Technically Jami's Birthday was on Tuesday, but in all her planning, she decided that dinner at Koto Japanese Steakhouse was best saved for Saturday night! An intimate group gathered round a lovely hibachi grill and let the festivities begin!
Of course dinner started out with soup and salad and we all placed our orders - mostly chicken with noodles (my favorite), but a few steak and shrimp with fried rice thrown in for good measure. Then our chef got to work creating our yummy dinners and putting on a great show!
I have to say the flaming volcano of onions is my favorite part. Well, maybe when he juggles the egg with the spatula. I am not talented enough to (a) catch flying zucchini in my mouth or (b) catch squirting saki without getting all over my clothes. So the fire works for me! The food was excellent, as expected. After dinner, a wonderful, gorgeous and extremely tasty cake from Mirabelles was brought out; a fluffly white cake with lemon filling and coconut ALL OVER it!
Now, mind you, this is the same cake Jami picked out last year for Tonya's birthday dinner... which we had at Koto. Clearly we all enjoyed ourselves last time, so a repeat was in order! Everyone sang happy birthday to Jami, including the bachelorette party across the room (to whom we gave the 2 "extra" slices of cake), she cut the cake and we enjoyed it thoroughly!
Happy Birthday, Jami! You don't look a day over 29!