New Year, New You

Time to enjoy yourself and keep those resolutions?

Oscar Wilde once famously remarked, ‘I can resist anything … except temptation.’ Well, he certainly would have been mightily tempted if he’d reached the shores of today’s Samui. The island is filled with hundreds, if not thousands of professionally-run restaurants. Whatever you're hankering after, you can be sure that you'll find it somewhere on the island, a short drive away at the most. With a full spectrum of goodies, food is definitely high on the island’s agenda.

But now that Christmas and the New Year are over, it’s a traditional time for soul-searching, or at least goal-searching. Time for resolutions and not temptations. As we all know from ten million articles that appear at this time of the year, most people’s best resolutions bite the dust not ten weeks into the New Year. 

But this being the modern age, food doesn’t need to be comprised of calorie-bombs – or anything like it. Visit many of the restaurants here and you'll find there are some extremely healthy, yet never boring choices to be made. It might inspire you to make a few changes yourself when you're back home. You can also learn to cook Thai food right here on the island – and end up with the skills to make some memorably good dishes for you and your friends. When it comes to food and drink, Samui is particularly blessed. 

Best of all, it’s completely up to you just what and how much of it you'd like to savour. Who knows, the gastronomic ‘temptations’ may even cause you to explore the wonderful world of food yourself – and in a way that matches your best intentions. Whatever, there’s plenty to enjoy when it comes to food and drink on Samui. And it wouldn’t be hard to end up with a healthier new you.