places people have found Thai restaurants around the world

[Jimbob]

I am often surprised where Thai restaurants can be found around the world and how many there are.

Last weekend I was in New Zealand at the small village of Coromandel Town on the hilly Coromandel Peninsula 200 kms southwest of Auckland. The holiday village is isolated with a permanent population of 1500 people. Stopping in town for a bite we spotted this Thai place. My Thai girlfriend will always prefer to eat Thai so I could not drag her past the doors. The owner/chef (from Korat) prepared Thai meals but also farang meals to survive.She had been in New Zealand twenty years, herhusband had been trasnferred to the town so she opend the cafe. My friend said her food was OK but she seemed self taught. I then kept my eyes open as we drove through more towns and it seemed every reasonable size town had a Thai restaurant.

I curious to hear in what out of the way places people have found Thai restaurants/cafes around the world.

[Nereus]

Last weekend I was in New Zealand at the small village of Coromandel Town..................

There are places in NZ that are almost suburbs of Thailand!
Over many years of travel and work around the world I would have to say that Indian restaurants are more prevalent in the most unlikely places!

[Jimbob]

I stayed in Parnell, inner Auckland, and across the road were four Thai restaurants, five Indian restaurants a Japanese and Korean restaurants. The prize for names went to an up market restaurant in Tauranga called 'The Collar and Thai.'