Mini-Reunion at restaurant River Kwai

During our teens, my sister and I stayed at a boarding school/orphanage in The Hague.
There's no sad or sorry tale here. Fact is that our parents worked for Shell and there were no schools for us in the countries where they were sent to.

One can imagine, that being 'plonked' together in a huge house with a lot of (approx. 50) young teenagers can cause some weird and wonderful situations and every single one of us will have some tall stories to tell.
One of the good things that came out of this time, is that friendships were 'forged' which have turned out to be indestructible.

Having returned to Holland I decided to meet up with 3 of my 'Boarding shool buddies'
Some of us had not seen each other for almost 25 years and were a little nervous, but that didn't stop us wanting to catch up over a nice meal at restaurant River Kwai in Utrecht (which I strongly recommend to anyone who likes Thai food).

The evening turned out to be a huge success.
We may not have known exactly what had gone on in each other's lives, but our friendship, humor and way of talking to each other, felt like a warm, comfortable blanket.
It was as if we were the only ones in the restaurant. Stories were being re-told at the top of our voices, old photographs were looked at and loud laughter was flowing freely.

Boarding School Buddies

Animated story-telling

Hans + Alex with photo album

We met in Oman when we were 6

Very Tasty food and drink

As far as the Thai food restaurant's concerned, it was actually very good.
For Dutch info only, click here

The restaurant was chock-a-block.
There is a warm and welcoming atmosphere and it's at a fantastic location, on a canal, in Utrecht.
We had three different dishes: Crispy Fish with sweet & sour sauce, Red Beef Curry and a Thai Green Curry with chicken. As a side dish we had a yummy cucumber salad. All were excellent.

Before we went, we had read some reviews which mentioned that the service was slow and not very friendly.  I have to admit that the guys got a bit impatient having to ask for their Singha Lagers at least three times and we did have to order our food several times, before we got it but we were having too good a time to really notice or care.