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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 guest speaker at the Pattaya City Expats Club
meeting on Sunday February 12 will be Bart Van der Molen, a former Mr.
Universe and present executive manager of Fairtex the new complex on
North Road just before the Dolphin roundabout. Bart will have more advice to
offer on wellness and dietary tips. He will also have information on
membership to their fitness facilities and special discounts for Pattaya City
Expats Club discount card holders. Meetings take place every Sunday at 10.30
a.m. at Henry J. Bean’s in the grounds of the Amari Orchid Resort on
North Pattaya Beach Road. Meeting freely open to all, buffet breakfast
available from 9.30 a.m. More details visit www. pattayacityexpatsclub.com
Valentine’s
Day Specials
Sheraton Pattaya Resort is
inviting you and your beloved to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a
romantic evening by the beach with the unsurpassed view of Coral
Island, a glass of sparkling wine, and a rose for your lady. At the Mez
restaurant, Chef Olivier will be presenting 5 luxury courses which will
fulfill your Valentine atmosphere. More information and reservations call 038
259 888 ext: 6421 or E-mail: fb.pattaya @sheraton.com
Valentine’s Day at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya.
Dazzle your loved one on February 14 with romantic ambience coupled with a
rose, chocolate hearts and dimly-lit candles at La Mer Restaurant. Impress
your sweetheart this lovers’ day. A five course set dinner by candlelight
and a complimentary glass of Kir Royal each, accompanied by gentle piano
music. 6.30-11 p.m. For reservations call 038-428155-6 ext. 1620 or 1621 or
email; [email protected]
The chefs at The Peak Chinese Restaurant and The
Bay Italian Restaurant, Dusit Resort, Pattaya, have each created a
divine Valentine’s Romantic Dinner set menu, and since both
restaurants overlook the bay, it’s your choice where to celebrate with your
loved one. Both offers include two glasses of sparkling wine, a rose for the
lady and a present of heart-shaped sweets. For reservations: Bay 038 425611-7
ext. 2270. Peak 2276.
Valentine’s Day at Thai Garden Resort. Enjoy a
romantic candlelight dinner on Tuesday February 14 with a five course Western
gourmet dinner for lovers served from 6-10 p.m. at the Lanna Coffee Shop and
at the Moon River Pub & Restaurant. For reservations: 038-370 618
extension 6666, or email: [email protected]
The Tahitian Queen 2 (Soi BJ, South Pattaya Walking
Street) will be throwing a Valentine’s Day Party on Tuesday February 14
beginning at 6 p.m. The TQ2 dancers will be wearing sexy Valentines outfits
and competing in the 2006 Miss Tahitian Queen 2 Beauty Pageant with great
prizes for all. Come on by and give the judges a helping hand. TQ2 will have
free food from the Bob’s BBQ TQ2 kitchen all night, with extra ribs and fish
and chips for the gluttons. All are welcome!
Dining
Now available at the Ace Café: Old Speckled Hen
Ale, John Smiths Extra Smooth and Newcastle Brown Ale at extremely reasonable
prices at Hanuman Corner, Jomtien. And yes, the best chef in Jomtien still
works there! All day breakfasts, steaks, burgers, pies and an extensive Thai
menu, with all dishes served in Western sized portions! Delicious all day
fresh ground coffee, PG Tips & Tetley breakfast tea. Friendly no hassle
staff are a delight and always game for some cheeky banter! So, visit the Ace
Cafe for an early breakfast, an afternoon session or an evening social, and
some of the best home cooking in town!
Amor Restaurant is now offering a Traditional
English Afternoon Tea from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Pot of tea or cup of
coffee, cucumber sandwiches, home made scones with fresh cream and strawberry
preserves. The strawberry season is still with us and Amor is offering the
following strawberry delicacies: Strawberry chicken breasts or pork fillet;
pan fried with a sauce of fresh strawberries and crushed black peppercorns
flamb้ed in brandy. And new desserts: strawberries with yoghurt and
Chiang Mai longan honey, strawberries with sour cream and brown sugar. They
continue to have the following: fresh strawberries and cream with whipped or
pouring cream, fresh strawberries with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, French
strawberries with Grand Marnier and whipped cream, Irish strawberries with
Jameson’s and whipped cream, strawberry yoghurt smoothies, strawberry fruit
shakes, and fresh strawberry milk shakes. Visit http://www. amorrestaurant.com
Art Café Pattaya introduces Menu
Gastronomique - created by guest Chef Thierry from France. Savor an
exquisite and thrilling 6-courses-menu plus a half bottle of Boccacino wine
from Sicily. For more information or reservations: 038 367652 or mobile: 01
8326031.
Casa Pascal Restaurant offers a new gourmet set menu
including house champagne (Amuse Bouche), white wine (Angove’s Chalk Hill
Blue, Colombard Chardonnay, Australia, 2003), rock lobster salad with avocado,
walnuts and crab roe sour cream, green pea soup with sun dried tomatoes, goose
liver stuffed duck breast on cranberry sauce and apple calvados sherbet. Red
wine: Butterfly Ridge Shiraz Cabernet Australia, 2003. Seabass fillet เ
la proven็ale with basil and tomato coulis or flamed pork mignon on blue
cheese and pine nuts sauce. Spanish cr่me br๛l้e with orange
fillets or selection of premium French cheese, coffee or tea. Calvados,
Grappa, Remy Martin, Williams.
Truffle Indulgence at The Bay Italian
Restaurant, Dusit Resort, Pattaya. Truffle has long held its
mystique in the annals of culinary history and is often referred to as the
‘black diamond’. The Bay Italian Restaurant lets you experience the
luxurious delights of truffles with an a la carte selection in February:
Deep-fried truffle mozzarella salad with tomato fondue, white asparagus,
pickled onion, tomato basil dressing and truffle foam; Risotto with black
truffle and bacon, parmesan basket; Pan-fried beef tenderloin with rucola
mash, baby vegetables, onion ice cream, and truffle meat sauce. Pamper your
sweet tooth with Chef Guiseppe’s roast plums with honey and yogurt ice
cream. For reservations: 038 425611-7 ext. 2270. The Peak now has
inspired dim sum creations such as abalone stuffed with shrimp and ebiko roe,
morel mushroom stuffed with shrimp and ebiko roe, crab claw stuffed with
shrimp curry sauce, and sea cucumber stuffed with shrimp and ebiko roe. Also
try chef recommended dishes: stir-fried king Phuket lobster with XO sauce and
Hong Kong noodles, and lotus roots stuffed with sticky rice and honey plum.
For reservations: 038 425611-7 ext. 2276. At the Dusit’s Cascade Café enjoy
the new theme buffets. Every Wednesday night try Tex-Mex dishes. Friday nights
are reserved for all curry lovers.
Jameson’s the Irish Pub has a host of Daily
Specials! Don’t miss out on Jameson’s Thursday night special. Enjoy
the two kebab mixed grills of beef, onion, pork, green pepper, chicken,
tomato, liver, bacon, pineapple, kidney, and mushroom, served with white rice,
salad & barbeque sauce. Also the famous British beers, Old Speckled Hen on
draught and Newcastle Brown Ale by the bottle. Located at Soi Sukrudee (Soi
A.R.), Pattaya, email: info@jamesons-pattaya. com Website:
www.jamesons -pattaya.com
Mercure Hotel Pattaya presents P&P all you
can eat pasta and pizza at the Cappuccino Terrace every Wednesday night.
Contact: 038 425 050.
Sang’s Western Food is now open in Ban Chang: western
food supplies for bacon, sausages, pies, pastries, cooked meats, etc. In
association with Yorkies of Jomtien. Located in Soantakard Village near Pala.
Fusion Cuisine, The Tide Resort will present a new
special promotion for spring with a Tropical Fruit Season for February.
Tasty dishes such as tropical melon boat, salad of cantaloupe, melon and rock
lobster, and grilled chicken breast with rambutan sauce. Also every Saturday
evening, try the international buffet dinner, and the Tide Bakery breakfast
stets. Bangsaen Beach Road. For more information call: 038 399200.
Tropical Bert’s can now be found in its brand new
home on 2nd Road across from the Bangkok Bank just before Soi 6/1. They now
have a fully air conditioned bar and restaurant along with their traditional
outside beer garden, and they are also the only bar in Pattaya offering
Draught Bass Bitter, not only that but also 6 luxury rooms to rent all with
cable and satellite T.V, kitchenette, lounge and all you would expect from a
first class establishment. They still have their golf every Tuesday and Quiz
on Sundays along with great specials every day, for instance on Sundays you
can have soup of the day, roast beef, lamb or pork along with all that goes
with it followed by apple pie and custard, and if you want more please just
ask. Worried about parking, no problem, they have their own car park that you
can enter from 2nd Road or Soi 6 / 1. Call in and start your day of with a
great breakfast or end it listening to the antics of Parsons Corner.
Entertainment
Ray’s Place jazz bar at the Mercure
Hotel Pattaya has live music and entertainment by Phil, a professional
cocktail barman from St Tropez. Happy Hour every day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 50%
discount on all drinks. Mercure Hotel, Pattaya Second Road Soi 15, tel. 038
425 050, email [email protected]
Pattaya’s most popular Power Jam Band rocks the Moon
River Pub & Restaurant nightly except on Mondays. Happy hour is daily
from 6.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. Located in front of the Thai Garden Resort,
North Pattaya Road.
Events
Alcoholics Anonymous Welcome
Day Come and find out what AA is all about. Thursday February 16, 10 a.m.
– 6 p.m. at Cabbages and Condoms Hotel Resort. Call Danny 09
253 4498 or Carl 09 0980204.
Mike Baird (M.J.B) Pattaya Mail’s Life In
Fun City cartoonist is holding an exhibition until March 28, of his
cartoons in full color A3 size and postcard size next to the Flamingo Hotel
at the Salt and Pepper Restaurant behind IT-City, South Pattaya. Open every
day from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. All profits go to the Pattaya Orphanage. Stop by
and have a chuckle at the funny side of this town. You have never seen
anything like this before. Now is your chance to take home a smile. Any
Charities wishing to raffle these unique pictures, email. amuzingthaicartoons
@yahoo.com
At Gallery Opium until February 12, Caroline R.K.
Brown’s solo exhibition, Sensual Moments - Imaginative drawings,
drawings with mixed media, paintings, sculptured 3D drawings and photographic
works. 315/26 Thepprasit Road, M12 (opp Gubai Art Gallery) Pattaya. Contact:
Alan Kirkland-Roath 038 303040, or 05 0847947, email: [email protected] or
visit the website: www. galleryopium.com
Solo art exhibition by Jessada Kongmassart using oil &
acrylic on canvas. February 25, to March 12. Following the recent successful
exhibition ‘Thai living’ at the national gallery in Bangkok his
paintings are now highly collectible, and the works much sought after.
Location: Chamnan Gallery 308/16 moo 12, Thappraya Road, Banglamung,
Pattaya City. Tel: 038 364 023 Tel: 015 778 494 Email: chamnan_studio
@hotmail.com
Getting ... Something. An art exhibition of oil &
acrylic on canvas. February 10-25, daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Spire
group comprises of 7 Thai artists: Narakorn Sittites, Atthaporn Nimmalaikaew,
Mongkol Sae-li, Nithipat Hoisangthong, Thassapol Borriboon, Marisa Eiamwong,
Phansa Phutharaka. Location: Chamnan Gallery 308/16 moo 12, Thappraya
Road, Banglamung, Pattaya City. Tel: 038 364 023 Tel: 015 778 494 Email:
[email protected] Selected works of Narakorn Sittites can also be
viewed at Gallery Opium on Thepprasit Road, Pattaya City.
The Stereo Music Lounge is celebrating its 1 st
anniversary on Friday February 10. Free food and entertainment will be
provided. Stereo is a modern bar with funky d้cor and comfortable
seating. It plays the coolest music in town and pool can played on their 8 x 4
American pool table. It can be found on the corner of Soi Buakaow and L.K.
Metio.
Read-a-Thon, a children’s reading competition, will
continue until February 25 at the North Star Library. The competition is
divided into age groups of 2-4, 5-7, 8-12, and 13-15 years. Prizes will be
awarded to those who raise the most money in each age group. To register, stop
by the North Star Library, pick up your sponsorship form and ‘start
reading’.
The Pattaya Women’s Open is Thailand’s most
unique sporting event; it has been a landmark on the women’s professional
tennis world tour for 15 years. This year’s tournament is held at the Dusit
Resort, Pattaya from February 4-12, 2006. For 9 days, you can be close to the
action on the courts, watch all the big matches: See the best of the players
from the Asia-Pacific region, China’s Peng Shuai, Japan’s Shinobu Asagoe,
Korea’s Yoon Jeong Cho, Australia’s Sam Stosur and Thailand’s Fed Cup
hero’s Tamarine Tanasugarn and Suchanan Vilaiprasert take on the Russian,
European and American stars as Argentina’s Paola Suarez, former double
champion Henrietta Nagyova, Jelena Dokic and many more. Tickets on sale at the
following prices: Saturday February 4 and Sunday 5: admission free. Monday
February 6 – Thursday February 9: 200 baht. Friday February 10 – Sunday
February 12: 300, 500, and 1,000 baht. For further details and bookings,
please contact Pentangle Promotions on 02- 3818703 – 4, or 02-3823488/89.
Promotions
From February 4-12, Dusit Resort, Pattaya’s Sports
Club has a special membership offer to celebrate the Pattaya Women’s
Open. Purchase one-year membership – individual, couple or family –
and receive one extra month free! On Valentine’s Day, upgrade your
membership to one year couple category, and receive a one month ‘Couple
Membership’ extension free! Offer is valid exclusively to married couples
only. The Sports Club will give away its exclusive gym bag to the first 100
members who will apply for one year membership. For further details and
membership information, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2226.
Free Overseas Calls at Art Café Pattaya: In
addition to free ADSL Internet access service, patrons can call any other
world-wide land line number without time limitations or restrictions. Also on
offer are art reproductions of oil paintings from their talented and dedicated
artists. For further information please contact or come to the Art Café
Pattaya, 285/3, Moo 5, Soi 16 Pattaya Naklua Road, Pattaya, tel. 038 367 652
or 01 832 6031, email: info@artcafe-thailand. com; www.artcafe-thailand.com
Travel in comfort with Dusit Hotels & Resorts’
new shuttle service, the Dusit Sprinter, a Mercedes Benz deluxe shuttle
bus, custom-made to accommodate only 11 persons for maximum passenger comfort,
bringing guests between Bangkok and Pattaya daily. The Dusit Sprinter leaves
Dusit Resort, in Pattaya at 10.30 a.m. arriving at Dusit Thani, Bangkok at
approx 12.30 p.m. It returns, leaving Bangkok at 2 p.m. and arrive at approx 4
p.m. Guests can book at the concierge of both hotels. Reservations are
highly recommended. For details and reservations, please call 038 42 5611-7,
ext. 2179-80.
Good news, the increasingly popular Door 2 Door food
delivery service has introduced 8 new restaurants to its already extensive
2006 menu. A La Turca (Turkish), Alibaba (Indian), Chow Soy (English Chinese),
The Continental (breakfast & dinner), Jameson’s (the Irish Pub), La Mole
(Italian), Mikes (Mexican) and Subway (perfect sandwiches) are very excited
about being involved with such a professional delivery service. To receive
your free 2006 Door 2 Door Menu, simply call 038 720 222 and a friendly driver
will deliver a copy to you. |
