Dinner at Takaoka

It had been a long time (almost 9 years) since the last time I had dinner at Takaoka, our best local Japanese restaurant.  I was delighted to find that the food and show were just as good as ever. Our chef flipped shrimp tails, tossed an egg into his hat, chopped, diced and twirled his spatulas with the best of them.  What made it even more fun was that there were two young boys at our table. The oldest was celebrating his 13th birthday, the younger looked to be about 10.  It's so much fun to watch kids' reactions to the show.  They loved it all but especially the flaming onion ring volcano. But then what's not to love about a flaming onion ring volcano? We all applauded that one. I will not wait another 9 years for a return visit.