The Dutch Expat Club meets the last Thursday of every month at Chateau Dale on Thappraya Road at 6pm. For full details please check out the website at www.nederlands everenigingpattaya.org or email albertmartin26@ yahoo.com. New members are always welcome.

Celebrate New Year at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya: December 31, New Year Party Polynesian Night – Be mesmerized by the sumptuous international buffet dinner, live band, fireworks and a variety of entertainment. Held in the Paradise Gardens of the hotel, 6:30pm-1am: Baht 4,500-++ per adult, Baht 3,500-++ per child. Call 038 428 155-6 for reservations.

The Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa invites you to celebrate the New Year with a spectacular New Year’s Eve party that will take you back in time to old Siam; a visual feast of color and light, graceful dancers in original Thai costumes, evocative Thai music, and a gastronomic buffet of festive dishes. A colorful fireworks display will light up the skies at the stroke of midnight, Dec. 31: Dinner buffet at Baht 6,900 per person (half price for children under 12). Price is subject to 10% service charge and applicable government tax. Call 038 412 120 for reservations.

Celebrate the festive season at the Amari Orchid Resort & Tower, Pattaya: New Year’s Eve - Countdown to the New Year with pre-dinner cocktails by the pool followed by an international buffet and be entertained by fantastic dance performances. The relaxing oasis and its bedouin tented camp will, at countdown, be the place to let loose those party feet, continuing on into the night! Celebrate in style on New Year’s Eve at 6,000 baht++ per person inclusive of a bottle of wine. For reservations and more info contact 038 418418, email: [email protected] or visit www.amari.com/orchid/

Celebrate the New Year with Hank at Henry J. Beans! Be a part of a gigantically fun party - just two steps from the beach on December 31. Let the music play on and the liquid flow, with lots of lucky draw winners! Join Hank and his deliriously happy staff to party until late, at 500 baht net per person inclusive of 2 standard drinks. For reservations and more info contact 038 418418, email: [email protected] or visit www.amari.com/orchid/

It’s a Fabulously Festive Mantra Affair - New Year’s Eve, December 31: Nothing less than an outrageously extravagant feast and celebration awaits! Indulge in an exquisite gourmet menu, all you can eat for 3,900 baht+ per person (1,950 baht+ per child), inclusive of 2 drinks vouchers. The Mantra DJ kicks off the ascent to this end of year countdown - Entrance fee on New Year’s Eve after 23.00 hrs at 500 baht per person. New Year’s Day, January 1: Start the first day of the year with Mantra’s Recovery Brunch with free-flow morning-after smoothies, packed with vitamin goodness, at 1,650 baht+ per person (850 baht+ per child). 11am - 3pm. For reservations, call +66 (0) 3842 9591 or email: [email protected], visit www.mantra-pattaya.com

Richard and his team at Amor Restaurant are preparing their fabulous New Year’s Eve dinners again. As usual they are All You Can Eat affairs with family style service direct to your table. New Year’s Eve Menu December 31: salmon rillettes, champagne sorbet, baked ham and roast tenderloin of beef, roast & creamed potatoes, fresh vegetables, milles feuilles of marinated strawberries and whipped cream with cognac and cointreau, tea or coffee: baht 1,350 + (one sitting 8.00 p.m.) Reservations recommended. Tel: 038-710-680, 081-945-5396, email: richard@ amorrestaurant.com, web site www.amorrestaurant.com, Pattayaland Soi 3, South Pattaya.

Think lunch, think Cascade: You can now enjoy a heightened lunch experience at Dusit Thani Pattaya’s The Cascade Restaurant with its Thai-International Lunch Buffet. Upgrade the quality – and quantity – of your lunch as the award-winning culinary team of The Cascade creates Thai-International selection of appetizers, salads, soups, main courses, carving and pasta stations and desserts with an array of buffet stations. The new Cascade Restaurant is located on the main lobby of Dusit Thani Pattaya, near the Atrium. Choose to dine in the restaurant’s newly refurbished facilities or outside of the restaurant near the cascading waterfall: Every Day, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, baht 500++ per person and half price for children 5-12 years. For reservations and details, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2152.

New and only at Moon River Pub! The After Work Club, Sunday through Thursday, 7 pm to midnight, offers guests a Western or Thai evening menu. Groups of 30 people may choose from the European and Thai all you can eat buffet (booking 1 day in advance). The all you can drink (wine, beer, juice, soft drinks, whiskey, tequila, etc.) counts for both offers. Price per person: 1,000 baht each. The Moon River Pub is located in front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

Jameson’s Irish Pub’s Wednesday three-course ‘Quick Service’ special for 185 baht continues: Home made soup, mixed salad, or mussels ‘vinai’ (cooked in their shells with butter, garlic & herbs). Steak and mushroom pie (cooked in a beer sauce) with crisp french-fries followed by dessert - a choice of two items, depending upon the chef’s mood! This new three-course Wednesday special is served from 12 Noon till 11pm. Other daily specials include on Monday: fillet steak special 185 baht; Tuesday: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Chicken breast stuffed with ham & cheese served with chips, vegetables, & gravy sauce. 185 baht; Thursday: Lasagne, with meat sauce & white sauce covered with Cheddar Cheese & Parmesan Cheese served with mixed salad. 185 baht. All the specials are served with starter & dessert. Start from 12 noon until 11 p.m. As always Jameson’s serves its all day and night carvery at the weekends, as much as you can eat for 350 baht. Saturday 5 pm – 11 pm and Sunday 1 pm – 11 pm. Cider on draft is back as well as bottled Newcastle Brown Ale. Jameson’s Irish Pub, 80/164 Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR), Pattaya, Tel. 038-361-873-4, email [email protected]

Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s gourmet set menu: Entrees: pan-fried goose liver and fresh dates on winter salad, double boiled beef consommé with sherry, tart of rock lobster and leek with tomatoes and basil, raspberry sherbet. Main course: poached trout fillet, braised fennel, pernod sauce and wild rice or flamed veal kidneys with mashed potatoes and cepes mushroom sauce. Dessert: rum baba with marinated oranges and raisin sauce or assorted cheese plate. Food only 1,450 baht net, menu with unlimited beverages 2,900 baht net. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723 659, e-mail: [email protected] or for more information: www.restaurant-pattaya .com. Open daily 11:00~23:00 / Sunday brunch buffet: every Sunday 10:00~15:00.

Yamato Japanese Restaurant invites you to experience their exotic Japanese buffet every Saturday from 18.00-21 hrs. All you can eat for 399 baht (drinks not included). Yamato is situated at 245/114-115 Navin Mansion, just outside the entrance to Carrefour off 3rd Road. Tel. 038 429 685.

Café New Orleans, a culinary landmark for over 9 years on eclectic Pattayaland Soi 2, has expanded its Fiesta Filipina menu and added an Additional Special Menu including imported black Angus tenderloin steak, succulent lamb tenderloin, scallops, assorted dinner crepes and chocolate soufflé for dessert. You can order anything from the famous rack of baby back ribs and imported steaks to special gourmet entrées, side dishes and deserts. Chefs coming from some of the top restaurants in Manila prepare delicious Filipino dishes to suit all tastes. For more information or to make a reservation call 038 710 805, fax 038 710 784.

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, tel. 038 425 418.

For great tasting Thai food pop along to the Salt and Pepper Restaurant next door to the Flamingo Hotel behind Tuk-Com City on South Pattaya Road (opens Mondays to Saturday from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m.). 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 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.

No. 43, Italian Bistro, Kanary Bay Rayong presents a Special International Lunch Buffet every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 11.30 - 14.00: Only 220++ baht per person, children 50% discount & a Special Italian Buffet Dinner every Wednesday from 18.00 - 22.00: Only 370++ baht per person, children 50% discount. For info & reservations please call 038-804 844.