Critic's Review
Phat Boy has moved across the street into the old Even Keel space.
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I put up the menu for Phat Boy yesterday, and while I didn't feel compelled to try yet-another place to get sushi; their menu caught my attention. More like a Japanese restaurant than just a little sushi place.
I got here at 2pm and there were 2 other tables occupied and 2 people at the bar. I don't do the bar during the day anymore, so I grabbed a table in the back.
I asked for an iced tea; I thought it was odd that it's $2 for unsweetened and $3 for sweetened. Then he came out with a can.
They really should tell you when the tea is in a can. Canned tea is much different that freshly brewed tea. This was actually pretty good, so no harm done.
The had a bunch of specials but nothing that caught my eye. I thought about the Bok Choy and the dumplings, but just ended up ordering the Lunch Sashimi special.
Not much going on here, they have a couple of TVs on, no music that I noticed and no wi-fi. Lunch comes with soup or salad; I went with the salad.
Weeds and carrots. Wasabi Dressing. Better than the orange stuff you get at most sushi places, but too much salt and sugar. The salad was delivered without utensils; I'm not sure if you're supposed to eat salad with chopsticks, but that I don't do.
The sushi came out just as I was finishing the salad.
A nice looking plate.Tuna, Salmon, Escolar and snapper. I didn't like the snapper, but the escolar was delicious. Don't eat more than 6oz of escolar, but 3 slices is fine.
All of the sushi was superb quality; this was easily the best sushi I've had anywhere in Fort Lauderdale. $16 with tip; a fair price for what I had.
Conclusion
This place does a good job of not being an uncomfortable Asian restaurant and has produced a menu that gives you lots of choices even if you don't want sushi. This place was a disaster before; they've transformed the dreadfully creepy Oaki Steakhouse into a pretty nice place.
Service is clunky but the sushi is good quality; this place is worth going a little out of your way for.