Tanners Favorite Place

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

We are a family that eats out a lot and I mean a lot! You name the restaurant and we have been there and tried it. We probably eat out a good 3 times a week. I know its bad and we keep telling ourselves we need to stop, but well it hasn't worked yet! :) Anyways, we love going to Hananoki, for anyone that hasn't been to a restaurant like Hananoki it is a Japanese steak house in which they cook the food in front of you.

This is Tanners absolute favorite restaurant! We have been bringing the kids since they were infants, well because they didn't eat much if any for the longest time. Now they have started eating quite a bit, but when we can manage we like to go to eat there. Tanner loves Hananoki so much that he pretends to be a Hananoki chef, he would get his cooking utensils and use his diaper to hold his utensils. Now I wouldn't eat anything that Tanner cooked because of his storage methods, but it was some of his cutest moments.

So, anyway, on Wednesday, I got a craving and decided I wanted Hananoki. Of course, Thomas was all for it and we decided that we would just take the kids and no parents and go as our family. Tanner also was very happy about the choice of restaurant, but not Tyler. Recently, Tyler has gotten into the mind set that he doesn't like Hananoki because of the fire. Don't ask me why, especially since he used to love it, but well he still gobbles down the food. And Tapanga, she must like the restaurant also because she devours the shrimp and vegetables!

Just talking about the food makes me crave it again....YUM!