You can find "Joy" in Tokyo!

Joy of Tokyo is a fast food establishment that offers high quality Japanese food at a reasonable price. With us being a family of six, we all have our favorites at this fast food restaurant. I always order the same thing, Hibachi Steak, well done, with Jumbo shrimp. Rice and stir fried veggies always come with the entree.

The meal pictured above is $10.03 (includes tax) and is sure to fill you up, and honestly you can easily make two meals out of this one meal.

You can choose to dine in or bring the food home with you. If you do decide to bring the food home, no need to mess up a plate---the Styrofoam box works just great! 

Add a little white sauce, and dig in!

To find a location near you, just click HERE

We took Dad to Bonefish Grill for Father's Day

We celebrated Father's Day a little early this year and took my husband to eat at Bonefish Grill for dinner. I made reservations, for 8PM, earlier in the day and we only had to wait about ten minutes before we were seated---of course we did get there ten minutes early. 

Bonefish Grill is both an elegant and casual dining restaurant; with menu items ranging from steaks to seafood, chowder to salads, and Bang Bang Shrimp that is out of this world!

           

                        

A friend found out that we were going and told my husband that we had to try Bang Bang Shrimp (pictured above), so we ordered two of them to split between the six of us. We loved it! Priced at only $9.70, it is very affordable and I guarantee you your taste buds will be very happy!

Next, we had the Corn Chowder with Lump Crab; it was creamy, and as you can see had several pieces of lump crab on top that we mixed into the chowder. I highly recommend their chowder!

My husband had the rib-eye, with their garlic mashed potatoes; while I opted for the delicious crab cakes and a salad for my meal. The sunflower seeds on this salad added a different texture and taste from any other salad that I have had at other restaurants. For those of you that know me, know that I am not an olive person, but I did try the olives on this salad---and I am still not an olive person!

Our waitress, Tristan, was very friendly and helpful. I ordered everything from her recommendations. She is a twin, which was kind of neat, because we have twins. 

Bonefish Grill is very affordable and they even offer a "Specials" only menu that has lobster tail for only $8.70! I think I might have been drooling a bit over the lady's lobster tail, sitting the next table over from us!

If you cannot make it to Bonefish Grill with your dad this Father's Day, go tomorrow or next month. And if you live across the miles, send him a Bonefish Grill gift card.

Happy Father's Day to the 'best dad' that my children could have! 

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Disclosure: I was given gift cards to help facilitate my review. All opinions are 100% mine and not influenced in any way.

Wendy's Tuscan Chicken Sandwich on Ciabatta Review

My husband, myself and oldest son just spent a few days at Pensacola beach and on the way down we stopped at Wendy's and tried their Tuscan Chicken Sandwich on Ciabatta sandwich. It comes with lightly breaded chicken, topped with rich garlic and roasted tomato aioli, a fresh slice ripe tomatoes, spring mix and sliced asiago cheese, on a toasted ciabatta bun.

While anything chicken from Wendy's is a favorite choice for me, this sandwich would have still been good with out the chicken....the sauce, ripe tomato, cheese and spring mix were all fresh and very tasty, and so was the Ciabatta bun!

Quoting my son, "I really like this, it's light and not heavy or greasy."

So go ahead and add a little gusto to your day with the Tuscan Chicken on Ciabatta bun; I am told that it is only available for a limited time, so get to a Wendy's and get you one before they disappear!

The suggested price for the Tuscan Chicken on Ciabatta is $4.69 at all Wendy’s Restaurants, but that price might vary some depending on the location of your Wendy's.

Disclosure: I was given gift cards to purchase the above item from Wendy's to facilitate my review. All opinions are 100% mine and not influenced in any way.

Review of IHOP Restaurant | Mother's Day Gift Guide

The girls and I started our day off with breakfast at IHOP; it took a while to find a parking spot as it is really a popular place or at least the location we went to was.

We decided to do a late breakfast and by the time we found a parking place it was 10:30. I was hungry and so were my girls.


I ordered the pork chops, and egg platter that came with hash-browns and pancakes. Those pork-chops were very flavorful and I didn't leave one bite of them on the plate!

I love pancakes, these were light and fluffy and after one bite there was a party going on in my mouth!

My girls both tried the Cinnamon Swirl Brioche (I'll admit, I took a small bite just to try it!) I thought the brioche would have been soggy from all the ooey-gooey yummyness that was on top, but it wasn't---It was very good, I highly recommend trying this the next time you go to IHOP.

Our waitress, Amanda, was so friendly and helpful. She kept our glasses filled, napkins on the table, and wished us a Happy Mother's Day. Make sure the next time you are are in Simpsonville, Sc, you visit the Fairview Road IHOP and ask for Amanda! 

For a limited time, when you buy a $25 IHOP gift card, you will get $5 toward your next visit to IHOP. Mother's Day is coming up, take mom to breakfast or lunch, or dinner at IHOP! If you can't go on Mother's Day, then buy mom a gift card to use at a later date.

Disclosure: I was given an IHOP gift card for this review, but all opinions are 100% mine. You can read my disclosure policy here