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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.

Clubs

Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya meets weekly now at the Woodland’s Resort & Hotel on Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. Call President Dieter H. Precourt at Tel/Fax: 038 900 029 or 01 843 8279.

UK Club Of Pattaya will be meeting every Saturday for a social get together at the following venues: Saturday August 16 at Yorkies Pork Platter Jomtien; Saturday August 23 at Sportsman Inn, Soi 13 and Saturday August 30 at the Bangsaray Club. Meetings will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. All are welcome!

The Pattaya International Ladies Club is holding the monthly coffee morning on Tuesday, August 19 at the Pan Pan Restaurant in Jomtien from 10.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Debbie on 038 227 141 or email: [email protected] for further details.

Pattaya Motorcycle Club. Are you a motorcycle enthusiast who wants to meet, socialize and ride with other motorcycle enthusiasts, no matter what nationality you are and what motorcycle you ride? Got a wife or girlfriend who would like to join you for a ride rather than sit at home while you go “out with the boys?” Come along to the inaugural meeting of the Pattaya Motorcycle Club at the “Old Speckled Hen” bar, Jomtien Beach Road, Soi 9, on Friday August 29 at 7 p.m. to discuss the aims of this new club, exchange views and give us your ideas. Further info from Martin (English) on 09 990 9342 email: [email protected] or Kai (German) on 01 863 5095 email: [email protected]

The Pattaya City Expats Club meets every Sunday morning in Henry J. Bean’s Bar and Restaurant at the Amari Resort at the north end of Pattaya Beach Road. A delicious international breakfast buffet is served from 9.30 a.m. There is plenty of opportunity to meet new friends. The meetings start at 10.30 a.m. and end at noon. For further information and start times pick up any issue of Pattaya Mail or Pattaya Blatt weekly or access the website www.pattayaexpats.com

Dining

At Casa Pascal Restaurant everything is special. Not only Pascal’s design of the restaurant, but also the presentation of its dishes and drinks. Imported Tasmanian rock oysters and fresh white asparagus are now the best sellers at Casa Pascal. You can also enjoy the 580 baht wine & dine menu featuring a 3-course meal with smoked salmon and shrimps as a starter, beef tenderloin, and crepe suzette for dessert, including white and red wine as much as you like. Cigarettes & cigars available! Casa Pascal is located on 2nd Road, opposite Marriott Resort & Shenanigans, just in front of Ruen Thai Restaurant. Reservations recommended. Tel. 038 723 660.

Hans Banziger at the Paradise Cafe and Grill has prepared a special Swiss Food Promotion throughout August. The Paradise Restaurant is also Pattaya’s first and only casual international restaurant specializing in exotic food, including ostrich, kangaroo, emu, crocodile and deer, a dining experience you won’t regret and forget. The Paradise Cafe and Grill also offers a vegetarian menu and a kids’ menu. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Located opposite the Royal Garden Plaza and Marriott Resort, 215/62-63 on 2nd Road. Tel./Fax: 038 723 177.

Mango mania has hit Amor Restaurant. With the mango season in full swing Richard and his team have created some very special dishes to tempt your taste buds. Sample some West Indies chicken breasts with rum, fresh mango, banana, raisins and cashew nut in light curry sauce. Be sure to book your table at tel. 038 710 680. Amor is between Soi Pattayaland 2 and 3.

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.

Cafe New Orleans, one of Pattaya’s best known and most successful restaurants is offering a super treat for the early bird: a 25% price cut on soup, appetizer, salad and ribs from Monday to Friday, 5.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m., which includes the best BBQ ribs in the kingdom. Cafe New Orleans continues its weekend All You Can Eat BBQ Festival from noon until 4 p.m. The restaurant is conveniently located in the heart of Pattayaland Soi 2, South Pattaya between the Royal Garden Plaza and Walking Street. Cafe New Orleans also delivers - everything and anything your heart desires is just a phone call away. For delivery please dial 038 710 805 or 038 710 806. You can also call Michael at 038 710 619 for more information.

Every Friday Shenanigans Pattaya has a “Pig & Clucking Carvery & Buffet” from 5.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. This includes home made soup of the day, roast chicken, boned stuffed & rolled chicken, roast loin of pork with crackling and apple sauce, ham hocks, roast leg of stuffed pork, a selection of vegetables and potatoes, with a choice of ice cream to follow. All for B195 as much as u can eat. Shenanigans Irish Pub, Pattaya Second Road, in front of the Marriott Resort & Spa.

As well as all the other outstanding features in the Queen Victoria Inn (Soi Yodsak 6) such as outstanding value rooms, great food, excellent drinks, big screen and free email, the Queen Vic can now offer customers a nice can of cold Blackthorn Cider along with perhaps a packet of Walkers crisps or a trip to the many local and distant tourist attractions in their new executive mini-bus. Really a great place to meet, eat, drink and stay. Call 038 425 418.

Jomtien is the home of the rapidly popular El’ Coyote Yacht Club & Restaurant where you can sample some of the region’s best Mexican cuisine. It’s a place you can take the whole family, with a style and ambience all of its own. The club is an ideal venue for couples, families and anyone with a taste for quality without leaving your wallet empty. Mingle with the mariners Monday through Friday nights and show up weekends for the best burritos and spiciest salsa in town. For information go to: www.el-coyote.com or call 038 303 640 or email: [email protected]

Entertainment

The Image Band is back at the Captain’s Corner, singing all your favorite tunes every evening from 7 p.m. The all you can eat bar-b-q buffet, steaks and seafood starts at 6 p.m. and costs only 295 baht. All steaks are aged to perfection, so mosey on over. The Captain’s Corner Restaurant is located on Thappraya Road. For reservations or free pick up service call 038 364 314.

The Moon River Pub’s Beer Promotion is still going on. Every guest receives a beer card for each liter of beer they buy. After consuming 9 liters of beer you will get one liter free of charge (every liter of beer that has been ordered will be marked on the card). The card is valid for 3 months. This promotion is only valid for draft beer and not for bottles. The Moon River Pub, Thai Garden Resort North Pattaya Road.

Shenanigans Pattaya has live music with Pop’s Band every Wednesday night. Rock on in and listen to great R & B, Rock ‘n’ Roll and all time favorites. Shenanigans Pattaya, Pattaya Second Road (in front of the Marriott Resort & Spa.) Open daily from 8.30 a.m. till late.

Events

AustCham will host a very special Seaboard Sundowners August 15 from 6 p.m. till 8.30 p.m. at the Garden Beach Resort, Pattaya. This special Seaboard Sundowners is an opportunity for members and guests of AustCham Thailand to meet, network and exchange views in the social, casual environment at the Garden Beach Resort, Pattaya. For more details and to book this event, please click: http://www.austchamthai land.com/asp/eventdetail.asp?EventID=295&SponsorId=47

The following day Saturday, August 16, interested persons are encouraged to take part in the Volunteer English Teaching at Ban Khao Huai Mahad School, Ban Chang, Rayong. AustCham Thailand sponsors a number of schools in Rayong Province. Part of this support includes the provision of English language classes, which are conducted by volunteers from our community. Volunteers work with small groups of children aged between 5 and 12 years and play simple games and activities which encourage the children to use the English language. No prior teaching experience is necessary, just a lot of enthusiasm! This day, working with the children is a most rewarding experience. The Chamber provides transportation to and from the schools along with lunch and refreshments.

The El Coyote Yacht Club is holding a charity fund-raising night tonight Friday August 15 in support of the Baan Jing Jai children’s orphanage. A lavish buffet will be on offer and live music will entertain the crowd all evening. Sponsored drinks will be on offer for the early comers and fund-raising games will be going all night long. Come along and join in something fun and frivolous that will benefit those children in need and the Baan Jing Jai orphanage. For any further information please call 038 303 640 or Khun Daeng on 09 8964 912.

Milan Crosse Partners the next networking dinner is on Thursday August 21 at the Art Cafe Pattaya, 285 Moo 5, Soi 16, Pattaya Naklua Road, Chonburi, tel. 038 367 652. Starts at 6.30 p.m. with drinks, dinner at 7.30 p.m. The quality remains the same - good food, good people only 750 baht includes everything. Please email your RSVP to: [email protected]

The Pattaya Gay Festival’s next fundraising event is to search for Pattaya’s most Beautiful ‘Lady’. Lots of prizes with special prizes including ‘Miss Model’, ‘Most Photogenic’ and ‘Most Beautiful Dress’. Doors open at 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 31 at the South Pattaya School assembly rooms (entrance opposite Pattaya Shoe, Pattaya 2nd Road). Admission is 200 baht, includes free drinks and 100 baht to the PGF charity, HEARTT 2000 which provide treatment for HIV infected people. More information on the website: http://www. pattayagayfestival.com

The Pattaya International Ladies Club is holding their annual October Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, October 4 at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya. Doors open at 10 a.m. to the shopping spree of the year and continues on till either you drop or at 4 p.m., which ever comes first. All proceeds from the bazaar support the PILC Charities in and around Pattaya.

UK Club of Pattaya Charity Gala Dinner & Grand Prize Draw in aid of the Camillian Center, Rayong. The venue is the Marriott Resort & Spa Pattaya. Saturday October 25, 7.30 p.m. till late. Dinner tickets 1,500 baht. Members are discounted to 1,300 baht. Includes live music/Thai & international buffet/free bar. Draw tickets 60 baht each or 10 for 500 baht. Contact: [email protected] or Christina 09 545 4185.