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.

The Beautiful Game is back! And where better to catch it in Jomtien than the “Old Speckled Hen” on soi 9, just off beach road. With over 30 prime viewing seats, large screen, surround sound and your favorite Carlsberg draught at only 30 baht during any live match, you can afford to be there! This is the newest and most comfortable pub in the area, with great pub grub (anything ‘n chips!), no hassle staff and probably the cleanest khazi in Chonburi, so make it the place to watch all premiership matches. Oh, and any derogatory comments about the Hammers incur an immediate penalty of 1 beer to the guv’nor!

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 10% 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.

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.

The Pattaya Gay Festival’s next fundraising event is a Wine And Cheese Night At Le Caf้ Royale this Saturday August 23. Le Caf้ Royale will be hosting a Cheese and Wine Night to raise money for HEARTT 2000 and other P.G.F. charities starting at 8pm. Tickets on sale at Le Caf้ Royale price 750 baht of which 200 will go direct to the charities. Price of admission includes all Cheeses, European and Thai. Le Caf้ Royale is located in Soi Pattayaland 3. The following event is a 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 provides treatment for HIV infected people. More information on the website: http://www.pattayagayfestival.com

At El Coyote Yacht Club, this Sunday you can cheer on your team in the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, in the elegant surrounds of Pattaya’s newest Yacht Club. Sample some of the Mexican fare whilst those speed daemons battle it out in what has to be one of the closest fought titles in years. For information or reservations call 038 303 644 or Khun Daeng on 09 896 4912

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.