Saturday, 19 March: We're invited to Barbara's 50th birthday party, at the Vietnamese restaurant Green Rice in Kreuzberg - directly opposite Görlitzer Bahnhof U-Bahn station - which is due to open next weekend.
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Minimalist chic interior with bare concrete walls, loose cables, an empty fish tank...
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... and a big sound system. (And Eva's iMac, for photo slideshow during the dinner, and for music playback for dancing later :-)
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The birthday girl. Sorry about the blurry photo. My camera couldn't really deal with the strong backlight.
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Barbara introduces all the guests - there are about 30 of us altogether, several having especially travelled from the West.
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The staff at work. The open kitchen is still... well, very open.
And now the food is ready: spicy soup, summer rolls, chicken salad, chicken satay, tuna & salmon nigiri, various makis. (Followed by some delicious cakes.)
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They give us fugu-shaped dishes as ashtrays :-)
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Kousa whispering sweet nothing into Theo's ear (I suspect.)
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Dr. Kousa and Sister Usako have to attend to young Herbert, who has passed out...
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Much later on: Herbert is awake again...
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... but then they all fall asleep - OK, it's well past 3AM, and Theo's already gone home with his parents...
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Another angle: with U-Bahn outside the window.
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