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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
The Dutch Expats Club Pattaya (NVP) has
a meeting the last Friday of every month in the Sea Breeze Hotel, Jomtien
Beach Road, next to Soi 10. They also have groups for bridge, computers, Thai
language, fishing, literature and much more. For more information email: [email protected]
The Pattaya International Ladies Club (PILC) will
host their September coffee morning at the Pine Grove Room, Siam
Bayshore on September 21 from 10.30 a.m. till 2 p.m. Members and guests are
welcome. Be sure to reserve your seat. Call 038 428 678-81 or email:
[email protected]
Scandinavian Expats Pattaya meets the second Sunday of
every month. For details contact John A. tel. 01 523 6080 or Per tel. 07 083
3834.
Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will hold its regular
Sunday morning meeting at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant at the Amari Orchid
Resort on 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.
Dining
Gourmet Menus Galore at the
Royal Cliff Beach Resort. Ever wonder why people have been raving about
the Resort’s gourmet greatness? Now you can experience for yourself the
unique treats only the Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s culinary masters can
prepare. Three of Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s 10 fine-dining venues continue
to offer sumptuous set menus for your dining pleasure. These are Rossini
(Ristorante Italiano, Royal Cliff Grand), the Grill Room & Wine Cellar
(Royal Cliff Beach Hotel), and the Resort’s premier dining jewel - Le
Benjarong (Royal Wing & Spa). Cap that perfect meal with a bottle or
two of the world’s best wines available in our award-winning wine list -
recipient of Wine Spectator Magazine, New York’s illusive “Award of
Excellence” in 2003. Saturday Grand Buffet - Enjoy an abundant
selection of mouthwatering meat and seafood BBQ dishes, delicious
international favourites, and wickedly indulgent desserts every Saturday night
at the Larn Thong Terrace. Delicious Dim Sum Lunch - Enjoy delicious
dim sum every weekend at the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel’s Coffee Shop. The menu
features a wide assortment of dishes served with special Chinese sauces and
traditional jasmine tea. For reservations to any of the above events, simply
contact guest relations via tel. 0-3825-0421 ext. 2007 or 2037, or email:
[email protected]
New on Mata Hari’s special menu: Air freighted
Argentinean Angus beef (fillet, sirloin, rib eye) and New Zealand white bait.
They still have some of the best Australian prime rib and have just received a
new shipment from Holland with smoked eel and raw herring. For reservations
call 038 420 939.
Game is in season, and as every year Hans at the
Paradise Restaurant offers various game specials for lovers of those
delicacies. They include deer fillet, Swiss style venison stew, wild boar
stew, rabbit stew in red wine sauce, kangaroo stew and ostrich fillet with
three sauces. All dishes are prepared from traditional recipes. Don’t miss
it! For those who look for something really different, the Paradise Restaurant
is Pattaya’s first and only casual dining restaurant specializing in
exotic food, including ostrich, kangaroo, emu, crocodile frog legs and
grasshoppers, 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, 215/62-63 on 2nd Road. Tel./Fax: 038 723 177.
Don’t miss Casa Pascal’s gourmet set menu and
pamper yourself with fine touches 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).
Promotion of the month: Catch of the day! During the
month of September, Hank’s goes fishing! He will serve you the freshest
seafood in town straight out of the sea across the road! Simply delicious at Henry
J. Bean’s Restaurant, Amari Orchid Resort Pattaya. For reservation
please contact guest relations at 038 428 161.
Shenanigans special menus: Monday Night Special -
soup or salad, followed by fried red snapper, sweet corn, garden peas &
salad B. 199. Tuesday Chop Night - home made soup, followed by a
Shenanigans pork chop with braised cabbage & mashed potato B. 150. Wednesday
Night Stake Out - home made soup or salad, a 400 gram. T-bone steak, pile
of french-fries, salad, & grilled tomato B. 195. Thursday Pasta Night
or Curry Night - A pasta buffet or curry buffet on alternate Thursdays.
All-U-Can-Eat B. 250. Friday Bangers Fry Up - a bursting carvery with 8
different sorts of a sausages, cooked to order with accompanying vegetables,
soup & salads. All-U-Can-Eat B. 255. Saturday & Sunday the
famous Shenanigans carvery B. 395. Shenanigans Pattaya, Pattaya Second
Road, in front of the Marriott Resort & Spa.
Dine-around dinner: Experience delicious cuisine at all
the bars and restaurants at the Amari Orchid Resort during only one dinner.
Start with a cocktail at the lobby bar. Enjoy a starter at the Orchid Terrace
and then have your main course at La Gritta Restaurant, finishing the evening
with a dessert at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant. Every evening 449 baht++ per
person. For reservation please contact guest relations at 038 428 161.
Throughout September the Benihana (Japanese-American
Steakhouse) has their juggling chefs providing world renowned beef from
Japan, Australia and Argentina, cooked and served to your liking with garlic
butter sauce, teriyaki sauce, red wine sauce or peppercorn sesame sauce. For
further information call the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa Tel. 038 412
120.
The Rice Mill (Chinese restaurant, 2nd floor of the
Royal Garden Plaza) offers a dim sum buffet lunch Friday to Sunday, 12 noon to
3 p.m. 249++ baht per person. For further information call the Pattaya
Marriott Resort & Spa tel. 038 412 120.
Education
Thai Culinary Arts Classes - Every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday the Royal Cliff School of Thai Culinary Arts teaches the secrets
behind making delicious Thai dishes. For reservations contact the guest
relations team via tel. 0 3825 0421 ext. 2007 or 2037, or email: [email protected]
Indian By Nature is proud to present sitar and tabla
lessons at the 2nd floor Durbar Lounge. Lessons to be conducted by
Maestros Imran Khan and Ayub Khan, musicians from the Royal Courts of Umaid
Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur. For more information please contact Av Khanijou @ 01
8629452, Rajni Khanijou 09 205 3020, Daryll Gonzalvez on
07 147 3417 or Indian By Nature 038 36 4656. Live sitar and tabla performances
every evening. Lunch performance by prior request.
Entertainment
Pattaya’s latest English style pub is now open on
Soi Yodsak (6). When you walk through the doors of The Lord Nelson, you
are in fact taking a step back in time. The decor is all things nautical from
brass lamps and fittings to pictures of Nelson and his ship H.M.S. Victory.
The bar is serving all your favourite drinks at sensible prices along with
soup and bar snacks. Upstairs the nautical theme continues in the rooms but
with nice comfortable beds rather than hammocks! All rooms have air-con and
fan, cable TV, DVD, fridge and are provided with free tea and coffee. So me
old shipmates, sail on down Soi 6, pop in and ask for Bosuns Mate Ray and have
a drink, a game of pool or darts or just a yarn at the bar.
There is still time to enjoy Moon River Pub’s beer
promotion. Every guest who buys one liter of beer receives a beer card.
After consuming 9 liters of beer you will get one liter free of charge. The
card is valid for 3 months. Please note that this promotion is only valid for
draft beer and not for bottles (every liter of beer ordered will be marked on
the card) and don’t miss the in house band Re-bounce. Always a fun night out
at the Moon River Pub, Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.
Been in the Queen Victoria Inn (Soi Yodsak 6)
lately? It’s had a full facelift and although they’ve lost the pool table,
they now have a new lounge area where you can relax with a cold beer or
enjoy one of the many bar meals. On Saturday’s, as Tiger beer is now one of
the sponsors of the Premier League, they’ve decided to sponsor Tiger! Get
your Tiger beer served by one of the Tiger girls at only 45 baht per bottle
during the matches. Sunday of course still sees the best value carvery in
town, with home made soup, prawn cocktail, roast rib of beef, roast turkey,
ham and pork, all the bit’s and pieces and sweet all for only 290 baht. All
that along with great rooms from only 550 baht per night makes it the place to
eat, drink and sleep! Just In! Strongbow Draught Cider - The UK’s No. 1
draught cider now being sold in Pattaya’s No1 U.K. pub, only 190 baht per
pint.
Events
The BCCT in cooperation with Katoen Natie Sembcorp
invites local business people to a Networking Evening On The Eastern
Seaboard from 5.30 pm on Friday September 17 at Katoen Natie Sembcorp,
Maptaphut - for location map please go to the following url: http://www.kns.co.th/map.html
and for booking contact the BCCT via email: [email protected]
Mermaids Dive Center is sponsoring a reef clean up on
the September 18 as part of the international program. The event is designed
to promote a clean up of trash and debris from the beaches and coral reefs
around the globe. Mermaid’s supports promoting eco-friendly diving, and all
of us in the community benefit from these activities, helping to keep our
beaches and waters clean of trash, in addition to helping maintain
a clean environment for the animal kingdom that lives here in the Gulf of
Thailand. For further information contact Mermaids Dive Center tel. 038 232
219, email: [email protected] or visit the website: www. mermaiddive.com
The Charity Club of Pattaya and the Queen
Victoria Inn are holding a Hawaiian Night on Tuesday September 21
from 7 p.m. in the Queen Victoria Inn (Soi 6). Tickets are 300 baht (from the
bar) and include buffet, live music and a donation to charity. All proceeds
from the night will go to the Pattaya Deaf School who will provide a display
of Hawaiian dancing Thai style! And the Wat Pong School, Huay Yai Mook. So,
with Guinness giving out prizes for best Hawaiian shirt and biggest belly in a
grass skirt, it’s sure to be a great night.
Health and
Fitness
Healthy September! at Pattaya Marriott Fitness Club. Start
the month with “Yoga Flow” an energetic, moderately active class combining
yoga asanas linked together with breathing techniques in a series of flowing
sequences for both strength and flexibility. Come & experience the yoga
flow every weekend at the Pattaya Marriott Fitness Club (Sat. 4-5 p.m. &
Sunday 10-11a.m.). For further information call the Pattaya Marriott Resort
& Spa Tel. 038 412 120.
Promotions
Door 2 Door have really gone
overboard this month with a special triple promotion. Not only can you
receive 10% off from the Globetrotter Restaurant, 1/54-55, Beach Road, Central
Pattaya, if you order over 500 baht you receive a free can of coke, and you
can also stimulate your taste buds by receiving 2 samosas free with all food
orders over 1,000 baht from The Raj Indian Restaurant, 3rd Road. Cash in on
this special triple promotion, simply call 038 720 222 and one of their
friendly drivers will deliver a free menu to you. Or visit them on www.
door2doorpattaya.com
Siam Bayshore Resort: Plan to refresh your body and
soul with a special 2 nights’ package that will guarantee to recharge your
batteries. The package includes 2 nights deluxe accommodation, buffet
breakfast, and BBQ dinner. You’ll probably tingle just to read this:
US$150++ (single), US$175++ (double) plus lots of pampering. Until December
24, 2004. For more information, please visit the website www. siamhotels.com
or call the hotel for reservations.
Bangkok and
beyond
AustCham Thailand invites you to
watch the Australian Rules Football (AFL) Grand Final, one of
Australia’s largest annual sporting events at the Royal Orchid Sheraton,
Saturday, September 25. Tickets are 2,000 baht for adults and 650 baht for
children and include breakfast, lunch, beer and wine from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This is celebrated in grand style beginning with breakfast, followed by a
traditional Australian lunch of meat pies and sauce, hot dogs and chips, and
including free flow wine, beer and soft drinks throughout the day. The big
game is to be shown on six 20 square-metre screens positioned around the
function room, so there is no way you can miss any of the action. For more
details and to book this event, call (0) 2210-0216-8 or fax (0) 2675 6696.
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