The Pattaya International Ladies Club will hold their July coffee morning at The Balcony, 151/35 Moo 5 Soi Ananthakul, North Pattaya Road from 10.30 a.m. to 12 midday on July 20. Tel: 038 411 429.

The Srisiam Restaurant, Sunbeam Hotel Pattaya, invites you to enjoy specialty menus such as: baked rice with dry plums, baked rice with Chinese sausage, fried noodles with plakapong in brown sauce and baked noodles shrimps served in pottery bowl, throughout July, every day. Starting time: 12 midday until 9 p.m. Call for reservations on 038-427-120-9.

Talk of Tokyo: A very special guest this month at the Benihana Restaurant is Japanese beef specialist chef Suzuki Toshio, visiting from Benihana Tokyo. He will present the culinary excitement of Teppanyaki Zushi. On chef Suzuki’s menu are dishes such as roast beef glazed in teriyaki sauce, sprinkled with gold dust; eel topped with horseradish mayonnaise; and delicacies using Kobe and Matsuzaka beef. The guest chef is also a licensed sake master, and will be making recommendations from a selection of more than twenty fine sakes! Visit chef Suzuki Toshio at the Benihana Restaurant, Royal Garden Plaza from now until July 24. For reservations & more information please call 038 425 009.

Don’t miss Casa Pascal’s new gourmet set menu, pamper yourself with fine touch of culinary art. Menu only 950++ baht and menu with unlimited wine 1,900++. For reservations, please call 038-723-660 or 01-983-4182 (Kim).

Pizza and Pasta Festival - For an Italian evening in lush tropical gardens, Amari’s chef presents a wonderful buffet with home style cooking. A full dessert buffet is also available and the house band will entertain you all night long. From 7 p.m. in the tropical garden, 330++ baht per person. For reservations please contact guest relations at 038 428 161.

The Friday special at Shenanigans Pattaya is ‘Popeye Pie’. An earthenware dish, filled with ground beef in a brown sauce on one side and creamed spinach with mixed vegetables, all covered in mashed potatoes and grilled under the salamander. Served from 12 midday till 9 p.m. for 150 baht inclusive. Shenanigans Pattaya, Pattaya Second Road, in front of the Marriott Resort & Spa.

Head for Soi 6 and the Queen Victoria Inn for Draught Guinness for only 160 baht per pint or Kilkenny at 180 baht. With the 4 course 4 joint Sunday carvery at 290 baht and daily specials at only 140 baht it’s the place to be to eat and drink! Email: queenvictoriainn @hotmail.com or call 038 425 418 for more details.

The Green Bottle Pub is offering special Thai menus featuring delicious duck and chicken dishes from 19 baht and 45 baht from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. throughout the month of July. Plenty of happy hour choices are also available from 1 p.m. till 7 p.m. daily with bottled beer at 50 baht and spirits at 45 baht. Another good reason to fall over and back to the Green Bottle, Diana Inn Pattaya, Second Road. Call 038 429 870, 038 429 675 for more details.

There are many vegetarian food offers in Pattaya, but most of them are Thai style or Chinese style; Pat’s Pies have had numerous requests to expand their range of vegetarian food, so they created Pat’s homemade vegetarian lasagna and broccoli base veggie pie to add to the already popular giant Yorkshire pudding with stuffing, vegetables, roast & mashed potatoes, baked potatoes with various fillings (bean, cheese & onion and coleslaw) plus, with an advance order of 24 hours notice, they can offer cheese & onion or broccoli & cheese quiche, cheese & onion pastry and much more. All vegetarian meals are served with vegetarian gravy! They also deliver! Call 038 072 3302.

For those who like to taste more than one dish of the extensive menu at the Paradise Restaurant, Hans has introduced four different tasting set menus, including one meat lover, one fish lover, one exotic delight as well as a gourmet menu. All set menus start with a Caesar salad, followed by a creamy mussel soup with saffron. To complete the dinner, a special tasting dessert is also included, featuring chocolate mousse, crepes with passion fruit sauce and cream caramel for only 495 baht for the meat & fish lover, for the exotic delight and for the gourmet dinner, which includes a small carafe of house wine for 595 baht. Excellent food and great value! Open daily from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Located opposite the Royal Garden Plaza and Marriott Resort, 215/62-63 on 2nd Road. Tel./Fax: 038 723 177.

Don’t miss the theme buffet evenings at the Montien Hotel Pattaya; Verandah Coffee Shop on Tuesdays: Asian buffet dinner 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesdays at La Mer Restaurant its Mediterranean buffet dinner from 6.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. On Friday it’s back to the Verandah Coffee Shop with a BBQ & seafood buffet dinner from 6 till 10 p.m. and on Saturday don’t miss the international buffet dinner. For reservations and information call 038 428 155 ext. 1620-1 or email: [email protected]

California Steak at the Orchard, the best steak venue in Sriracha, is now offering a special steak buffet dinner every Wednesday evening. Indulge your taste buds with delicious steak menus including beef, chicken, pork and seafood only at 263 baht + per person (130 baht + for a child). Special on every Monday and Friday, you will get free salad bar with any order of steak or a la carte menu prices over 140 baht. For reservations or more information contact California Steak on 038 771 3900 ext. 225

Learn the art of fruit and vegetable carving with a Thai carving master and receive a carving certificate after the course at the Siam Bayview Hotel Pattaya. The course is open daily at the Garden Terrace Caf้ from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Call 038 423 871-7 or email: siambayview @siamhotels.com for further details.

Under 5s playgroup at the Horseshoe Point. Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Fun, games, music, swimming and lunch for children up to 5 years old. The playgroup will run throughout the school holidays until end of August. Only 200 baht for Club Aviva members (280 baht non-members). Places are limited so please book on 038 735 050 ext 8002/ 0607 27012, or email: [email protected] Transport can be arranged depending on numbers.

The Pattaya Gay Festival will hold a charity dinner at 8.30 p.m. on July 25 at the Amor Restaurant, between Soi Pattayaland 2 and 3. Richard and team will be preparing a fine gourmet dinner for the night. Tickets are available at the Amor Restaurant (see Richard) and at the Ambience Hotel (see Hugh), Soi Pattayaland 3, for 1,100 baht (400 towards PGF charities, including Heartt 2000). Phone 038 710 680, email: [email protected] or visit the website: www. amorrestaurant.com