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Announcements

The Charity Club of Pattaya is holding a pub night on 11th November at the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6 to raise funds for a Christmas party in December with gifts for the Children at the Camillian Centre. Contact charityclubofpattaya@yahoo .com or Malcolm 09 7441040, or Christina 09 5454185.

The Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya is inviting all Rotarians and guests to their Fellowship Party on Tuesday 7th November starting at 7pm at The Boathouse, Jomtien Beach Road. The price is only 700 Baht per person and is inclusive of a European/Thai Buffet with FREE drinks (beer, wine & soft drinks). Reservations required due to limited seats. Please contact IPP Stephan Heynert for details: Tel. 081-5107075, E-Mail [email protected]

Clubs

The Asian Business Club will meet for the second time November 14th for its Networking-Night at the Woodland Resort on Naklua Road in Pattaya. All members, their families, business partners, guests and friends are welcome as well as other persons from any country who are interested to meet other business minded people. The event starts at 7pm with a buffet (400 baht/person) and drinks at a discounted rate and plenty of time for small talks as well as serious business conversations. For more details please go to www.asian-business-club.org

The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be on Sunday, November 5th. 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. Everyone is warmly welcome. 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, see the Club’s website at www. pattayacityexpatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied activities on offer.

The PILC Monthly Coffee Morning will be held at the Sheraton Pattaya Resort, Moo 12 Pratamnak Road, on Tuesday the 21st of November 2006 at 10:30 a.m. Tel 038-259888. No reservation required.

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]

The U.K. Ex Forces Club meets at Tropical Bert’s (2nd Rd opp Bangkok Bank) every Sunday lunchtime, 1pm to 5ish. For more details phone Bert on 09 8072335 or call in the bar.

Dining

Ace Cafe BBQ Night In Jomtien. Every Monday is BBQ party night! Come and enjoy a platter of grillsteak, sausages, baked potato, corn on the cob and mixed salad, all for only 159 baht! Tickets on sale all week with one lucky winner eating free! Grill fires up at 6.30, don’t be late! Ace Cafe, Hanuman Corner. 089 990 9342

Eat to the Beat at Starz Diner, Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya. We offer the freshest seafood cooked to your liking, international specialties, Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya’s award-winning dishes with free-flow of wines, beer and soft drinks. Plus every Saturday, a whole spit-roasted pig is added to the wide selection of sumptuous dishes on the buffet. Eat to the Beat is available Sunday to Friday from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at 590++ per person and on Saturdays from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at 690++ per person. Call Tel. no. (66) 038 428755 - 9 for reservations.

Recently opened Manhattans Steak House is already establishing itself as one of Pattaya’s finest restaurants with a reputation for first class food and service. The menu features only certified Angus beef from the US and Australia which is known for its tenderness, flavor and leanness. To reserve your table please call reservations from noon: 038-259790 or 06-103 4497. Located in Nirvana Place Condos, Thappraya Road. Dress code, Valet Parking and limousine service

Patrick’s Belgian Restaurant Presents: Monday: “Osso Bucco” with mashed potatoes Tuesday: Australian lamb chops (400g) chops with b้arnaise-and mint sauce, veggies and Fries Wednesday: Côte a’l Os or Prime Rib (800g) (2 persons) with beurre Maitre d’Hotel” and potato croquets Thursday: “Ostrich” Filet Steak “Archiduc” veggies and potato croquets Friday: Moules-Frites (Mussels Belgian Style) Saturday: “”Cocq au Vin” (Chicken casserole) with Fries or potato croquets. For reservation call Patrick 08/16872410 or e-mail flyfrog @csloxinfo.com

Theme Buffet Evenings at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya: Tuesdays - Verandah Coffee Shop, Reef & Beef” International BBQ Buffet Dinner, 6.00p.m-10.00p.m, Adults Baht 650++/Children Baht 350++; Wednesdays - La Mer Restaurant, Mediterranean Buffet Dinner 6.30p.m.10.00p.m, Adults Baht 550++/Children Baht 300++; Friday - Verandah Coffee Shop, BBQ & Seafood Buffet Dinner 6.00p.m-10.00p.m, Adults Baht 650++/Children Baht 350++; Saturday - Verandah Coffee Shop, International Buffet Dinner 6.00 p.m.- 10.00 p.m., Adults Baht 550.-++/ Children Baht 300++. Bring you family and friends. Sit back, relax and enjoy. For reservations please call 038-428155 ext 1620, 1621, E-mail; [email protected]

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.

Snow in Thailand? Ok so it’s not really snowing in Thailand, but equally as exciting is what’s on the menu at Mantra Restaurant & Bar, the newly opened dynamic restaurant in Pattaya. Discover the delicious Snow Fish Chef’s Special. A melt-in-the-mouth experience with steamed snow fish fillet in superior soy sauce, simply and gently laid on saut้ed Hong Kong kale and scallions. For more information on Mantra Restaurant and Bar please contact +66 (0) 3842 9591 or email us at [email protected] and visit www. mantra-pattaya.com

Amor Restaurant, is once again holding its famous Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday November 23rd. Amor will be tempting diners with New England Clam Chowder, Home Made Corn Bread, Roast Turkey, Sage and Onion Stuffing, Giblet Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Brandied, Orange Sweet Potatoes, Fresh Vegetables and Home Made Pumpkin Pie. Amor serves its Thanksgiving dinner family style, which means that the waiters bring all the main course dishes to the table in platters, fresh and hot from the kitchen, and guests get to help themselves to as much as they want of everything. The waiters keep coming back with more as often as guests would like. All this plus tea or coffee for 900 baht + per person. There are two sittings 7:00pm and 9:30 pm, Reservations highly recommended. For Reservations contact Richard at 038-710-860 or 081-945-5396 and by email, richard @amorrestaurant.com

Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s gourmet set menu: Entrees: Pan-seared Tuna and Salmon on Spanish Gazpacho Salad or Champagne and Crab Meat Cream Soup with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Basil; Main Course: Gratinated red Snapper Provancale on Egg Plant, Onion and Potato Tart or Apple and Truffle stuffed Chicken Ballotine with glazed Artichokes, roasted Shallots and Spinach Mousse; Dessert: Mango and Vanilla Ice Cream Roulade or Premium French cheese. Pattaya 2nd Road in front of Ruen Thai Restaurant. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723 659, e-mail: info@restaurant-pattya. com. For more information: www. restaurant-pattaya.com

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.

Enjoy delicious English, European, Mexican and Thai food at the Premiership Football Restaurant in Naklua: 200 menu items to choose from in Pattaya’s theatre of sports – with 3 huge projection screens. Located on Naklua Road (opposite Woodlands Resort), 2mins from Dolphin roundabout. Tel. 038 416 670-1, 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: shenang@ ptty2.loxinfo.co.th, 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.

And Now For Something Completely Different: For those of you who like Pattaya Mail’s “ Life in Fun City” and great tasting Thai food pop along to “The Salt and Pepper Restaurant” next door to the Flamingo Hotel behind Com-City on South Pattaya Road. (Opens Mondays to Saturday from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m.) You will have a laugh while you tuck into wonderful food. This is only a small place but well worth searching for. You will see a New Exhibition by Pattaya Mail’s cartoonist M.J.B. which you can buy (every baht goes to the Pattaya Orphanage), plus for each person who eats a meal and tells the management they have read about this restaurant in the Pattaya Mail can pick up one cheeky cartoon postcard FREE of charge.

Entertainment

Book your table for Loy Krathong night at Jomtien Boathouse on 5th November: Big international and Thai Buffet from 7 pm at only 350 Baht. Live Elvis show at 9 pm. Call 038 756143 ext 103

Enjoy the traditional “Loy Krathong” festival during the full moon of November at Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa on November 4th. The stunning poolside location makes the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa the premier location to celebrate Loy Krathong. Among the attractions is a grand buffet featuring foods from the 4 regions of Thailand, enchanting Thai entertainment shows and a dazzling fireworks display to end the night with a Bang! Time: 19.00 – 22.00 hrs, Price: Baht 1,200 per person, (Price is subject to 10% service charge and applicable government tax). For further inquiries, please contact 038 412 120 or email us at pattayamarriott @minornet.com

Celebrate Loy Krathong in Lanna Style around the new opening pool of the Amari Orchid Resort & Tower, where an evening’s dining and traditional Thai entertainment has been arranged to highlight the beauty of this wonderful festival. Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner and watch the graceful performances of the Acrobatic Long Drum Dance troupe, a traditional Fon Leb (long nails) show and a Noppamas beauty queen contest. The evening will end with the grand fireworks display on the beach followed by floating of the Krathongs into the sea. Tickets are available at Baht 750++ per person. For more information or table reservations, please contact us via E-mail at [email protected] or give us a call at 038 42 83 23.

Loy Krathong, considered one of the Kingdom’s most beautiful festivals, takes place on the eve of the full moon, which falls on 5 November this year. The Dusit Resort will be staging a Loy Krathong celebration at The Chaba Pool with Thai classical dance performances and a complimentary krathong for everyone to float. A sumptuous International and Thai Buffet dinner will be available at Baht 1,350++ per person and Baht 675++ per person for children 5-12 years old. Reservations are highly recommended. Date: Sunday, 5 November, Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. For reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2149-50.

Events

Eastern Seaboard Joint Networking Evening, Friday 3rd November: Sponsors Grant Thornton Thailand are delighted to host a foreign Chambers networking social event in the Eastern Seaboard for members of AMCHAM, AustCham, BCCT and the Thai-Canadian Chamber. Please join for an enjoyable evening at the Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa on Friday 3rd November from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. BCCT members may book on-line in the normal way. Non-members should email - [email protected] with the names of those attending.

St. Nicholas’ Church, Pattaya will be holding its annual commemoration of the dead and blessing the cemetery ceremony on Sunday, November 5 at 10am. The church is situated on Sukhumvit Road close to the Pattaya Orphanage.

Promotions

Door 2 Door November’s promotion receive a 10% discount on all orders from the Maela Pla Phoa, 109/9, Soi Country Club, 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

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. In front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.