Clubs & Associations

The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be on Sunday, February 3. 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 11am. Everyone is warmly welcome. This week the PCEC welcomes Dr. Sunya, owner of the Pattaya International Hospital who will talk about the services his hospital offers, the new equipment they are installing, and pricing for medical services. This will be followed by the ever lively Open Forum and update on happenings in and around Pattaya. A full report appears each week in Pattaya Mail. For more information about the Sunday meeting and the numerous other weekday activities of the PCEC, see the Club’s website at www. pattayacityexpatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied activities to which everyone is welcome.

The Pattaya International Ladies Club February luncheon will be held on Tuesday, February 5 from 10.30am at Ocean Marina, Sukhumvit Road. The AGM will be held on that day. Join us to welcome the new committee team! Members, guests and ladies of all nationalities welcome. Please make your reservation with Stephanie Moorhouse on 08 9544 4842, [email protected], or Sam on 087 988 8522, [email protected], or [email protected] by 2pm Saturday 2nd February.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Pattaya: The Pattaya Group meets Monday & Thursday at noon; Monday, Tuesday & Friday at 5pm and Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 7:30pm at the Satree Pattana Center, Soi Skaw Beach (2nd Rd): Contact Jim on 087 927 0437. The Good Morning Pattaya Group meets every morning 9am at the Highlander Guest House, Soi Skaw Beach: Contact Mike 081 741 3166. The Jomtien Group meets everyday at noon at Jomtien Long Stay Hotel: Contact: Jerry 086 141 7748.

Valentine’s Day

The Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya invites you to celebrate the spirit of love with a wonderful, romantic Valentine’s Day Dinner with your sweetheart in a romantic setting by the picturesque poolside of the Royal Wing & Spa on Thursday, 14 February. Enjoy a masterfully crafted 5-course menu with Royale Delight cocktail for two, complimentary red rose corsage, pralines in a Heart of Love, a live band and much more to make your evening unforgettable. The tickets for the dinner are priced at just 5,500 Baht net per couple. Reservations are highly recommended. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Guest Relations at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Jomtien-Pattaya, on 038 250421 Ext: 2007 or 2037.

Hard Rock Hotel and Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya on Thursday, February 14 rolls out an unforgettable Valentine’s Dinner for loving families, friends and couples. Enjoy the buffet dinner at Hard Rock Spa Pool Deck or set menu at Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya, special couples’ price for THB 1,199 net or THB 699 net per person. Get together on the sweetest day of the year and enjoy romantic acoustic music from the Strolling Band, Thai dance show and glamorous wedding gowns fashion show. Free for 1 child (aged 4-12 years old) per 2 paying adults, Valid only for full payment made before February 12, 2008. Visit www. hardrockhotels.net or call 038 428 755-9 for more information or bookings.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved one at the Mantra Restaurant & Bar. Select your pre-dinner cocktail from the Love drinks list, choose wine from the Love cellar and dine from the Love menu. Book your table now to avoid any disappointment – your partner will love you for it. Call +66 (0) 3842 9591 or email email@mantra-pattaya. com and visit www.mantra-pattaya.com

Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa invites you and your loved one to three special Valentine’s Day promotions: Bacchus’s Valentine Wine Menu at Elephant Bar: Upon arrival you will receive a glass of sparkling wine; thereafter you can enjoy a three-course open air candle light dinner. 18.00 – 23.00 hrs at baht 2,490++. Cupid’s Valentine Buffet at Garden Café: Bring that special someone for a special dinner at Garden Cafe. Our famous Violinist will play the most romancing ballads while you enjoy a special buffet dinner. A romantic gift will be presented to you upon departure from 18.00 – 22.00 hrs at baht 1,400++. St. Valentine’s Day at Benihana: celebrate Valentine’s Day the Japanese way with Japanese green tea and a box of "Giri" chocolates as a giveaway. Benihana’s Valentine set menu features simply the best cooking show, abundant cuisine selections that capture simplicity, purity and freshness of regional foods from 12.00 – 22.00 hrs at baht 2,100++ inclusive of romantic chocolate box. For more information or reservations please call 038 412 120.

Chinese New Year

Celebrate Chinese New Year at the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa on February 7. The resort’s romantic poolside oasis will be decorated with fantasy lighting, turning it into a spectacular night, accompanied by a dragon show, dancers and fireworks. Enjoy the huge varieties of the international buffet while watching the stunning performances at baht 1,650++ per person from 19.00 – 22.30 hrs. For a more formal dining option the Rice Mill restaurant is serving Hong Kong style suckling pig, black garoupa and 6 other dishes or braised abalone with black mushroom and stir fried sea whelk and 7 other dishes. Two delicious set menus for you to choose at the Rice Mill either set menu A at baht 10,000++ for 10 people or set menu B at baht 20,000++ for 10 people. For more information or reservations please call 038 412 120.

Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya on Wednesday, 6 February 2008 ushers in the Chinese New Year of the Rat with an Imperial Feast. An extensive international buffet awaits, featuring a traditional Salmon "Yu Shang" dish for prosperity, plus spit-roasted pig and free flow of soft drink. Enjoy all these plus, a Lion Dance, an Acrobatic performance, a Classical & Modern Thai dance show, a live band performance by Rock-tastic and a dazzling fireworks display: Priced at THB 1,200++ per person and THB 500++ per child. Continue the celebration with nightly Chinese New Year Dinner at Starz Diner with free flow of whisky, wines, beer and soft drinks from 7 – 13 February 2008, priced at THB 620++ per person and THB 300++ per child (Sunday – Friday) and THB 720++ per person and THB 350++ per child (Saturday). Visit our website: www. hardrockhotels.net or call Tel. no: +6638 428 755-9 for more information or bookings.

Dining

It’s Strawberry Season again at Amor Restaurant. Richard and his team are preparing a host of great strawberry dishes, desserts and cocktails for you: strawberry pork fillet 370 - pan fried with a sauce of fresh strawberries and crushed black peppercorns flambéed in brandy; strawberry chicken breasts 390 - pan fried with a sauce of fresh strawberries and crushed black peppercorns flambéed in brandy; strawberries and yoghurt 150 - with yoghurt and Chiang Mai longan honey; strawberries and sour cream 150 - with sour cream and brown sugar; strawberries and cream 150 - with whipped or pouring cream; strawberries and ice cream 150 - with a scoop of vanilla ice cream; French strawberries 190 - with Grand Marnier and whipped cream; Irish strawberries 180 - with Jameson’s and whipped cream; Strawberry Amor 250 - vodka, crème de cacao, white crème de menthe and fresh strawberries; strawberry daiquiri 190; strawberry piòa colada 210. Visit www.amorrestaurant.com, tel. 038-710-680 (Open 5pm to midnight).

The Mantra Restaurant & Bar introduces Superchef Supachai’s extraordinary snow fish menu. The melt in your mouth New Zealand snow fish designs will send you swimming upstream in pure pleasure all February long. For more information on Mantra Restaurant & Bar please contact +66 (0) 3842 9591 or email [email protected] and visit www. mantra-pattaya.com

Theme Buffet Evenings at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya: Tuesdays - Verandah Coffee Shop, Reef & Beef international BBQ buffet dinner, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 750++ baht / children 400++ baht; Wednesdays - La Mer Restaurant, Mediterranean buffet dinner 6.30 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 650++ baht / children 350++ baht; Friday - Verandah Coffee Shop, BBQ & seafood buffet dinner 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 750++ baht / children 400++ baht; Saturday - Verandah Coffee Shop, international buffet dinner 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 650++ baht / children 350++ baht. Pamper yourself with the exceptional variety of all-you-eat favourites, dazzlingly laid out for an evening of leisurely dining. Bring you family and friends. Sit back, relax and enjoy. For reservations please call 038-428155, 361340 ext 1620, 1621 or E-mail: [email protected].

Shenanigans Irish Pub is now open at its new location on the first floor of the new, upscale ‘The Avenue’ shopping mall, Pattaya 2nd Road, Opp. Soi Post Office. For details of all upcoming events and dining choices check the Web site at www. shenanigans-pattaya.com or email: shenang@ptty2. loxinfo.co.th

Molly Malones Irish Pub Pattaya (formerly The Kilkenny) recently opened its doors on Walking Street, South Pattaya. Enjoy a wide selection of Irish & international homemade pub cuisine with huge portions and a great selection of local and imported draught & bottled beers, wines & spirits. Daily Irish Happy Hours start at 10am with Heineken, Singha, Tiger & Chang at just 59 baht draught specials and 150 baht jugs from 10am till 9pm. Christmas Day features a three-course lunch and dinner for only 750 baht & half price for children. The early bird pub breakfast is only 99 baht from 10am till 4pm, live music Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays and all your favourite live sport on the big screens. Call 038 711 094 for more information.

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 195 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 195 baht; Tuesday: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Chicken breast stuffed with ham & cheese served with chips, vegetables, & gravy sauce. 195 baht; Thursday: Lasagne, with meat sauce & white sauce covered with Cheddar Cheese & Parmesan Cheese served with mixed salad. 195 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 - Soup & Salad 175 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]

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.

Aisawan Resort & Spa, Pattaya presents a "Wine Buffet" promotion. Enjoy a selection of 3 white wines and 3 red wines from South Africa. Come and enjoy every day from 7-10 p.m. Drink a limitless amount for only 800 ++ baht per person including cheese plate. This promotion is available now at Bay Leaf Restaurant, Aisawan Resort & Spa. Tel. 038 411 940-8

Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s delicious gourmet set menu: Food only 1,450 baht net or menu with unlimited beverages 2,900 baht net, open daily 11:00 ~ 23.00 / Sunday Brunch Buffet: Every Sunday 10:30 ~ 15:00, adults 799 baht net including a glass of house Champagne. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723 659, email: [email protected]. For more information: www.restaurant-pattaya.com

Promotions

Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya Party Pack - Fab Four! - Choose four dishes from Hard Rock’s six-pack offering. Party pack includes 1 jug of Singha beer and 1 jug of soft drink plus 1 classic Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya tee shirt and a complimentary photo at only THB 1,800 net. For more information & reservations please call 038 426 635.