Arashi

Tonight Courtney & I went out to dinner. That's right. 2 moms, 5 kids. What were we thinking? Arashi (also known as the vending machine restaurant) is always a favorite place to eat. You order at a machine just inside the front door by sliding your money in & pressing the buttons for your selections. The machine spits out little paper tickets & your change. Then the waitress asks for your tickets & you sit down. Although the food here is super yum, I have decided this restaurant is tailored toward chaotic dinning. For some reason the kids always act nuts when we are here. Consistently. And about 5 minutes after you sit down your food starts coming in a flurry. The tables are very small & the food is brought on very large platters, thus making dinning w children very difficult. We have been here several times but I've never actually been able to take any pictures.

They bring the rice out in a super hot cast iron skillet, cracked egg all around it w a lovely, big pat of butter on top! You're supposed to stir it so it cooks the egg! The rice gets really brown & crispy too! Yum.

The first time we got the kids meal here I was a little concerned the kids juice said 'sangaria' on the tin. Don't worry, I tasted it. Although it does say 'happy fruit drink' it is alcohol free. ha

Goofball Oliver.
Too bad I'm still working out my lighting issues. Ho hum.