A few months ago I purchased a Groupon for dinner at Bento, a delicious sushi restaurant that Ryan and I really enjoy in downtown Orlando. Well, it turns out the Groupon was only valid at the Sand Lake Road location of the restaurant, so we made the trek to the not-so-close restaurant for our hot date!
Yes, my husband is giving me bunny ears. What a sweetie pie!
We arrived at Bento nice and early because we’re old and enjoy eating with those who set out to partake in the early bird special. At this rate, by the time we’re 80, we’ll be eating dinner at noon.
Once we were seated, we ordered drinks and a bowl of edamame to share while we perused the menu.
It was gooooood.
Just like the company of my date.
We’re so special. 
For our entrée, Ryan and I split two sushi rolls and a General Tso’s chicken noodle bowl.
The sushi was my favorite but the chicken and noodles were also quite good. We ate everything but about two bites of the noodles. Those babies are seriously doughy and fill you UP!
Dessert
With Menchie’s just a short walk away, we knew right where to head for dessert.
As we were eating our sushi, Ryan asked me what I thought the odds were that we would end up at Menchie’s afterward. I smiled and he said, “150 percent?”
In the words of Michelle Tanner, you got it, dude!
We spilt a cup of Neapolitan and dulce de leche frozen yogurt topped with Butterfinger crumbles and whipped cream.
After Menchie’s we popped into The Fresh Market to grab some fruit and milk for the weekend.
We got a little side tracked…
We’re quite the duo. My love for sweets is clearly shared by my husband (thank goodness!). We picked up two chocolate chunk cookies which we ate in the car on the way home.
Now we’re back with Sadie girl and plan on spending the rest of the night cuddled up on the couch watching the Magic game and Jersey Shore. We have an early morning planned that includes some hiking so we’re takin’ it easy tonight!
Happy weekend!
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We are the same way with sweets. I just don’t get how you guys can share a cup of yogurt — we would fight over each spoonful 🙂
That’s exactly what I was thinking!
Besides the fact that I was a horrible child and never learned to share properly. But only when it comes to food, I swear 😉
I agree with Amelia! Haha..my bf is lucky if he gets one bite of my froyo 😉
Your faces are hilarious. Looks like a fun night!
I live in LA and I just heard a radio commercial saying Trader Joe’s now has ‘peanut butter cream cheese’, would you ever try it Julie?
Love edamame! It’s so simple but delicious. Enjoy the rest of your night – sounds like it’s been good so far!
Whipped cream has been missing in my life for far too long!
Now I want sushi. I don’t think my husband will go for it, since we just finished eating homemade pizza. Enjoy your night!
Looks like a wonderful dinner and sounds like you’ll have a great night. I WISH I could be wearing shorts or lightweight shirts. Spring needs to come to the Pacific Northwest soon.
Looks like a PERFECT date night to me : ) I was seriously just craving sushi. I will have to locate some tomorrow.
Good thing my husband doesn’t love sweets as much as I do or I’d be in trouble, probably eating dessert for every meal!
Have a great weekend :D.
that sushi looks delicious!!
and i looooove fresh market cookies. especially the heath/toffee/chocolatey ones. *sigh* yum.
Fun night!!! 🙂 Have a great weekend! 😀
I just love you two so much ! Lovin the corny pics! 😉
I really want to just jump through the blog screen every time you go to frozen yogurt! Would you believe the closest one is 20 minutes away at our mall? Grrr. crazy stuff? I know…
How warm was it there? It looks so nice like a late spring day!!
Just wondering too…I kinda want to know what Florida is like in a quick, personal paragraph? Is the humid that bad all year long? Whats it like…people? places? Weather?
Love sushi! Looks like a fun night! 🙂
I’ve been craving sushi for a week and this just made it come in full swing again! maybe i’ll have to get some tomorrow 🙂
I just recently found the Blog World!! I know! I have stunted growth! LOL I love yours! You are such a goofball just like me!!!!! Have a great weekend! 8]
Woo! Welcome!! 🙂
What a fun night! My intense sweet tooth rubs off on my boyfriend..I always buy chocolate and he ends up eating it!
I love Menchie’s!! I’m obsessed with snickerdoodle! 🙂
Yum, sushi! Those rolls look tasty, and I always love sushi restaurant’s dishes. So weird – but they always have really cool bowls & plates.
That all looks fabulous! Love that you’re a cookie monster, like me 🙂
Lady there is nothing in the world wrong with eating early. 🙂 Restaurants are less crowded, the old couples are so cute, and I don’t know about you but when I get really excited about a meal I just cannot put it off. 😉
Exactly!!! I think that’s the real issue. We weren’t starving. We were just excited to go out!
Two things: that outfit is amazing… coral is a beautiful color on you 🙂 and secondly, that restaurant looks wonderful! Fabulous choice 🙂
aww what a fun date night 🙂 we watched ‘the social network’ at home…and had veggie lasagna. yum!
What a great date night you both had. That food looks delicious and nothing can top off the night like menchies 😉
Yes! You quoted Michelle Tanner! That is amazing. Favorite childhood show.
I love the Michelle Tanner quote! I totally sent my husband a text yesterday with a full house quote from Stephanie… he thought I was nuts…
Cut… it… out… 😉
That’s nice that you and Ryan share a love for for desserts! My bf has a spastic sweet tooth, so sometimes it’s there and sometimes it’s not. He says “it depends on his mood.” Bleh! Yay for date night!
You two are SO CUTE!! Seriously, you are such an adorable couple, and your date night looks like so much FUN!! Cookies and Menchies?! Sounds like my kinda date! 😉
ya’ll are so cute!
glad you had a great date night!!! =D
We were there too, at 7! Either you were there earlier or I didn’t see you. It is our go to for Sushi and we always go to Menchis! Yum!!!
Haha we were done by 7… I told you we are so old! I think we were at Menchie’s then!
I love to here that I am not the only one who is border line obsessed with frozen yogurt! I think I could eat it every single day and never be tired of it! Have fun on your hike=)
i LOVE DATE NIGHT! you two are just way too cute.. menchies and a cookie? that is my kind of night
Was the noodle bowl teriyaki? Looks delish!
Have a fun hike this morning 🙂
I think you, me, Ryan, & Peter would be quite the foursome in demolishing sweets!
And we had the SAME date last night. A Groupon for Asian style cuisine followed by fro yo bec it was across the street. Butterfinger crumbles and all. LOL And I could have fit a post yogurt cookie if given the chance as well. 🙂
Love General tso’s
I wish my boyfriend loved sweet things as much as Ryan! I have a really sweet tooth and he sometimes looks quite shocked with the amount of ice-cream/chocolate/cake I can put away! 🙂 Your dinner looked tasty!
WHat a fun night! My husband doesn’t really care for sweets (esp not frozen yogurt) which is a good and bad thing. Good, because I get to eat more of it (yipppeee!), and bad, because I get to eat more of it ALONE-enjoying it all by myself 🙁 For some reason I’d rather share the experience and food? He pretends to like it though…..he’d just much rather have a greasy burger than fro yo!