Community Happenings is an opportunity for all
clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to
inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming
up. Send us your happening by email to: [email protected]
or by fax 038 427 596.
Announcements
The Expats Association of North East
Thailand invites expats and their partners to the Inaugural Meeting
on Saturday June 28 at 7 p.m. at the Number 1 Bar/Restaurant, 39/7 Na
Muang Road, Central Khon Kaen. Special guest speaker will be Peter Reading,
British Embassy representative for the Northeast. Meetings will then follow
monthly at various locations around the northeastern region. For further
details contact Peter Reading tel./fax. 043 343 819, Geoff Abbot 09 275 0059
or Jim Hannon 09 940 3520 or email: [email protected]
Clubs
Pattaya City Expats Club meets every Sunday morning
at Henry J. Beans, Beach Road North Pattaya. Breakfast menu starts at 9.30
a.m. Full breakfast, Thai dishes, or just tea/coffee. Meeting starts at 10:30
a.m. with an open forum and a chance to ask questions, or just relax and meet
new friends from around the world. Guest speakers from time to time. Local
contact 01 770 0239 or [email protected]
Dining
The Kiwi Pub & Restaurant is alive and well in
Bang Chang! A great Kiwi & Thai menu available along with a large
range of cold beers & hot spirits. A pig on a spit or catering for larger
groups available, a great spot for all of those Pattaya golfers who frequent
the Bang Chang area. The Kiwi Pub & Restaurant can be found in the
center of Bang Chang behind the big Suzuki shop on Sukhumvit Rd. For bookings
and details phone Lee on 01 457 1347 or Pete on 01 862 9832.
The Raj, Pattaya’s newest Indian restaurant has
membership cards available to all their diners at no cost. Just bring your
name card. This entitles you to a 20% discount on all food and drinks. On top
of that, a special drawing is held every week for one bottle of wine with your
meal. For pre-order take-aways please call tel. 038 370 704.
Pat’s Pies have moved back to their old premises on 3rd
Road. All the usual items are available including weekly specials. Please
note their new telephone number is 038 723 302.
Ostrich... The ‘other red meat’, delightfully tasty
and remarkably healthy. If you are looking for some thing different, the Paradise
Restaurant is Pattaya’s first and only restaurant specializing in exotic
food. Offering a selection of 10 different dishes featuring ostrich, emu,
kangaroo, crocodile, deer and venison. In addition, for those who like the
opportunity to try and taste several of the exotic meats at once, Hans has
created an exotic trio and an exotic quartet, each served with different
sauces. A dining experience you won’t regret or forget. Open daily from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. Located opposite the Royal Garden Plaza and Marriott Resort,
on Pattaya 2nd Road, tel./fax: 038 723 177.
Art Cafe now features selected watercolor paintings
from Caroline Gehrke, a Pattaya based artist. Caroline is a German citizen who
is well known in the Bangkok art scene having had many expositions in
galleries and hotels. The Art Cafe in Soi 16 off Naklua Road offers a wide
range of Mediterranean cuisine. In an impressive colonial style house,
surrounded by a huge garden. Guests experience dedicated hospitality in the
ambience of the good old days. In addition to the culinary relish, the
paintings gallery featuring original paintings and copies of world famous
works as well as the very different house band are points of attraction. There
is a new house band playing sentimental tunes on clarinet and keyboard every
evening except on Mondays. Art Cafe, open daily from 11 a.m. till late.
Reservations are recommended. Tel 0-3836-7652 or email: [email protected]
If you like Italian food, you’ll love eating at
Duilio’s! Both restaurants in Bangkok and Pattaya offer fabulous
attractions and specials for you this summer. An extensive ‘a la carte’
menu, and ‘Daily Luncheon Specials’: any salad, for only 69 baht,
any pasta, for only 89 baht, any pizza, for only 99 baht. In the evening, you
can order from the regular menu, or select delicious dishes from the set menu
at very special prices. Also, in the evening at Pattaya, there is a free
salad bar offered with every main dish of pizza, pasta, meats or seafood
ordered from the “a la carte” menu! Both restaurants open from midday to 3
p.m. and 6 p.m. till 11.30 p.m. daily, except Wednesday. Authentic Italian
dishes, prepared with care and attention, “just like Mamma used to make”.
For reservations, inquiries, home deliveries, call Pattaya 038 427 154, 038
428 210 or Bangkok 02 258 7930 or visit www.duilios.com
Greg and his team at Greg’s Kitchen are proud to
announce their new light lunch menu for only 159 baht, noon till 5 p.m.
All your favorites available either in full air-conditioning or outside on the
terrace. Greg’s Kitchen is located on Pattaya Second Road, opposite Soi 6.
Theme buffet evenings throughout the month of June at
the Montien Pattaya. Pamper yourself with the exceptional variety of
all-you-can-eat favorites, dazzlingly laid out, for an evening of leisurely
dining. Bring your family and friends. Special this month: buy 3 but pay for
only 2. For reservations call 038 428155-56 ext. 1620, 1621.
Events
Camillian Social Center Rayong Relief Center
for HIV/AIDS will hold an educational seminar in English on the prevention
of the spread of HIV/AIDS, Saturday, June 28 at the Camillian Social
Center in Rayong. Pick-up is arranged from the Fountain of Life Center, Soi
Bua Khao (behind 7 eleven) at 8.30 a.m. - return by 1.30-2.00 p.m. Free
transportation & meal. Please contact Fountain of Life 038 720 131 (9.30
a.m. till 2.30 p.m.) or 038 361 720 (outside working time).
The German-Thai Chamber of Commerce will be hosting
another Eastern Seaboard Stammtisch on Friday July 11 from 6 p.m. at
the Moon River Pub, Thai Garden Resort. All are welcome to this event!
You don’t have to be a member of the Chamber, nor even German to join. Fax
your attendance confirmation with name and numbers to the German-Thai Chamber
of Commerce on to 02 670 0607.
Pattaya Sports Club will be holding their Annual
Summer Party for members and guest on July 12 at the Town Inn Town Hotel,
doors will open promptly at 7 p.m., no early birds. Tickets are required and
will be available at the PSC office. Members tickets are free, one
guest per member 600 baht. Issue and sale of tickets will stop at 420. As in
the past besides a lovely international buffet there will be lots of beer and
a variety of spirits, the ever-popular lottery to include that yellow stuff
which excites all the ladies (gold) and other sundries.
Entertainment
Classical music provides romantic
atmosphere at Ambassador City Jomtien – the Ambassador City Jomtien
Hotel will provide classical piano music and a professional singer every
evening (except Wednesday) from 7 p.m. to midnight. For more details, contact
tel. 038 255 501.
Along with the many other facilities on offer, guests
staying in the new wing of the Queen Victoria Inn can now
watch all the latest movies in the comfort of your own room, as all are
now supplied with DVD players. As well as keeping in touch with free email
service you can also tune in to your local radio station at home for all
the news, weather and gossip you’re maybe not missing!
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum, Pattaya is
offering ‘Buy 1 Get 1 Free’ from now until July 30 every Monday
thru Thursday until July 30th, from noon till 5 p.m. This special offer is not
valid on public holidays. For more information, please contact Ripley’s
Museum on 038 710 294.
Health and Beauty
The Beauty House has built a new dental clinic for laser
tooth whitening using the latest technology: ‘The Dental House’ at
Beauty House. The laser whitening system makes it possible for you to have whiter,
brighter teeth today! Why spend the next 4-6 weeks wearing a tray
each night when it can be so simple? In a 1-hour convenient and
comfortable session, the dental staff can transform your smile into something
you’ll want to show the world. (Laser is used for activating the whitening
gel). Please telephone 038 361792, 038 361 749-50 for more information and to
make an appointment for a free consultation. Open every day, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
‘The Dental House’ at the Beauty House is next to Bangkok
Bank in Pattaya 2nd Rd., opposite Soi 6.
Packages
Learn from the Masters! Royal Cliff School of Thai Culinary
Arts. The award-winning Royal Cliff Beach Resort offers exclusive
Thai cooking classes conducted by master chefs. Only 990 baht net per person
per 2-hour class inclusive of welcome drink, set lunch, gift basket of special
herbs and spices, chef’s hat and apron. Participants will be presented with
certificate upon completion. Contact 038 250 421 ext. 2037 or 2037 for
reservations.
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