Restaurant Reviews… Lexie

This month we're featuring our cast members trips to various restaurants most of whom are participating in the Healthy Fare for Kids Project in Chicago.  Since Lexie lives in Columbus, Ohio she decided to take a little trip of her own.  

On Christmas Eve we ate at Benihana Japanese Steakhouse.

The ‘table’ was really like a counter around a big stove.  The chef cooked right in front of us. He did lots of cool tricks such as flipping a knife and spatula around (he was never even close to dropping them), he rolled an egg across the cooking table and yelled, “look, an egg roll!”, he made an onion volcano, and he cut off the shrimp tails and flipped them into his pocket!  Some of the other chefs around us played music with their utensils and other cool stuff.

Our chef’s name was Charlie and he was Chinese, not Japanese.  He was very funny, when we could understand him!  He offered to bring the baby a Saki Sampler to drink (I’m not sure what Saki is, but I guess it’s not for babies!)

I tried almost everything and disliked only a few things. I liked the chicken and the beef, the Edamame beans, the sauces (for dipping into), the white rice, and the ice cream we had for dessert.  I was not as fond of the cucumber things or the shrimp (Mom and Dad say it’s OK if I don’t like shrimp…they don’t want to share it with me anyway…).