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For years myself and my wife have been toying with the idea of opening a small boutique restaurant offering excellent Thai cuisine. This has all stemmed from when we visited Thailand for our wedding. We flew to Bangkok in the February and although my wife had visited before it was my first trip there. When we arrived it was a huge culture shock,azs  but one that was very endearing. Thailand’s main religion is Bhudism and I must say that the people are some of the nicest and most gentle that i have ever met in my life. There were so many sites to take in and as a result for five days non stop we visited numerous tourist attractions across the large highly populated city. Amongst other things it was the food that we fell in love with most, whether it was a side street restaurant that the locals would frequent or a 5 star hotel the food was exquisite. the one day we visited the Grand Palace in the centre of Bangkok and what a sight it was to behold with thousands of visitors per day. After this visited we thought we would walk back to the hotel through the Chinese quarter taking in the sights, sounds and odours. It was here that we came across a small restaurant that was packed to the door and thought that we would give it a try. We couldn’t believe the cost with the average meal costing approximately 60p. I had a Beef Massaman curry and my wife Tom Yun Gung and oh my god it was out of this world. The food was cooked from fresh without any preservatives and compared to the equivalent in England it was way ahead in terms of quality. After Bangkok we moved on to Krabi on the south coast of Thailand and when I thought that the food could not get any better I was so wrong. This whole experience has inspired my wife and I to set up a small high quality authentic Thai restaurant in Sutton Coldfield and one day I hope this dream will come true. When we arrived back from Thailand we had a taste for the food and thought that we would be a great position to compare the so called Thai restaurants in the UK to their authentic counterparts and what a contrast we found. Nothing compared to the food encountered on our trip other than one restaurant we ate at whereby the chef spoke no English and must have arrived from Thailand very recently and no doibt uninfluenced by the west. This restaurant has since closed down, but I wish I could get my hands on the chef. Overall the Thai experience has left a lasting impression on both my wife and only spoilt by the water coolers that we observed in the hotel and the only reason for this was that in a country thousands of miles away I still could not escape the thought of work and this machine reminded me of my job in sales whereby I sell the odd drinking fountain and water coolers. Coincidently if for any reason you would like a water cooler or drinking fountain please visit www.horizondrinks.net or go straight to http://www.horizondrinks.net/uk2ecommerce/department/plumbed_in_water_coolers to view water coolers or www.horizondrinks.net/uk2ecommerce/department/drinking_water_fountains/ to view drinking fountains.