When you're looking for the dressed-up equivalent of mall food, this is the place for you.
• Pizza Hut, Lexington, VA
  • Having lucked into a stuffed crust pizza, we take a look at that pie, along with other items I like to get from the Hut.
• Seoul Korean BBQ & Hot Pot, Charlottesvilla, VA
  • I venture into a hot pot place to try the soup and get very full. It was delighful.
• Silver Diner, Fair Oaks, VA
  • We go for a classic diner experience but are left underwhelmed by the whole affair.
• Sugarfire Smokehouse, Indianapolis, IN
  • We take a few trips to this downtown Indianapolis BBQ join (not sadly closed).
• Taco Bamba, Fair Lakes and Herndon, VA
  • Visits to two different stores in the chain produce a variety of interesting results.
• Twins Grill & Bar, Minnesota, MN
  • Lord Fizzlebeef has another airport adventure, with another sad restaurant experience.
• Umai Ramen and Rice Bowl, Herndon, VA
  • We grab a selection of offerings from this Japanese fusion restaurant as poart of the SG Live 2024 food tour.
• Victoria & Albert's, Orlando, FL
  • We review the seven courses (and counting) in a meal at this five-star restaurant.
• Vocelli Pizza, Herndon, VA
  • A few pies from this regional chain do not do much to highlight why there are so many of these stores around.

Specials

• Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival 2025
  • We take a tour of Busch Gardens during their annual Food and Wine Festival, and snack our way around the world.
• The Great Asian Food Crawl 2024
  • As part of SpeedGaming Live 2024, we stuffed ourselves silly on a variety of food from a series of Asian restaurants.
• The Great Asian Food Crawl 2025
  • Our second ever group food crawl finds us at a new shopping center, stuffing outselves silly on fantastic eats.
• Heat Wave Hot Sauce Expo 2026
  • A trip up to the frigid north brings with it a plethora of hot sauces for us to sample.

Spicy Chickens

• Spicy Chicken Wars
  • We go on a quest to see what the best Spicy Chicken sandwich is out there, and the result should be all too expected.
• Spicy Chicken Wars II
  • We have more chickens to review as we try to see if anything can be better than the Popeye's sandwich.
• Spicy Chicken Wars III
  • Another batch of contenders for the crown, but can any of them really unseat the king?
• Chipotle’s Chipotle Honey Chicken
  • We sample Chipotle's spicy, sweet offering to see if it's worth all the hype.
• Popeyes x Hot Ones
  • Popeyes teams up with the fames spicy wing talk show for a menu of selections that, weirdly, somehow underwhelms.
• Wendy's Cajun Crunch Chicken Sandwich
  • Wendy's tries to add cajun kick to their spicy chicken, but all it tastes like is regret.
• Wendy's Ghost Pepper Ranch Chicken Sandwich
  • Wendy's comes out swinging with a new, spicy sandwich to try and dominate the market. But can the previous queen reclaim her crown?

Meals

• Arby's Big Game Burger
  • Going head long into burgers, Arby's brings their play on the three-meat combo... but something is absolutely lacking.
• Arby's Deep Fried Turkey Gobbler
  • Arby's brings out a new turkey sandwich to pair with last year's turkey club, and it's good... but not special.
• Arby's Hushpuppy Breaded Fish Strips
  • Arby's normally brings the meats, but this time they brought the fish and, frankly, they nailed it.
• Arby’s Quarter Pound Brisket Sandwich
  • A too small sandwich can't hold up on the Arby's menu in this second brisket offering from the chain.
• Asian Quick Bowls
  • We review a selection of quick meal options from the Asian section of our local grocery store.
• Burger King Million Dollar Whoppers
  • BK lets the fans create their own burgers, and the top three are now available... and delicious.
• Burger King Quick Bites
  • A look at a 2 for $10 deal drags us into looking at some of Burger King's smaller offerings.
• Burger King Steakhouse Bacon Whopper
  • Burger King tries again with another guest creation, but this one isn't worth anything close to a million dollars.
• Domino's Pizza Ultimate Pepperoni
  • After many years of not trying their food, with give Domino's another chance to win us back.
• Hardee’s Duke’s Carolina Gold Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich
  • We take a trip into Hardee's to try their special chicken... and also to see if the restaurant is as bad as we've always heard.
• IHOP's New Hand-Crafted Eggs Benedicts
  • IHOP tries to get into the Eggs Benedict game and, man, the results are absolutely less than edible.
• Jersey Mike's Portabella Cheese Steak
  • We have an underwhelming sandwich experience from one of the more prominent Subway competitors.
• Lil' Italian Gyro Wrap
  • A local DC restaurant near the SG Live convention doesn't provide the flavors we're looking for.
• McDonald's Cheesy Jalapeño Bacon Quarter Pounder with Cheese
  • McDonald's presents a variant to their famous Quarter Pounder that, despite the promise of its ingredients, fails to deliver the goods.
• McDonald's Chicken Big Mac
  • The chain introduces, for a limited time, its first major variant of the Big Mac in the West... and it fails to deliver.
• McDonald's Hacks
  • McDonald's officalizes its "Secret Menu" items, and we take a look at the good, bad, and the vile from their offerings.
• McDonald's "Improved" Burgers
  • McDonald's has updated the way they make their burgers, but the results frankly left me underwhelmed. It's a lot of hype for the same old burgers.
• McDonald's McRib
  • Mickey D's pork sandwich returns after a supposed "Farewell Tour", but is it really worth the wait?
    • Second Attempt Rereview
• McDonald's Quick Bites
  • We sample the Spicy McCrispy and the Bacon Quarter Pounder, but only one manages to impress.
• McDonald's Spicy McMuffin
  • The Big M slaps spicy sauce on their famed breakfast sandwich, ruining the balance of flavors in the process.
• Pizza Hut Big New Yorker
  • The Big New Yorker is back after over two decades and we try it out to see if it lives up to the hype.
• Pizza Hut New and Improved Pan Pizza
  • Pizza Hut has apparently cut back and remade the Pan Pizza into something smaller and much, much worse.
• Subway Festive Turkey
  • Subway unleashes an interesting, albeit not particularly exceptional, holiday sandwich.
• Taco Bamba Nachos
  • We hit a local DC chain of taquerias to sample their food... and amusingly not get tacos.
• Taco Bell Cantina Chicken Burrito
  • We sample an offering from the Cantina Chicken menu, and come away impressed... by the sauce on the side.
• Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Nuggets
  • Lightly spicy, well seasoned, well portioned bites of chicken that are almost too good to be at Taco Bell.
• Taco Bell Discovery Luxe Box
  • Taco Bell has a fairly new combo, and we check it out to see if it's worth a run for the border.
• Taco Bell Selections
  • The Bell has new items on their specialty menu, so we take a look at a few of the items at our local location to see if they life up to the hype.
• Taco Bell Steak Cheesy Street Chalupas
  • Taco Bell takes a big swing and a miss on this supposed fan-favorite mini-tacos.
• Wendy's Krabby Patty Kollab Meal
  • Wendy's debuts a Spongebob collaboration meal that absolutely misses the mark.
• Wendy's Mushroom Bacon Cheeseburger
  • This burger has a lot of interesting ingredients but it's let down in its balance and execution.
• Wendy's Quick Bites
  • We try the Baconator, Wendy's premium burger on their standard menu, along with a couple of other items.

Cereals

• Breakfast Cereal
  • We take a round-up of cereals found in our local grocer to see what weird madness kids are subjected to.
• Breakfast Cereal II
  • We review even more cereals are we slowly go insane from sugar.
• Breakfast Cereal III
  • We take another trip down the breakfast cereal aisle to find the sugar-coated oddities for our milk-laiden bowl.
• Captain Crunch Fun Flavors
  • We sample three boxes of the Captain's delights to see if they were worth they hype.
• General Mills Loaded Cereal
  • We try these new icing filled cereal puffs and discover some flavor and texture combinations do not work well together.

Drinks

• Coffee Shop Brews
  • We grab a few cups of coffee during SG Live 2024 to see if any of them are worth drinking.
• Holiday Creamy Vanilla Coke
  • A mixed up version of the standard Vanilla leads to delicious flavors... so long as you drink it on its own.
• Martinelli’s Cider Selections
  • We take a sampling of the various Martinelli's cider offerings to see how the flavors stack up.
• Spiced Coke
  • Coca-Cola launched their next big flavor of cola, a raspberry spice sensation, that then was canceled six months later.
• Warheads Soda
  • Warheads brings us soda that promises a sour slap in the face, but can these cans od candy-colored sugar really deliver?

Salty Snacks

• Salty Snack Roundup
  • We gather a selection of new, salty oddities to give our mouths some snacking pleasure.
• Herr's Jalapeño Poppers Cheese Curls
  • Herr's should be considered the undisputed king of salty snacks, and these spicy little cheese curls prove exactly why.
• Herr's Stubb's Sticky Sweet Cheese Curls
  • Herr's comes at us with a combination of cheese and barbeque in these curls that only fall a little short of the mark.
• Lay's Roaring Ranch & Friend Pickle Chips
  • These salty snacks promise vinegar and creamy flavors combined together, but deliver on neither.

Sour Snacks

• Sour Snack Roundup
  • We sample a selection of sour treats to see if we can actually find something that makes us feel the sour burn.
• Sour Snack Roundup II
  • Another collection of candies to pucker your mouth and make your tongue cry.
• Sour Snack Roundup III
  • We have another batch of sour candies, but this time they're filled with nothing by dissapointment.
• Sour Snack Mega Roundup
  • We dig through a massive bag of various sour candies to see what measures up and what isn't worth sampling.
• Sour Snack Roundup V
  • The sour candies keep on coming, and we keep on puckinger up, in this fifth edition of our series.
• Sour Snack Roundup VI
  • More sour oddities, this time found in the bargain area of a craft store... and I ate them.
• Sour Snack Roundup VII
  • Easter candies give us more sour snacks to attempt... and not all of them all that edible.
• Sour Snack Roundup VIII
  • It's another slap of sour flavor, right into your tongue holes.
• Sour Snack Roundup IX
  • We dive in again, with strips and gummies and even horrible cookies.
• Sour Snack Roundup X
  • A Wal-Mart run leads to sour in my mouth, and I accept the consequences.
• Sour Snack Roundup XI
  • We hit the road for another sour excursion, this time with some surprising results.
• Sour Snack Roundup XII
  • We have three more candies with sour bite, from Shaqs to Strips, that we must consume.
• Sour Snack Roundup XIII
  • A big batch of sour candies wander across our tongue, some of which are actually quite tasty to eat.
• Albanese Sour 12 Flavor Gummi Bears
  • Albanese makes great gummi bears, but are their sour bears as good as one would expect from the company?
• Final Boss Sour Selections
  • A variety of dried fruits go through our rigorous inspection. But just because they're real fruits, does that make them healthier?
• Halloween Sour Treats
  • We sample three sour, surprising Halloween treats to see if any come out as winners.

Sweet Treats

• Chocolate Treats
  • We take a look at three new varieties of classic candies to see if any of these deserve to stick around in the chocolate pantheon.
• Halloween Snack Roundup
  • With the spooky season upon us, it's time to get into the spirit with tasty treats.
• Holiday Treats
  • The holidays are here and that means we get to eat oddly themed candy treats.
• Charms Blow Pop Berries
  • Blow Pops are back and they have some new (and reissued) flavors. But are they any good?
• Girl Scout Cookies
  • We bought a bunch of cookies and, once our sugar haze lifted and we woke up months later, we're now ready to discuss them.
• Krispy Kreme Thanksgiving Pies Doughnut Collection
  • We try these doughnut makers special treats but find they just don't rise to the holiday occasion.
• Oreos Coca-Cola Flavored Cookies
  • These chocolate cookies are interesting, but not something that's truly worth the hype.
• Skittles Gummies
  • Skittles tries its hand at true gummies (which isn't the weirdest idea), but the results are far from great.
• Welch’s Jelly Beans
  • We take a taste of these chewy treats from Welch's, just in time for Easter.

Hot Sauces

• Hot Sauce Round-Up
  • After hitting a convention all about hot sauces, we start in on the reviews of our favorite flavors.

Recipes

• Casseroles
  • We start sharing recipes and we start off with a trio of casseroles.
• Tex-Mex
  • The cooking continues, this time for a fun fiesta on taco night.
• Stews
  • Time to get your soup on as we do another trio of recipes to make on a cold night.
• Italian Feast
  • We prepare an Italian feast, from appetizers to main dishes.
• Fry-Up
  • I fry up a bunch of tast foods and let my arteries scream in delicious agony.
• Thanksgiving
  • I prepare a holiday feast, and we go over how to make it all happen.

Further Reading

• Bananas: Bananas are gross. That is all.
• Food Etiquette: When to buy, how to choose what to buy, and what's a fair way to meet everyone's needs in a food-party situation.
• Food Delivery Racket: We take a look at food delivery services and why these companies are simply awful for consumers.
• A Failed Visit to Burger King: What a ruined trip for fast food means for employment and staff wages.

Podcasts

• Fast Food, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #19
• A Run for the Border, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Mini-sode #07-01
• Not Much Sandwich to this Brisket Sandwich, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #08-19
• Hard Up for Hardee's, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #08-22
• Charleston’s Downtown Delectables, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #08-24
• As the Domino's Fall, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #08-28
• The Ultimate Pizza (for the Price), (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Mini-sode #08-05
• Hot (Ones) Enough For You?, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #08-37
• The Taste of Panda (Express), (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #08-40
• A Taste of Tex-Mex, (Not So) Live from Asteroid G, Episode #09-04