Casa Pascal, just off 2nd Road across from Soi Post Office, hosts a Special Brunch every Sunday. Allow yourself to be pampered and enjoy the atmosphere with a complete international buffet and a free glass of house champagne. Service from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Price 490 baht. For more information, please call 038 723 660.

Have you tried the Deutsches Haus’ Riesen Schweinsbratwurst - a huge one-meter giant fried pork sausage? It’s now being served with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut at the Deutsches Haus, Pattaya Beach Road, Soi 4.

Greg and his team at Greg’s Kitchen are proud to announce their new light lunch menu for only 159 baht, 12 noon till 5 p.m. All your favorites available either in full air-conditioning or outside on the terrace. Greg’s Kitchen is located on Pattaya Second Road, opposite Soi 6.

Wild Wild West at Henry J. Beans Bar & Grill, throughout March at Amari Orchid Resort, Pattaya Beach Road. Hank’s goes West; every night enjoy a giant buffet of delicious steak, chicken wings and barbeque delights for only 350 baht net, including one soft drink. Don’t miss a crazy evening at Henry J. Bean’s! Email: [email protected] Website: www.amari.com

If you’re looking for something different, try one of the exotic dishes at the Paradise Cafe and Grill Restaurant, such as fillet of ostrich, emus, crocodile, kangaroo and deer, each served with its own special sauce. Open daily from 10 a.m. till 11 p.m. Paradise Cafe and Grill is located opposite the Royal Garden Plaza and Marriott Resort, 215/62-63 on 2nd Road. Tel./Fax: 038 723 177.

Whilst stocks last the Queen Victoria Inn are serving fresh Scottish Oak Smoked Loch Fyne Kippers at only 150 baht a pair, ideal for breakfast or indeed any time of day, or take some home for tea.

The Art Café features selected paintings by April Turner, an artist well known in Germany for her abstract creations. Art Café in Soi 16 off Naklua Road also offers a wide range of Mediterranean cuisine. In a colonial style house and surrounded by a huge garden, guests experience dedicated hospitality in the ambience of the good old days. In addition to the culinary relish, the painting gallery as well as the very different house band are points of attraction. The music plays every evening between 7 and 10 p.m. except on Mondays. Art Café is open daily from 11 a.m. till late. Reservations, especially on the weekends are recommended. Tel 0-3836-7652, email: [email protected]

A new executive chef and new menu at La Gritta Italian Restaurant. The new executive chef, Rick Ney has introduced a new menu featuring some of his most popular signature dishes. Try a ‘jumbo ravioli with smoked chicken and a caper-raisin sauce’ or ‘crispy pizza with smoked bacon, gorgonzola and caramelized pears’ and his famous ‘red snapper ‘lasagna’, fresh noodles, tomatoes and sweet basil’. See you at La Gritta Italian Restaurant, one of Pattaya’s most popular restaurants, Amari Orchid Resort, Pattaya Beach Road. Tel: 038 428 161.

Emilia-Romagna, the southern part of the Lombardi. The huge glaciers in the Alps provide the rivers with plenty of fresh spring water and this makes the soil perfect for snap green meadows for farming and fodder for cattle breeding. What makes this region different from the rest of Italy is that with the plenty of fresh milk from the cattle breeding, butter is here more important than olive oil. For this promotion the Dusit chef has chosen a nice selection of dishes which he will prepare you a la carte March 3 – 14 from 6.30 to 10.30 p.m. at the Bay Restaurant in the Dusit Resort Pattaya Hotel, daily except Saturday, when the well-known B.B.Q. buffet is on. For more information or reservations please call 038 425 611-7 ext. 2149.

Events

Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (Auscham) will hold the next Eastern Seaboard Sundowners February 28 at the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. The evening is being sponsored by Transit Maintenance Ltd., with the food generously sponsored by Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa. The cost: Sundowners 300 baht for members and 500 baht for non-members. Following the networking evening on Saturday, March 1st, the chamber will conduct English teaching at Ban Khao Huay Mahad School, Rayong from 9 a.m. till 12 noon. For bookings please go to the events calendar at www.austchamthailand.com or email execdirector@austcham thailand.com or chanakarn@ austchamthailand.com

Full Moon Meditation on the beach by the International Meditation Club. Learn total relaxation, accumulate mind power, attain techniques to the ultimate wisdom, practice mental purification, balance reasons and emotions, let go of ego, problems solving and more. Join a relaxing Meditation Retreat at the elegant Horseshoe Point Resort & Country Club (and at the beach) with a well known meditation master - Dr. Maha Tuan, March 15 - 17. Program includes meditation course (six classes in English only); elegant Mediterranean-style resort hotel accommodation; seven meals; field trips and transportation, all for 5,900 baht. For residents of Pattaya, the same program except overnight stay and only 5 meals for 4,000 baht. Limited space is available. Confirmed commitment required by March 7. For more information contact Tony at 01 622 4507or email: [email protected]

Future events within the UK Club of Pattaya include a sports day (fun event for teams of 6) and a sponsored pub crawl in aid of children from the Camillian Center. Please email: [email protected] for more details and information on membership.

Entertainment

Rick and Harpic Unplugged Concert - Rick and Harpic and several of their friends will play an unplugged concert at Jomtien Boathouse Thursday, March 6 from 8 p.m. Good idea to reserve dinner tables in advance for this spectacular evening. For reservations call Jomtien Boathouse on 038 756143.

Sunday Afternoon Jazz at Baan Buraran, Km 166, Bangsaray. Come and enjoy great music and a feast of Italian pasta. From 1 p.m. till late. For reservations and directions call 01 782 1431. Visit the website: www.buraran.com