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Community Happenings is an opportunity for all
clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to
inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming
up. Send us your happening by email to: [email protected]
or by fax 038 427 596.
Clubs
The Dutch Expats Club Pattaya (NVP) meets the last
Friday of every month at the Sea Breeze Hotel, Jomtien Beach
Road, next to Soi 10. They also have groups for bridge, computers, Thai
language, fishing, literature and much more. For more information email: [email protected]
The Pattaya International Ladies Club (PILC) will
hold its October Coffee on Tuesday, October 19 at 10.30 a.m. at the Cabbages
and Condoms Restaurant, opposite Asia Pattaya Hotel, Pratamnak Road,
Soi 4. Tel 038-250-035.
Scandinavian Expats Pattaya meets the second
Sunday of every month. For details contact John A. tel. 01 523 6080 or
Per tel. 07 083 3834.
Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) holds its regular
Sunday morning meeting at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant at the
Amari Orchid Resort on the north end of Beach Road. As always, an
international and Thai buffet breakfast, catered by Amari Orchid Resort, is
available from 9.30 a.m. prior to the meeting which starts at 10.30 a.m. and
finishes about noon. Ample parking available across from the beach and next to
Henry J. Bean’s on the left side of Beach Road, just after the turn.
Dining
The Art Café now has a new special for
concerting gastronomes: ‘Diner Gastronomique’ with a choice of hot
or cold starters and dessert for 590 or 790 baht and the Weekend ‘Family
Lunches’ for just 390 baht for adults and 195 for children. Great
atmosphere, fine cuisine; Art Café Pattaya, Soi 16 Pattaya Naklua Road.
Call 0 3836 7652 or email: [email protected] or visit: www.artcafe-thailand.
com for more information.
The Montien Hotel, Pattaya offers theme buffet
evenings. Tuesdays: Verandah Coffee Shop, Asian Buffet Dinner
6-10 p.m. Adults 380+ baht/children 200+ baht. Wednesdays: La Mer
Restaurant, Mediterranean Buffet Dinner 6.30-10 p.m. Adults 450+ baht/children
250+ baht. Fridays: Verandah Coffee Shop, BBQ & Seafood Buffet
Dinner 6-10 p.m. Adults 500+ baht/children 280+ baht. Saturday: Verandah
Coffee Shop, International Buffet Dinner 6-10p.m. Adults 420+ baht/children
220+ baht. For reservations please call 038-428155 ext 1620, 1621 or e-mail;
[email protected]
Gourmet menus galore at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort.
Three of Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s 10 fine-dining venues continue to offer
sumptuous set menus for your dining pleasure. These are Rossini
(Ristorante Italiano, Royal Cliff Grand), the Grill Room & Wine
Cellar (Royal Cliff Beach Hotel), and the Resort’s premier dining
jewel - Le Benjarong (Royal Wing & Spa). Cap that perfect
meal with a bottle or two of the world’s best wines available from the
award-winning wine list - recipient of Wine Spectator Magazine, New York’s
“Award of Excellence” in 2003. Grand Buffet every Saturday
night at the Larn Thong Terrace. Delicious dim sum lunch every
weekend at the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel’s Coffee Shop. For
reservations tel. 0-3825-0421 ext. 2007 or 2037, or email: [email protected]
New on Mata Hari’s Special Menu: Air
freighted Argentinean angus beef (fillet, sirloin, rib eye) and New Zealand
white bait. Mata Hari still has the best Australian prime rib and has just
received a new shipment from Holland with smoked eel and raw herring. For
reservations please call 038-420939.
Café Pascal invites you to Sunday Brunch
Buffet, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. One glass of house champagne free. Menu:
lobster, crab, prawn, smoked salmon & other seafood, imported cheese, cold
appetizers, salad buffet. Adults: 550 ++ /children under 12: 350 ++. And
don’t miss Casa Pascal’s gourmet set menu. Pamper yourself with fine
touches of culinary art. Menu only 950+ baht and menu with unlimited wine
1,900+. For reservations please call 038-723-660 or 01-983-4182 (Kim).
Shenanigans special menus: Monday Night
Special - soup or salad, followed by fried red snapper, sweet corn, garden
peas & salad 199 baht. Tuesday Chop Night - homemade soup, followed by a
Shenanigans pork chop with braised cabbage & mashed potato 150 baht.
Wednesday Night Stake Out - homemade soup or salad, a 400 gram. T-bone steak,
pile of french-fries, salad, & grilled tomato 195 baht. Thursday Pasta
Night or Curry Night - A pasta buffet or curry buffet on alternate Thursdays.
All-U-Can-Eat 250 baht. Friday Bangers Fry Up - a bursting carvery with 8
different sorts of a sausages, cooked to order with accompanying vegetables,
soup & salads. All-U-Can-Eat 255 baht. Saturday & Sunday the famous
Shenanigans carvery 395 baht. Shenanigans Pattaya, Pattaya Second Road, in
front of the Marriott Resort & Spa.
Dine-around dinner: Experience delicious cuisine at
all the bars and restaurants at the Amari Orchid Resort during only one
dinner. Start with a cocktail at the lobby bar. Enjoy a starter at the Orchid
Terrace and then have your main course at La Gritta Restaurant, finishing the
evening with a dessert at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant. Every evening 449 ++
baht per person. For reservation please contact guest relations at 038 428
161.
The Rice Mill (Chinese restaurant, 2nd floor, Royal
Garden Plaza) offers a dim sum buffet lunch Friday to Sunday, 12
noon to 3 p.m. 249++ baht per person. For further information call the Pattaya
Marriott Resort & Spa tel. 038 412 120.
Education
Thai Culinary Arts Classes - Every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday the Royal Cliff School of Thai Culinary Arts teaches the
secrets behind making delicious Thai dishes. For reservations contact
the guest relations team on tel. 0-3825 0421 ext. 2007 or 2037, or email:
[email protected]
Indian By Nature is proud to present sitar and
tabla lessons at the 2nd floor Durbar Lounge. Lessons to be conducted
by Maestros Imran Khan and Ayub Khan, musicians from the Royal Courts of Umaid
Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur. For more information please contact Av Khanijou @ 01
8629452, Rajni Khanijou 09 205 3020, Daryll Gonzalvez on 07 147 3417 or Indian
By Nature 038 36 4656. Live sitar and tabla performances every evening. Lunch
performance by prior request.
Entertainment
Oktoberfest? That’s already over, you might say. Well it
is in Munich - but NOT in Thailand and surely not at the Old Germany Restaurant
in Map Ta Put of long-time resident Dieter Floeth. He, together with
his wife Pat, organise a real, typical Oktoberfest Munich Style every
Wednesday with everything you want to have: fried chicken, pork knuckles,
Brezeln and much more. Of course there is also live entertainment: James
Osterwald plays the keyboard and the trumpet. It’s worth to drive to Map Ta
Put! So, go and have some fun on Wednesday’s with German beer at the
Oktoberfest. More info at Tel. Tel: 01 918 1454
Attention sports fans: The Queen Victoria Inn, Soi
6, now have 2 different satellite systems that allows them to show all your
favorite sporting events. Saturday’s enjoy an ‘All U can Eat’ Indian
Curry Buffet served up with live football as follows, 6.15 p.m. Birmingham
vs. Man Utd, 9 p.m. in the bar Arsenal vs. Aston Villa, in the lounge Fulham
vs. Liverpool, 11 p.m. Man City vs. Chelsea. Also on Saturday at 2.45 p.m. a
repeat of the Coca - Cola Cup game Nott’s Forest vs. Wolves followed at 4.45
p.m. by On The Ball and the Premier League Preview. On Sunday there is
of course the outstanding value Carvery so you can enjoy your Sunday dinner
along with the following: First, two repeats, at 2.45 p.m. West Brom vs.
Bolton and at 4.45 p.m. Everton vs. Southampton, followed by two live games,
6.45 p.m. the Coca Cola Championship in which Gillingham take on Sheffield Utd
and at 9.30 p.m. the Premier League game Charlton vs. Newcastle. So if you
want your football, rugby, cricket, golf, Aussie rules and most other sports live
Queen Vic probably has it.
Enjoy Moon River Pub’s beer promotion.
Every guest who buys one liter of beer receives a beer card. After consuming 9
liters of beer you will get one liter free of charge. The card is valid for 3
months. Please note that this promotion is only valid for draft beer and not
for bottles (every liter of beer ordered will be marked on the card) and
don’t miss the in-house band Re-bounce. Always a fun night out at the Moon
River Pub, Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.
Events
The Skål Club of Pattaya and East Thailand
will host their October meeting at the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital on Thursday
October 21. Members and guests are welcome to attend from 6.30 p.m. Price for
the event is 350 baht and includes cocktails, snacks and a welcoming Paulaner
Beer. A cash bar will also be set up. Email Bob Lee, president with your RSVP:
[email protected] Further details cane be found at: www.skalpattaya.org
BCCT Eastern Seaboard invites you to a Networking
Evening on The Eastern Seaboard on Friday October 22 from 6.30 pm at The
Horseshoe Point Country Club. Management Development Systems is
sponsoring selected beverages and snacks on a first-come, first-served basis.
All other beverages are at standard prices as will the sponsored supplies have
run out. There is no fee for BCCT members. Non-BCCT members and guests will be
charged 500 baht per person for entry to this event. Bookings for the event
can be made online to: [email protected], or fax to 02 651 5354. For
location map please visit: http://www.club-aviva.com/html/contact_findus.html
The Bangkok Pattaya Hospital will host their Annual
Charity Sale for organizations on Saturday, November 6, from 9 a.m. till 3
p.m. Last year’s Charity Sale was very successful in raising money and
donations for many charities. This is your chance to support your favorite
charities in Pattaya. Join in for a fun day in the lobby of Bangkok Pattaya
Hospital. For reservations or information, please contact Reina Rances,
International Marketing & Communication Div. On tel. 038 259 955 (DL), 038
427 777 ext. 1056 or email: [email protected]
During October, Hank will turn his Henry J. Bean’s
Restaurant into a “scary movie set”. Look out for ghosts, scary
spiders and bloody vampires. Scary menu as well, featuring “bloody drinks”
and “frightening foods”. Dress up in your Halloween costume
and get a Heineken beer or Coca Cola for free! For reservations please contact
guest relations at 038-428-161.
The Charity Club of Pattaya will be holding a Charity
Dinner and Prize Draw at Casa Pascal, Pattaya Second Road, on
Saturday, November 13 at 7 p.m. Ticket prices are 1,500 baht which include a
Thai & international buffet, live entertainment and a free bar consisting
of draught Singha, unlimited red & white wine, whiskey and a selection of
soft drinks. Draw tickets are also available at 60 baht each or 10 for 500
baht. Contact Christina on 095454185 or email [email protected]. All proceeds
will be split between Camillian Centre & The Street Kids Of Pattaya.
Tequila Reef Cantina Soi 7 will have Monday Night
American Football on Tuesdays from 4 p.m., Food & drink specials
from 4 p.m. 20 baht hotdogs, 40 baht tacos, beer & margarita specials. 038
414 035.
Celebrate genuine Oktoberfest with beer and songs in “Old
Germany”, the German restaurant in Maptaput every Wednesday this
month. Jaunty waitresses in traditional dirndl dresses, exactly like their
counterparts in Munich, carry large beer mugs to guests. Oktoberfest
specialties include schweinshax’n, bratwurst, sauerkraut, and delicious
homemade tarts for dessert, baked by Pat, the hostess. German James Osterwald
provides the music.
Promotions
This month’s Door 2 Door promotion: receive 10%
off from Das Berliner, Soi Potisan, Nakula, also a special double promotion
from Fatties Restaurant & Pub, 2nd Road, opposite Big C, by getting a free
garlic bread with all orders over 500 baht plus a choice of any Thai dish with
all food orders over 1,000 baht. Call 038-720222 and one of the friendly
drivers will deliver a free menu to you. Or visit them on www.
door2doorpattaya.com
Siam Bayshore Resort: Plan to refresh your body and
soul with a special package that will guarantee to recharge your
batteries. The package includes 2 nights deluxe accommodation, buffet
breakfast, and BBQ dinner. You’ll probably tingle just to read this:
US$150++ (single), US$175++ (double) plus lots of pampering. Until December
24. For more information, please visit the website www.siamhotels. com or call
the hotel for reservations.
Bangkok and
beyond
Wednesday, October 20 from 7.30 p.m. - Assumption University in association
with Peerapong Music Studio and D&M Music Studio are proud
to present A Debut Piano Recital performed by Poom Prommachart, as a 14
year old piano prodigy he studied piano lessons from the age of 8 with. Poom
had already passed Trinity College of Music London Performer’s Certificate
in piano practical exam with a score of 96%, which is the highest distinction.
He is preparing to take LTCL (Recital) exam in December 2004. Poom has
performed piano compositions of immense pianist difficulties which are rarely
performed by any child below this age. He is one of Thailand’s brightest,
young and talented pianists and latest pride. The evening programmes include
works by Mozart (Sonata in A minor K.310), Debussy (La Fille aux cheveux de
lin) and (Pour le Piano), Chopin (Sonata in B flat minor, op.35), Liszt (Paganini’s
Etude No.3, La Campanella) and Chopin (Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise,
op. 22). The concert will be held at Thailand Cultural Center (Small Hall) on
Wednesday, October 20 from 7.30 p.m. Admission is free. For more information
call 0 2376 3872, 0-1926 8424.
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