Crave: Man eats 140+ pieces of sushi to promote video game
Earlier today competitive eater Tim Janus (aka "Eater X") made a guest appearance at the Nintendo Media summit in downtown San Francisco to show off his prowess eating Sushi rolls. Nintendo's PR had put together a "guess how many jelly beans are in the jar" situation by making attendees estimate the number of sushi rolls Janus would be consuming within a six minute time frame in order to promote Mastif-Games' new title Major League Eating: The Game of which Janus appears as a playable character. To everyone's surprise Janus managed to wolf down 14 plates full, totaling 141 pieces, each about the size of a roll of film...The event was timed and sanctioned by Major League Eating in order to count as an official record for Janus who is currently the record holder for ramen noodles, tamales, and tiramisu, of which he's eaten four pounds within six minutes back in mid-2005...more...
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