Fake metal dish from Thailand inspiring me to move right forward (3,7)

'dish from thailand inspiring me to move right forward' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'fake metal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'metal' could be 'mercury' (mercury is a kind of metal) and 'mercury' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'red' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?