Hey Hey We’re the Monkeys – Part 2

So Wednesday is here and I was awoken by Monkey no. 1 coming in at 7.00 am for a cuddle. Well I enjoyed the cuddle – it made a pleasant change from the howling hordes of dogs at the back of the house. He might have waited until 8.00am though but beggers can’t be choosers eh? A little while later Monkey no. 2 came trotting in. No ‘Good Morning Dad’ – oh no! ‘Breakfast Daddy?’ was the question loosely translated as ‘Come on. Get Up! I’m hungry.’

So I hauled my sorry ass out of bed and after getting all showered and clean for the day we took off out of the house for breakfast. We were out of milk so the easy option of cereal and milk was out as was scrambled eggs (I use milk in mine to make them fluffy and moist – don’t you like your breakfast fluffy and moist? – I sure do!! Anyway easy option was a trip to the local outdoor restaurant.

On arrival we ordered Khao Man Gai. This is riced cooked with oil in the water topped with sliced chicken and served with a chicken soup with spring onion tip garnish and a sweet/spicy sauce to top off the chicken. All for the princely sum of 25 baht each. Pretty good value huh? Sitting at the table I had next to me some lovely orchids and a caged bird who seemed very happy chirping away to his friends dotted around the place. Whilst I don’t really like the caging of animals, it was quite a nice experience which did not hurt my wallet too much for a change.

Monkeys in Fuji

Mid afternoon I was cajoled into trapsing off to Central where there is a good sushi restaurant on the third floor called Fuji. Actually there are quite a lot of Fuji’s around Thailand and I have to say the food is well presented, reasonably priced and quite healthy compared to other fast food type foods which we try to avoid.

Having terrorised the rather pretty girl serving us and driven me crazy, we finally managed to exit the restaurant without having broken anything save the concentration of the young couple opposite, which I think posed a welcome distraction for the girl and a rather unwelcome one for the guy whose intentions were probably not centred on food – least not of the type we were eating!

The evening was spent playing The Simpsons and guitar Hero whilst I tended to a little house maintenance.  Another enjoyable day – thankfully mummy is due back later on.