Bubba Gump Shrimp

The kids boat.

The shrimp linguine.

The chocolate chip cookie ice cream dessert.

For my birthday each year we eat out at a restaurant of my choice.  I always choose an "American-style" restaurant, as there are not many in the area.  This year I chose the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant in the Osaka Universal City Walk.  It was our first time to eat there.

It proved to be a lot of fun.  The atmosphere is very "western" and it felt like we could be eating in any West Coast American restaurant.  I love shrimp, so I ate the shrimp linguine.  It was delicious and had lots of butter.  Luke chose the kids boat which was fried chicken and french fries.  Michael had the shrimp boat which was fried shrimp and french fries.  I noticed a theme--no vegetables and high cholesterol.  I guess it's good that we go there only once every couple of years.  

For dessert we decided to try the chocolate chip cookie topped with ice cream.  In our minds we imagined the yummy dessert at BJ's (pizza place).  Sorry to say, we were a bit disappointed.  But it made a nice substitute birthday cake for dessert.