We stayed at the Travel Inn at the Albert Dock in Liverpool – right next to the Beatles museum. Albert Dock is a very modern and happening place with tourist attractions along with trendy bars and nightclubs. We had booked to see Chicago at 5pm that evening followed by a meal at Japanese restaurant extraordinaire Sapporo Teppanyaki. It nearly all began in tears as we assumed that a taxi would be easy to get at the taxi rank next to the hotel. As we all know assumption is very dangerous and we ended up running to the main road and flagging one down, we got to the theatre and arrived as the band struck up the introduction, had to be shown to our seats by torchlight and sat catching our breath while the show began. It was the third time I had seen the show and it is just as fantastic every time - although the ladies with their 24-pack of walkers sat behind us rustling their way through every flavour throughout the show did upset me.
Clutching my map of Liverpool we made our way to where we thought there may be some bars. We found a few and had a couple of drinks before heading off to the Teppanyaki restaurant. If you are reading this and are ever going to Liverpool then you just have to book in for a meal here, it is an eating experience! When you arrive for your sitting (they only have so many sittings per night and everyone arrives at that time) you get put on a large table with a heap of strangers (unless you have 11 friends with you). This may make some people nervous but you really don’t have to socialise if you don’t want as you are all sat around the cooking area. The orders are all taken and then almost everything is prepared in front of you by an entertainer of a chef, cue fire blazing, pots flying, knives brandished and food being tossed around the grills. The food was wonderful and it was a really fun evening at the restaurant. I can see that you may get fed up of the entertainment if you ate there regularly but for special occasions it is ideal.