One of the things we always enjoyed about our first tour in Japan was the Mongolian BBQ nights at the base restaurants. When we checked out all the literature left in our TLF when we arrived, I spotted an advertisement for Mongolian BBQ tonight. Russ and I made a mental note to try to attend. Basically they put out trays of a bunch of vegetables and you start with a bowl and fill it with whatever veggies you want in your stir fry. Then you add meats. There's usually a chicken, beef, pork and shrimp option. They weigh it next and you pay by the ounce for the meal. Then you add in all the sauces to flavor it however you like and they then take it to the grill and stir fry it for you. When we were here before they had you guess what you thought each meal weighed and if you guessed it within a half ounce, (I think), you got your meal for free. The kids used to love to try to guess their meal weight. I think they each got one for free during our three years there. We were amazed at how inexpensive our meals were tonight. We both got rice with the BBQ and a bowl of soup plus our tea drinks and the bill was only $13.50. I think that was cheaper than our lunch at the food court in the BX today. It was exciting to see that they are still doing Mongolian BBQ nights here. I'm sure we will be back for many more during our stay. It's fun because it is different every time you make it. We've tried several of the stateside Mongolian BBQ restaurants but they just don't do them quite like they do here.
We discovered another familiar logo at the same restaurant where we had the Mongolian. I had to stop and take a picture even though we didn't order any tonight. It looked like they had quite a few varieties in the display cases. We've now officially been here a week and it's funny how these little signs from home can make me quite happy right along with the memories of things we loved from our first Japan tour.
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