Well the tunelling is completed and there are now 2 nice and nestly dug out holes where the beer coolers can go. I am trying to decide which draught beers should grace the establishment. Beer Chang is a shoe in as Chang means elephant and elephant beer obviously fits the Tuskers profile. Although even this has not been without controversy as certain sections of the public consider it low class. I like it though so it's a winner! For the other choice I was going to go with safe, internationally renowned Heineken which is brewed here but last night I had a couple of pints of draught Tiger and it was really rather nice. But then beer is nice I suppose. Decision, decisions - perhaps more testing is the key!
The construction work is coming on in leaps and bounds. I didn't visit the site over the weekend so there are some quite profound changes. The pillars are all bricked up and the roofing struts are going in. Upstairs the damaged portions of the floor have been replaced and a new wall and door have been added giving access to the back bar storage area.
Last week I had an interesting discussion with builders Ek and Pad about urinals. I was trying to explain that in England we have big communal metal ones and I thought this would be ideal and cheap. They looked at me blankly - no such thing here in the Land of Smiles. I thought I would have to opt for the more expensive option of individual porcelain jobbies a bit pricey. The solution of course was to build one out of brick and tile and the boys are well underway with that project.
The big question now is do I blow some money on the elephant waterfall. A similar one is picture. With installation and all it will cost about 500 quid which is a hefty wadge of budget but it looks very pretty and I do like it. So dear readers do you think it is worth it? Will the money pay off in the long run in terms of improved ambience and customer satidfaction? Does this waterfall have the wow factor?
Of course this is all greatly at odds considering my stern lecture yesterday to everyone concerned with the project about the importance of keeping the budget on track. My heartfelt oration about profligacy and its evilness sit ill with my yearning for a waterfall but then I, of course, am permitted extravagances!
More pics on progress are available here
