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Chef’s Association bakes 61 piece cake in honor of HM the King’s birthday

Rotary Club donates to Suthawat School in Nong Prue

Full itinerary at PCEC meeting

Bei Otto is back in Pattaya

Chef’s Association bakes 61 piece cake in honor of HM the King’s birthday

Vimolrat Singnikorn
An enormous cake compilation, comprising sixty-one 15” x 15” sections, each baked by a different hotel or restaurant outlet, was presented on December 4 at the Redemptorist School by the Chefs’ Association of Pattaya City and the East Coast.

Mayor Niran and president of the Chefs’ Association Suchart Dencheychai ceremoniously cut the first piece of cake with a sword, then sliced it for distribution.

The Great December 5 Honorary Cake project was initiated in honor of His Majesty the King’s birthday on December 5, with the ceremony being conducted by Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn.
Guests included representatives of hotels, including the Hard Rock Hotel, the A-One Royal Cruise Hotel, and the Diana Garden Resort.
The chefs baked 61 individual cakes and assembled them into one giant cake, which was subsequently divided into serving-size pieces for the children and elderly people who attended the ceremony.


Rotary Club donates to Suthawat School in Nong Prue

Members of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya (RCOTP) made a generous donation to Suthawat School in Nong Prue.

On Friday, November 24, members from the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya (RCOTP) donated complete school uniforms, skirts already sewn with names and badges, Scout outfits, and daily lunches paid for until the end of this school year for several of the poorest children at Suthawat School in Nong Prue.
The club’s service director, Margret Kraus, her husband Rotarian Lothar Kraus and Secretary Trutz H. Fiddickow were there to hand over the clothes and funds on behalf of the club.
Some of these kids had no shoes to wear to school and were very impressed and grateful to receive these gifts.
Secretary Trutz addressed the teachers and children in Thai explaining that RCOTP received information about the poor children in this school and as helping children is an important task for our club we were happy to help.


Full itinerary at PCEC meeting

Jim Jones receives his prize.

This week’s meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) on Sunday December 3rd at Henry J. Bean’s saw a number of announcements and speakers.
The morning got underway with MC Philip Schwarz introducing Eddie Gibson from UK Kennels as the morning’s main speaker. UK Kennels provides a comprehensive service in Pattaya for all aspects of dog ownership in Pattaya. Eddie was able to provide advice and answer questions, particularly regarding some of the problems which can be encountered by dogs in a hot climate; for example ticks. Eddie summarised that caring for a dog is a long term commitment.
The meeting then continued with the next guest, Khun Num, organiser of the Jazz Festival Royale held at Horse Shoe Point on the 11th and 12th of December. The festival featured some of the world’s best jazz performers. Num not only announced some preferential ticket prices for PCEC members but also a free shuttle bus which would transport concert goers to and from the venue.
It was then reported that a PCEC member had had a remarkable stroke of luck! At the YWCA International Bazaar in Bangkok a raffle ticket bought by Jim Jones to support the Bangkok YWCA and Diplomatic Spouses Charity event for His Majesty the King’s Royal Project was the grand prize winner! This consisted of an Elite class, round trip ticket on Eva Air from Bangkok to London. Jim was presented with his prize at the meeting.
Rod Betts then introduced Eddie, a Fijian. Eddie explained that he had recently undertaken a 10,000 mile voyage from Hawaii to Pattaya with his taxi driver friend as a companion. This had been achieved in a 54 foot sloop. Rod remarked that, for the benefit of non sailors, this was a considerable feat.
David Meador, PCEC Secretary, provided an update on the proposed short tours to local manufacturing plants and factories. He suggested that those interested should compile a list of possible places to visit.
The regular Open Forum was then underway, led by John Lynham, and this proved to be the usual lively and entertaining session.
For more information regarding, not only PCEC Sunday meetings but also the varied mid week activities, please see the Community Happenings section of Pattaya Mail or, for more details, visit the Club’s website at pattayacityexpatsclub.com


Bei Otto is back in Pattaya

Authentic German flavors from a Bangkok legend

Peter Nordhues
Bei Otto, the popular bakery, butcher shop and Schwarzwaldstube in Bangkok, has now opened up in Pattaya.
On offer at the Windmill Plaza outlet in Naklua Road are all the homemade and imported delicacies such as a great variety of fresh-baked breads, pastries and cakes, the latter including such favorites as Black Forest Gateau, apple cake, almond-coated yeast cake, and sacher cake.
With Christmas less than two weeks away, Bei Otto is of course stocked with Christmas and seasonal goodies including the traditional chocolate Santas, imported from Germany.
Bei Otto has become something of a legend amongst visitors and residents of Bangkok. In 1984 Otto Duffner, who is a learned and qualified kitchen master, took over a small bakery shop in Bangkok between sois 12 and 14 on Sukhumvit Road. The bakery had also been producing thüringer sausage and bratwürste, and this was the actual beginning of today’s butcher shop.
In the initial years Otto put everything into consistently improving and maintaining the quality of his products, efforts that continue to this day, and as a consequence the reputation of Bei Otto spread far and wide.
Six years after its founding, Bei Otto had to make way for a new hotel development. In May 1990 the company celebrated the opening of new premises at Soi 20 in the presence of the German ambassador, who at that time was Dr Oldenkott.
Today a German master butcher examines the quality and trains the personnel, and Bei Otto is a popular meeting place for residents and tourists.
Old-timers may remember that Otto has opened up in Pattaya before, when he became a subtenant in a small bakery shop in South Pattaya. The hot selling item at that time was meatloaf fresh from the oven. Despite a growing reputation, this enterprise met an unexpected end when the main tenant had to quit.
Otto next supplied some of his goods from Bangkok to supermarkets in Pattaya. However, there is nothing like a permanent presence here, and everyone will be very happy indeed to see Bei Otto back, and back in a big way.
Bei Otto is not just for German customers, it is for everyone who loves good, authentic German food. “It makes me happy to make other people happy” is Otto’s slogan, and he certainly does that.
Bei Otto is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., tel. 0 38 371 551.