Skål Club of Pattaya and East Thailand will host their August networking meeting on Thursday, August 19 at the Raj Restaurant, Pattaya Third Road from 6.30 p.m. Price is 350 baht inclusive of a welcoming Paulaner, snack buffet, taxes and services. Full cash bar will also be available. This month’s topic: The ‘twinning’ of the Macao & Pattaya Clubs and 2004 World congress in Durban, South Africa. Email president Bob Lee for bookings: [email protected] or check out the website on: www.skalpattaya.org for directions and news.

Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will hold its regular Sunday morning meeting at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant at the Amari Orchid Resort, at the north end of Beach Road. As always, an international and Thai buffet breakfast, catered by Amari Orchid Resort, is available from 9.30 a.m. prior to the commencement of the meeting. The meeting starts at 10.30 a.m. and finishes about noon. There is ample parking available in the parking area across from the beach and next to Henry J. Bean’s on the left side of Beach Road, just after the turn.

Don’t miss Casa Pascal’s 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.

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 based 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.

Hans at the Paradise Restaurant is again offering frog legs as appetizers or main dishes, cooked either with Provencal herbs, garlic and pepper or basil. The tasty set menus have been very popular and continue to be on offer. They include a meat and a fish lover, a gourmet and an exotic meat menu. All set menus include Caesar salad, a soup, the main dish and assorted deserts for only 495 - 595 baht. A small carafe of house wine is also included with the gourmet set. Open daily from 10 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.

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]

For those who want to enjoy the very best of English football live on the big screen, then drop into the Jomtien Boathouse where you can watch the games live every Saturday and Sunday evening. Enjoy cool refreshments and sample some excellent food as well. The Jomtien Boathouse, on Jomtien Beach Road.

The Tahitian Queen 2 (Soi BJ, Walking Street - South Pattaya) will be having a party for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Friday August 13. Members of all Pattaya and Bangkok MC’s are very welcome to come on by and sample free ‘Shooters’ barbecue and honey mustard chicken wings and spicy jalapeno poppers. They’ll also be serving pizza all night, and offering lucky number draws and door prizes to all biker friends. On Sunday August 15 the TQ2 will be celebrating LCB’s birthday at a scuba diver’s party. Dive instructors and dive masters come on by for a few extra rounds of kamikazes - buy 10, get 15 - walk home. They also have the famous TQ2 snorkel shots for all of successful new dive instructors. All are welcome!

Attention all you Golf Groups! Need a place to meet? Great breakfast at reduced rates, VIP mini bus, secure golf store, so no more hauling your gear about as it goes from the bar to the bus and the bus to the bar! Private lounge for meetings, great food and drink after your games, large room for private functions and yes for your major tournaments we will sponsor. Contact Bert at the Queen Victoria Inn, Soi 6 (to be found most days at the bar) Tel 09 807 2335.

American Wrestling shows are held daily at The Market complex on Pattaya 2nd Road between Soi 5 and Soi 6. Wrestling superstars from around the world will be competing nightly in 3 shows: 7 p.m., 8.30 p.m. and 10 p.m. This is the first time live wrestling has come to Pattaya. Contact the wrestling box office on 038 488 196.

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: [email protected] for further details.

Meditation Group, novice or experienced, come and join this informal get together for anyone interested in experiencing this wonderful form of relaxation to calm the mind. Maggie Counihan and Gill Chrystina Dalton will be facilitating these informal get-togethers every Thursday evening from 6 p.m. at Gill’s house. For more information call Gill on 01 751 5012 or Maggie on 07 073 4237. Refreshments provided and payment is by donation only with all proceeds going to Dawn of Light, a project that will eventually be turned into a non-profit foundation.

Eat your heart our Tiger, Amari Orchid Resort, Pattaya’s new golf package will have you grabbing your clubs and heading for the fairways. From only US$ 224 per person (based on twin occupancy), the package includes: 3 night’s accommodation in a newly renovated superior room. Complimentary daily American breakfast, complimentary welcome drink, fruits in room, 2 days golf including green fees, caddy, and round-trip transfer to and from the golf courses. For more information please contact the Amari Orchid Resort, Pattaya Tel: 038-428161

Free Promotion this month from Door 2 Door food delivery service. Receive a free can of coke with all orders topping 500 baht and a 1.25lt bottle of coke for those orders exceeding 1000 baht. Also receive a 10% discount on all orders from the popular Art Caf้ Restaurant in Soi 16 Naklua. To receive your free Door 2 Door menu just simply call 038 720 222 and one of their friendly drivers will deliver a copy to you. Or visit them on www.door2doorpattaya.com.

To celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 6th Cycle Birthday, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum Pattaya is inviting every mom who was born in 1932 to visit Ripley’s Museum and watch simulator movies in 4-dimensions free. Till August 15, each eligible mom should present her resident ID card to the attendant to verify the year of birth, and the exploration into Ripley’s unusual world of oddities is hers. For other moms, Ripley’s Museum is also offering a 50% discount at these two outlets. The Museum is open daily between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. and situated on the 3rd level of the Royal Garden Plaza. For more information, please call 038 710 294-8, ext. 332.

Come and celebrate the birthday of your loved ones or friends at the Paradise Restaurant and enjoy a fabulous dinner their in company. Make a reservation for 4 people or more and receive a complimentary birthday cake. For a reservation of eight or more, Paradise also offers you a bottle of their Pinot Chardonnay house champagne. For reservations call 038 723 177 (this special is not valid with other promotional offers or discounts).

Both the Siam Bayshore Resort and the Siam Bayview Hotel are offering a meeting package for groups of 20 or more at just 1,500 baht net per person per night (sharing a twin room). The package includes: one lunch, two coffee breaks and use of new meeting facilities and equipment (LCD, DVD, Internet). The single room supplement is 1,000 baht net per night. For more information, please call the corporate sales department at 0 2247-0123, ext. 1914. Email: [email protected] Website: www.siamhotels.com