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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. 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.
Dates and venues involved in the project are as follows: Sept. 2 at Oliver
Twist’s; October 14 at Shenanigans; October 27 at Kilkenny’s; and the
finale will be held at the home of the Charity Club of Pattaya: The Queen
Victoria Inn Soi 6 on Sat. November 11. 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
[email protected] 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 next meeting of US Navy League Thailand
will be on Saturday Sept 16, 4 p.m. The club meets at Cafe New Orleans at 2
p.m. Everyone is warmly welcome. Each meeting a speaker will provide an
informal talk on a wide range of topics relating to Navy League here in
Thailand as well as ships visits and hosting groups. This will be followed by
the usual open forum and update on happenings in and around Pattaya. For more
information about the meeting and the other activities of the Navy League
Thailand see the website at www.navyleaguethailand.org and learn more about
the many ways you can join, sponsor, assist sailors, or even visit a ship that
comes to port when available.
The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC)
will be on Sunday, September 3rd. The Club meets every Sunday morning at Henry
J. Bean’s Restaurant on the north end of Beach Road in the grounds of the
Amari Orchid Resort. The program starts as usual at 10:30 A.M. with a buffet
breakfast available from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The PCEC extends a warm welcome to
both residents and visitors of all nationalities. Each week, a guest speaker
will provide an informal but interesting talk on a wide range of topics. This
will be followed by the usual open forum and update on happenings in and
around Pattaya. For more information about the Sunday meeting and the other
weekday activities of the PCEC, please see the Club’s website at
www.pattayacityexpatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied
activities on offer.
The Pattaya International Ladies Club September
luncheon will be held on Tuesday, September 5 from 10.30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Bruno’s
Restaurant and Wine Bar, Chateau Dale Plaza, Thappraya Road, tel. 038 364
600. Please confirm your reservations no later than Saturday 2nd September, 2
p.m. with Kavita Singh on 01 3775 171, or Stephanie Moorhouse on 09 5444 842,
or [email protected]. Please note that this lunch will feature a
cocktail and Irish Coffee demonstration. The monthly coffee morning will be
held on Tuesday, September 19 from 10.30 a.m. at Henry J. Beans, Beach Road,
tel. 038 428 161. Members and guests, ladies of all nationalities welcome. No
reservation necessary.
The Charity Club of Pattaya meets most Sundays at
the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6. Contact Malcolm on 09 7441040 or Christina on
095454185; [email protected]
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. 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.
Dining
Café New Orleans,
a culinary landmark for over 9 years on eclectic Pattayaland Soi 2 is
expanding its Fiesta Filipina menu and adding an Additional
Special Menu including imported black angus tenderloin steak, succulent
lamb tenderloin, scallops, assorted dinner crepes and chocolate souffl้
for dessert. You can order anything from its famous rack of baby back ribs and
imported steaks to special gourmet entr้es, side dishes and deserts.
Chefs coming from some of the top restaurants in Manila prepare Filipino
dishes such as sinigang, adobo, pancit, crispy pata, bangus, tinolang
manok, bistek, dinuguan, lechon kawali, menudo, lumpia. Café New
Orleans means “Fine Food at Affordable Prices” … with the emphasis on
“Affordable”. For more information or to make a reservation call 038 710
805, fax 038 710 784.
Mantra Restaurant and Bar, Pattaya –
now open! Dynamic, stylish and seriously cool … Mantra Restaurant and
Bar is now open on Beach Road in Pattaya. The restaurant is open from 6 p.m.
and the bar, equally as impressive and provocative, opens from 5 p.m. till 1
a.m. Enjoy a pre-dinner or post-work drink before settling in to enjoy a
fabulous culinary journey through various mouthwatering Asian and
Mediterranean cuisines. For more information please contact +66 (0) 3842 9591
or email [email protected] and visit www.mantra-pattaya.com
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: Champagne truffle pasta cream soup, over-baked stuffed salmon on
capsicum gazpacho gingered rice, oven-roasted duck breast on leek and mushroom
stew, sunflower seed sauce, carpaccio of pears with coconut ice cream and
caramel sauce. 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
Dusit Resort, Pattaya’s The Peak
Chinese Restaurant feed your crab cravings this month with a luscious
assortment of crab dishes prepared a la carte by our talented Chef Chi Tak
Lai. Shell-free and convenient to eat, chunky and succulent crab claws are
prepared Hong Kong style either saut้ed with XO sauce or saut้ed
with black pepper. Either way, you are assured the crab claws lend a luscious
flavor to Chef Chi’s modern Chinese cooking. 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 a.m. - 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.
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.
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
The AMI Jazz Night takes place at the
Siam Paragon in Bangkok, Friday, Sept 8 and features jazz piano superstars,
the Brad Mehldau Trio as well as supporting act Gianni Marinucci Quartet of
Australia. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets can be booked in advance by
calling 02 262 3456.
Jameson’s Irish Pub now has a new
Daily Happy Hour: Draught Heineken and Tiger Beer for 45 baht a half pint and
80 baht for a pint from 12 noon till 4 p.m. daily.
Maggie-May’s free football special,
Saturday and Sunday, we have all the football channels, and again this season,
we will pay your check-bin if our selected live game finishes as a
draw, 2-2, final whistle. Start your session at any time, includes all drinks
and our famous super-sized home baked pies! No limits! Soi Chiapoom/X-Zite, 3rd
Road. Bring the family!
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 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 Tahitian Queen 2 Rock-n-Roll Bar
(Soi BJ, Walking Street) will be celebrating Diver Steve’s 41st
Birthday on Sunday night the 3rd
of September at 8:00 p.m. The party includes an enormous feast of smoked BBQ
ribs, lasagna, tacos, burritos and yet another giant cheeseburger from Bob’s
BBQ. There will be specials throughout the evening for all scuba divers and PS
Board members, as well as totally random lucky drawings every half hour. Extra
special night since it is also the 5th
anniversary of Diver Huw and the lovely Em. All are welcome!
Niddy’s Nook is proud to present a Birthday
Bash for the legendary man behind the fastest growing bar/cafe in Pattaya.
On Wednesday, September 13th, Niddy will be celebrating his day of birth, and
wants to share the party with all of Pattaya. He will be arranging a delicious
free buffet of all your Nookie favorites to thank you for your wonderful
patronage over the past 10 months since our opening! Please visit our website
at www.niddysnook.com to find out all about Niddy’s Nook.
The British, Beluthai, Danish-Thai, German-Thai,
Netherlands-Thai, Thai-Norwegian and Thai-Swedish Chambers of Commerce in
cooperation with the Horseshoe Point Country Club invites you to a Networking
Evening on the Eastern Seaboard from 6.30 - 8.30 p.m. on Friday 1st September
2006 at . Horseshoe Point Country Club, 100 Moo 9, Tambon Pong, Amphur
Banglamung, Telephone: +66 (38) 735 050. Horseshoe Point in co-operation with
Siam Country Club Golf and Thai Sri Insurance is sponsoring selected beverages
and snacks on a first-come, first-served basis from 6.30 - 8.30 p.m. All other
beverages are at standard prices as will the sponsored supplies after 8.30
p.m. There is no fee for entry to the networking evening. All nationalities
and ages are welcome (including children). However, please ensure that you
book in advance as a courtesy to our host. BCCT members may book on-line in
the normal way. Non-members should email - [email protected] with the names
of those attending.
The Pattaya Modern Art Center, Soi 4 Pratamnak
invites you to “Absent”, ‘The Asian Male, Concentration on the Nude’
by M.P.D. The exhibition started August 13 and will run until September 16.
Everyone is welcome. For more details call 038 251 806, email [email protected]
Other Art Exhibitions in Pattaya: Gallery Opium Showcase
at Sheraton Pattaya, 437 Pratamnak Road, Pattaya. Group exhibition of a
selection of works from Gallery Opium’s resident & guest artists.
Exhibition is on-going with new pictures introduced on a quarterly basis. Gallery
Opium Showcase at A-One The Royal Cruise Hotel, 499 North Pattaya Beach
Road. Group exhibition of a selection of works from Gallery Opium’s resident
& guest artists. Exhibition is on-going with new pictures introduced on a
quarterly basis. Contact: Alan Kirkland-Roath, tel. 038 303 040 (Gallery);
tel. 050 847 947 (English), or tel. 099 922 266 (Thai), email:
[email protected] url: www.galleryopium.com
Promotions
DOOR 2 DOOR September’s
promotion. A great offer from Globetrotter Restaurant, located at 1/54-55,
Beach Road, Central Pattaya, receive free delivery on all orders anywhere in
Pattaya also 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. To receive your free Door 2 Door Menu (2006 Edition) just
simply call 038 720 222 & one of their friendly drivers will deliver a
free copy to you or visit them on www.door2doorpattaya.com
Dusit Resort Sports Club is inviting
all international school teachers to try its Academic Year Membership
promotion tailor-made to their requirements. Understanding that teachers will
be away for 2 months out of the year, Dusit Resort Sports Club came up with
Academic Year Membership offer. It is a 10-month calendar membership, valid
from 1 September 2006 to 30 June 2007. For further details and membership
information, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2226.
The Moon River Pub continues their
draft beer promotion. For every liter of draft beer ordered, receive one stamp
in your “Beer Card”. Collect nine stamps and get one liter of beer free.
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