The guest speaker at this Sunday’s Pattaya City Expats Club meeting will be Chattan Kunjara na Ayuthaya, Tourism Authority of Thailand Central Region 3 director. He will explain some of the activities being promoted by the TAT for Pattaya this year, and progress on planning for the club’s trip to Chiang Mai in May. Chattan was the TAT director of Ayuthaya when the club was invited to visit last year and has agreed to help with the planning of a similar trip to Chiang Mai. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions or offer helpful advice during the Open Forum with Thor Halland. Meetings are free and open to anyone, and are held every Sunday at Henry J. Bean’s in the grounds of the Amari Orchid Resort, North Pattaya Beach Road. There is ample parking and meetings start at 10.30 a.m. with buffet breakfast available from 9.30 a.m. For further details of this or any other PCEC activity check out the web site at: www.pattayacity expatsclub.com

The Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard’s weekly luncheon meeting is at Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa. Meetings are on Tuesdays, beginning at 12:30. President: Martin Brands macbee @loxinfo.co.th mobile 01 795 76476.

The Welsh Society of Pattaya meets at ‘The Prince of Wales’ in Khao Noi every Saturday at 6 p.m. Free grub of some sort will be laid on. Any other nationalities interested in rugby are also welcome. For more info please call 01 865 4382 or visit: http://www.geocities.com/princeofwalespattaya/

The Dutch Expats Club Pattaya (NVP) meets the last Thursday of every month at Dolphin Apartments, Soi 20, South Pattaya Road. They also have groups for bridge, computers, Thai language, fishing, literature and much more. For more information email: [email protected]

Thai BBQ Seafood dinner around the pool at the Amari Orchid Resort. Enjoy a selection of delicious seafood from the BBQ as well as regional Thai specialties. Plus, experience performances of traditional Thai Khim music and dance. Every Wednesday From 7 p.m. at the pool 420 baht ++ per person. For reservations contact Guest Relations at 038 42 8161 ext. 763.

On Friday and Saturday nights bouzouki and sirtaki tunes will resound at the Art Café Pattaya. Then the original Greek style gyros grill will be lit and authentically spiced lamb gyros freshly shaved from the spit will be served. Eating as much gyros as one likes costs 390 baht net including one glass of Ouzo - the original Greek Aperitif. Art Cafe offers exquisite dining in a romantic ‘al Fresco’ setting as well as air-conditioned seating inside the restaurant. Art CaféPattaya, Soi 16 Pattaya Naklua Road. Phone 0 3836 7652 for details.

Enjoy Sunday with your family and friends at Casa Pascal! Enjoy a delightful menu with an extensive buffet that offers cold appetizers including Norwegian smoked salmon, home-made marinated salmon, fresh seafood including lobster, prawns, crabs, international salad bar, imported cheese and cold cuts, Thai spicy salads. A grand range of hot European and Asian dishes, live pasta show cooking station, flamed beef & pork tenderloin station, fruit juices and variety of fruits and more! Do not miss a glass of complimentary house champagne. Adults 550++ baht, children (under 12) 350++ baht. Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For reservations call 038 723-660, 01 983 4182 (Kim).

The Grapevine Bar, Restaurant & Beer serves breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. For dinner, the tacos, pizza, and lasagna are especially popular. SOS, which isn’t easy to find in Pattaya, is also on the breakfast menu. Roast beef sandwiches and grilled ham and cheese sandwiches (served with potato salad) are also getting great reviews. Victoria Bitter beer and Fosters Light Ice. Grapevine is located in the Regent Marina complex between Second and Beach Road. Open daily from 8.30 a.m.

Mata Hari Restaurant has gone fishing for their annual holidays until April 19. Louis, Jack and their team at Mata Hari will re-open the doors on Wednesday, April 20.

Mango Season has arrived at Amor Restaurant, between Pattayaland 2 and 3. Richard with his team at Amor Restaurant have come up with some great and surprising ideas for this delicious fruit. West Indies salmon, prawns, pork fillet or chicken breasts with rum, fresh mango, banana, raisins and cashew nuts in a light curry sauce. Mango pork fillet or chicken breasts with Thai whisky, fresh mango and coconut cream. Fresh mango cheesecake crazy mango sundae coconut ice cream, Malibu, fresh mango, whipped cream and cashew nuts. Mango coladas, daiquiri, yoghurt smoothie, mango fruit and milk shakes.

Jameson’s the Irish Pub has a host of Daily Specials; Monday Steak Night 150 baht, Tuesday 100 baht Jameson’s Full Meal, Wednesday Curry Night - All-U-Can-Eat 250 baht, Thursday Spaghetti & Meatballs 100 baht, Friday Fish & Chips 150 baht, Saturday & Sunday Roast Carvery 350 baht. So don’t miss out; drop in to Jameson’s the Irish Pub, Soi Sukrudee (Soi A.R.), Pattaya, email: info@ jamesons-pattaya.com Web Address: www.jamesons-pattaya.com

The Montien Hotel, Pattaya is continuing their Theme Buffet Evenings in 2005. Tuesdays - Verandah Coffee Shop for the Asian buffet dinner from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 420 baht ++, children 220 baht ++. On Wednesdays-La Mer Restaurant has a Mediterranean buffet dinner 6.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 450 baht ++, children 250 baht ++. Friday’s at the Verandah Coffee Shop it’s a BBQ & seafood buffet dinner 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 500 baht ++ and children 280 baht ++. On Saturdays the Verandah Coffee Shop lays out an international buffet dinner 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 450 baht ++ and children 250 baht ++. Pamper yourself with the exceptional variety of all-you-eat favourites, dazzlingly laid out for an evening of leisurely dining. For reservations please call 038 428 155 ext 1620-1 or email: [email protected]

For the early risers Tropical Bert’s, Soi Regent Marina, Beach Road North Pattaya is open for breakfast at 7.30 a.m., it includes 2 eggs, English bacon, probably the biggest and best pork sausage around, mushrooms, beans, tomato, fried bread, 2 English toast and marmalade, tea or coffee with 1 free re - fill. On Sundays the Pattaya Quiz League and Mondays Bert’s have their own fun quiz for all the family so come along for a brainstorming night. The thinking starts at 8.45 p.m. Tuesdays are now our well established golf days, so just sign on at Bert’s and get a free breakfast, a great days golf, free grub on your return along with the post mortem and prize giving. Any day is of course a great day to call in for pub grub by the sea or a cold drink whilst watching the sun set over Pattaya Bay. Tropical Bert’s a great place to watch Pattaya and the World go by!

Jomtien for breakfast? Want the quality of the Continental without the queue? Try the Ace Cafe at Hanuman Corner: a wealth of breakfast choices from double croissant with butter & jam, fresh orange juice and large tea or coffee at only 55 baht to the SOS hangover special at only 185 baht! Fresh milk and natural brown mineral sugar with your 20 baht giant mug of coffee... unbeatable! Imported Tetley or PG breakfast tea? Got it! English made Cumberland sausages, quality back bacon, whole-wheat toast, fresh ground coffee... we’ve got the lot, will never substitute quality for quantity and will match any other local price. Full menu including pies with Bisto gravy, mash ‘n peas; jumbo burgers; gammon pork steaks with apple sauce; spaghetti; many snacks and excellent Thai food too, so get down to the Ace Cafe today!

The Charity Club of Pattaya is conducting a sponsored charity pub-crawl on St. George’s Day, Saturday April 23. Staring at the Pig & Whistle at 4 p.m. calling at Tequila Reef, the Chiang Noi Bar and ending up at 7 p.m. at the Queen Victoria Soi 6 where a selection of all-u-can-eat curries will be available. Ticket price 300 baht, which covers the curry, live entertainment and a donation to the charities. You choose whom to sponsor; The Camillian Centre a home for Children and orphans affected from birth by HIV/Aids or the Free Mason’s Tsunami rebuilding project. With every 100 baht sponsored a free draw ticket will be allocated and put in the draw on the evening. Contact Malcolm on 09 744 1040 or Christina on 09 545 4185 [email protected]