Ali had invited us to join her for late lunch in Marunouchi with her friends Goro and Nami. Luckily for me they both spoke excellent English, and had married this year after meeting each other when living in London. Nick was pleased to be able to discuss football, though Goro is unfortunately a Chelsea fan.
We went into one of the many high-rise buildings in the area and picked a floor to eat at (in Tokyo, every drab office block is home to restaurants on each floor). We certainly struck it lucky when we chose Bangkok Kitchen. It had very smart decor and lots of Thai dishes to salivate over. As we were the only customers, it being past 3pm by now, we were able to put Emily down on the floor to crawl around. While I was playing with her the maitre d' came over and held out his hands to take her; I was a bit taken aback, but handed her over. He disappeared round the corner of the bar with her and I expected to hear her wail, but there was only the odd chuckle. It was a novelty for Nick and me to be able to eat at the same time. My steamed fish with spicy lime sauce was superb - it came with plenty of chili, and also slivers of raw garlic, which had our eyes tearing. When I went to find Emily and relieve her impromptu babysitters, she actually cried when I took her!
We thought we had better give her an opportunity to play before we set off home, so Nick and I took her round the corner to the Imperial Plaza so she could crawl on the grass under the pines. While we were there a lady came past with a very active little dog, and Emily was so excited she took off in hot pursuit. Another couple came by and I spotted that they had a white rabbit in their holdall. Wonder if it was wearing a coat, like most of the pooches we saw. Of course there were also loads of crows above us, providing endless entertainment. The sun fell quickly, and the temperature dropped significantly; feeling rather chilly we dived into Hibiya station and took the Mita line home.
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