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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS

Do you have an event at your place,or do you have special offers?
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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.

Announcements

The Charity Club of Pattaya is building a classroom to house 40+ Children at the Wat Wang Wa School. The school is situated just outside Klaeng, South of Rayong. Starting at the end of July until the end of November, with the help of the following establishments, various pub nights will be held with the proceeds being donated to the Charity Club of Pattaya. If you love English bars or Irish bars, we have some fantastic nights planned for you. To start you off, on Saturday July 29th - Jameson’s The Irish Bar will be the first venue to hold a pub night, beginning at 7 p.m. Other venues involved in the project are as follows: Witherspoon’s; New to Pattaya on Central Pattaya Road is Oliver Twist’s; Kilkenny’s Irish Bar; Shenanigans; and the finale will be held at the home of the Charity Club of Pattaya: The Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6. All the Pub Nights will be holding a Charity raffle as well on the night. Watch the local press for the confirmed dates. Hope to see you all at every venue! Contact charityclubofpattaya @yahoo.com or Malcolm 09 7441040, or Christina 09 5454185.

Mabuhay Diving Club needs diver-volunteers to do underwater clean-up of Pattaya Bay every Saturday. All equipment, boat, food, etc., provided. Please call Steve at 0-4725-3230.

Clubs

The Charity Club of Pattaya meets most Sundays at the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6. Contact Malcolm on 09 7441040 or Christina on 095454185; charityclubof [email protected]

The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club will be on Sunday 30th July. As usual starting at 10:30 a.m. with a buffet breakfast available from 9.30 at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant n the grounds of the Amari Orchid Resort. There will be the usual open forum and update on happenings in and around Pattaya. For more information about the Sunday and weekday activities of the PCEC go to www.pattayacity expatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied activities that members get up to through the week.

New to Pattaya at Tropical Bert’s (2nd Rd opp Bangkok Bank): every Sunday lunchtime, 1 to 5ish, the U.K. Ex Forces Club meets, with their first meeting on Sunday 30th July. It matters not what service you were in, as the idea of the club is to meet over a few drinks and have a good yarn. Free bar snacks and discounted drinks will be provided to members. Trips out to local military displays will also be arranged at cost, such as the River Kwai and Remembrance days at members’ embassies. The club will also have a charity side that will help our Thai counterparts and their families who have been killed or injured. For more details phone Bert on 09 8072335 or call in the bar.

The Pattaya International Ladies Club August luncheon will be held on Tuesday, August 1st from 10.30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Pan Pan Brasserie, Thepprasit Road, tel. 038 252 874. Please confirm your reservations no later than Saturday 29th July, 2 p.m., with Kavita Singh on 01 3775 171, Stephanie Moorhouse on 09 5444 842, or [email protected]. The monthly coffee morning will be held on Tuesday, August 15th from 10.30 a.m. at Lakeside Lodge, Soi Ruawsap 9/21, M 8 Nong Prue, Banglamung, tel. 01 0026 460. All members and guests, ladies of all nationalities welcome. No reservation necessary.

Dining

Amor Restaurant, Pattayaland Soi 3. South Pattaya is now offering a Traditional English Afternoon Tea from 5 - 7 p.m. daily. For more information call 038 710680 or visit http://www. amorrestaurant.com

Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s gourmet set menu: Poached egg on saut้ed forest mushrooms and truffle sauce. Roasted beef tenderloin in bacon wrap and herb oil, roasted potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Pattaya 2nd Road in front of Ruen Thai Restaurant. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723 659, e-mail: [email protected]. For more information: www. restaurant-pattaya.com

Have a unique chance to taste ostrich meat dishes prepared in modern Chinese cuisine style at Dusit Resort, Pattaya’s The Peak Chinese Restaurant. The Peak’s Chinese chef, Chi Tak Lai gets creative with a selection of ostrich meat dishes prepared a la carte in August. Everyday at lunchtime, enjoy an extensive selection of dim sum. The kitchen prepares some 40 varieties of dim sum rotating on a seasonal basis. The Peak is located on the 9th floor of Dusit Resort, Pattaya with a panoramic view of the bay, and is open every day, 11:30 am - 2:30 p.m. for lunch & 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. for dinner. For reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2276. Also at the Dusit Resort, The Bay Restaurant gives you a chance to have a taste of Italy’s pizza variations with its Pizza Degustation in July! Chef Giuseppe Zanotti jazzes up the toppings to create two best loved pizzas from each Italian region for one delectable full-sized meal. Try pizza with Parma ham and rocket salad or wild mushroom and truffle pizza from Central Italy. For times & reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2270. Saturday Night BBQ Buffet at The Bay a wide assortment of meat and seafood to go on the grill and carving stations.

Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya recently launched ‘Eat to the Beat’, the hotel’s main dining attraction for dinner at Starz Diner. To mark the launch of the new buffet, Eat to the Beat will have an introductory price of THB 550++ per person from Sunday to Friday and THB 700++ per person on Saturdays for a limited period only. Located on 429 Pattaya Beach Road. For more details call 038 428755.

Jameson’s the Irish Pub has a host of daily specials including on Mondays Fillet Steak Special, a fillet steak served on a sizzling metal tray with french-fries and vegetables for baht 165. On Tuesday it is the turn of the gammon steak with french-fries and veggies at baht 165. Wednesday it’s deep fried bread-crumbed chicken with french-fries at 165 baht. Thursdays is two kebabs loaded up with beef steak, pork, liver and bacon, chicken, kidneys, pineapple, green pepper, tomato, onion and mushrooms served with fried rice on a chopping board for 165 baht. Friday is Fish and chips for baht 165. All the specials are served with a bowl of home made soup to start with and home made ice cream or fresh fruit as dessert. As always Jameson’s serves its all day and night carvery at the weekends, as much as you can eat for 350 baht. Speckled Hen beer on draft is back in stock as well as bottled Newcastle Brown Ale.

Kanary Bay Rayong, No.43 Presents: The Culture of French food from July 24 until August the 4. Try typical traditional French a la carte and selected lunch & dinner buffets. All prepared by the passionate French Chef Philippe Belly, who will take you on a culinary tour. Special buffet lunch on July 30 & August 1, 2 and 3 from 11.30 - 14.00, only baht 220 net per person, children 50% discount. Special buffet dinner on August 2 from 18.00 - 22.00, only baht 370 + VAT per person, children 50% discount. For info & reservations please call 038-804 844.

Mercure Hotel Pattaya presents P&P all you can eat pasta and pizza at the Cappuccino Terrace every Wednesday night. Soi 15, 2nd Road, South Pattaya. For more details call 038 425 050.

The Montien Hotel, Pattaya continues their Theme Buffet Evenings: 2nd Road, Central Pattaya. For more details & reservations please call 038-428155 ext 1620, 1621 e-mail; [email protected]

The Premiership Football Restaurant currently has a special 99 baht promotion running. Choose from shepherd’s pie, pork chop and mashed potatoes, large cheeseburger or bangers ‘n’ mash. There are also 200 other items on the main menu including traditional English, European, Mexican and Thai food. Located at Soi Diana Inn opposite the Sawasdee Hotel. Tel. 07-802-7088. Open 24hrs.

The Queen Victoria Inn’s Sundays just get better and better! Not only can you tuck into the Sunday Carvery, 3 courses for 320 baht, but you can also be entertained by The Copy Cats band live from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. Come and have a great Sunday at the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6.

Shenanigans Irish Pub nightly specials: 12 noon – 11 p.m. Monday Spaghetti Night (160 baht); Tuesday Chop Night (150 baht); Wednesday Steak Night (195 baht); Thursday Curry Night 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. (250 baht); Friday Schnitzel Night (195) 12 noon – 11 p.m.; Saturday Carvery (395 baht) 6 p.m. – 11 p.m.; Sunday Carvery (395 baht) 12 noon – 11 p.m: The famous Shenanigans Carvery, a choice of 6 different joints, 9 vegetables & potatoes, prawn salad & home made soup, as much as you can eat. Shenanigans the Irish Pub 218/2-4 Moo 10, Royal Garden Resort, Pattaya 2nd Road. Email: [email protected], Phone: (038) 710 641, www. shenanigans-pattaya.com

Tropical Bert has English and American breakfasts all served with thick cut toast and free tea or coffee refills, home made pies and pasties, a full range of pub grub and daily specials, Sunday lunch of home made soup, roast beef, pork or lamb with all the trimmings and dessert at only 250 Bt (if you want more just ask!); and they also serve Thai food and serve it very well indeed. Bert’s cooks are of course Thai and love nothing more than serving you what they do best and doing it to suit your pallet, so don’t worry about it being too hot, we have a chili meter! And parking for 100 cars. Tropical Bert’s: 2nd Road Opp Bangkok Bank, Soi 6 Branch.

Entertainment

On Sundays Jameson’s the Irish Pub will be having magic shows starting at 2 p.m. with the PR Magic Show hosted by Dr Magic and Son. There will be three half hour shows during the afternoon with the children having their own room in the bar, their own free children’s buffet attended by staff to look after them and their own magician who will be doing tricks all day long. There will also be cartoons on the television. In the main bar will be Pop’s Pattaya All Stars playing acoustic music in a jam session which welcomes all musicians.

A La Turca Restaurant has recently opened their second branch opposite 7-11 on Walking Street. Buy 1 beer and get 1 free during Happy Hour from 5 - 7 p.m. and try some of their delicious cocktails, buy 2 get 1 free, made by Alfie, their professional bartender, trained in London.

Enjoy live music and entertainment at Ray’s Place jazz bar at the Mercure Hotel Pattaya. Happy Hour every day from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pattaya Second Road Soi 15, email [email protected]

The Moon River Pub continues their draft beer promotion. For every liter of draft beer ordered the guest will receive one stamp in his or her “Beer Card”. Collect nine stamps and get one liter of beer free. In front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

The new taste of entertainment at the Tide Resort begins with the ‘Club Sea’, their recently opened lobby bar. A perfect hangout with food, drinks, live jazz, and easy listening music open from 7 p.m. - midnight. For more information please call 038 399200.

Events

The British and German Chambers in cooperation with Raimon Land Plc invite you to a joint BCCT/GTCC networking evening on the Eastern Seaboard on Friday 28th July from 6.30 p.m. at Northshore, Pattaya Soi 5 (off Pattaya Beach Rd). Raimon Land is sponsoring beverages and snacks on a first-come, first-served basis from 6.30 p.m. Non-BCCT and GTCC members will be charged THB 500 per person for entry to this event. Should they join the BCCT within three months they will receive a refund of THB 500 per company membership. Both chambers ask that members respect payment of the non-member fee on the part of any non-member guests they may be bringing. Hope to see you there! All are welcome!

Amor Restaurant will be hosting their annual Charity Dinner for the Pattaya Gay Festival on Tuesday July 25th starting at 8 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The dinner includes Amuse Bouche, salmon rillettes, sweet potato & ginger soup, lemon sorbet, chicken breast with herbed cheeses and Parma ham, medley of mushrooms in cream and white wine, Riz Surprise, Baklava, tea or coffee, 1500 baht net – 400 baht of the dinner price and 20% of all drink and wine sales will go to the PGF charities. Tickets available at the Ambiance (see Jim) or at the Amor Restaurant, Pattayaland Soi 3, South Pattaya. Call 038 710 680, www.amorrestaurant.com, : [email protected]. To benefit HEARTT 2000 and local charities.

Bangkok Pattaya Hospital’s Charity Bingo Night is tonight, 28th July from 6 - 9 p.m. Proceeds go to Mercy Center Projects. Adults 500 baht incl. 2 bingo cards; children under 12 - 300 baht. Tickets include dinner & entertainment. The more attendees we have the more chances we can materialise our dream to help the needy - particularly, the impoverished children of the Mercy Center. So, please invite your friends. We look forward to seeing you there! Tickets are available from: Reina & Neil BPH, Inter MarCom, tel. 038 259 955, e-mail: [email protected]

Promotions

Door 2 Door July promotions: Ring now to get your copy of the new Official Thailand Survival Guide & Pattaya Business Telephone Directory delivered to your door for only 250 baht. Also a great offer from Fatties Restaurant & Pub, 2nd Road, Opposite Big C: receive a free portion of spring rolls with all food orders over 500 baht. To receive your free Door 2 Door menu (2006 edition) simply call 038 720 222 and a friendly driver will deliver a free copy to you, or visit www.door2doorpattaya.com



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