What is good for Liverpool is certainly good enough for Manchester, though generally it seems to work the other way round. No matter, what is important is an evening of culinary entertainment, which is precisely what to expect here. Make no mistake you are about to submit to an experience that will derive just as much fun from the surroundings and preparation as from the enjoyment of a Japanese cuisine that invokes local ingredients with great skill.

Teppanyaki means "hot table", so no prizes for guessing you will be sat round a hotplate whilst chefs perform feats of dexterity and derring-do with cooking equipment, yes including the knives, flames and ingredients.

Seafood, chicken and massive steaks come and go, and with luck you will see their interpretation of the California roll in the making, with swordfish, Lancashire cheese, carrot and crabmeat wrapped in flying fish roe. As you can imagine the atmosphere is delightfully relaxed and there is no need to go on to the theatre - it is all here under the same roof.