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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
Thursday of every month at Dolphin Apartments, Soi 20, South Pattaya Road.
They have also 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 their November Luncheon on Wednesday November 17 at Indian By
Nature beginning at 10:30 am. Reservations needed, please contact Rita
Cromwell 09-8182268. The November coffee morning will be held on Tuesday the
16th at Art Cafe at 10:30 a.m. The Newcomers Coffee is the 4th
Monday in every month at 11:30 a.m. at Casa Pascal Restaurant. This is only
for newcomers to the area or just newly joined PILC members. This year’s
Christmas Luncheon will be at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort on December 7.
There will be a fashion show during this lunch. Limited seating, reservations
are a must!
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
discerning 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 it’s an Asian Buffet Dinner 6-10 p.m. at Verandah
Coffee Shop, 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 6-10
p.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.
Casa 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
Water sports & nature lovers! Professional wakeboard
& water-ski training at Air-Time Resort, about 40 km east of
Pattaya. Coaches, equipment and full resort facilities waiting for you. For
more info and how to find them visit: air-time.net
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
Have you ever been interested in learning how to dance the
real salsa ? Take your chance and join the new salsa
lessons at the Moon River Pub & Restaurant. A professional Latin
dancing teacher will easily teach you steps and moves every Friday evening
from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Both beginners and advanced dancers are most welcome
to join each lesson for only 250 baht net per hour including one soft drink.
Exotic and delicious cocktails and other drinks will be served at special
discounted Happy Hour prices. Always a fun night out at the Moon River Pub,
Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.
Shearer’s Sports Bar, Soi Buakao is offering 2-4-1 on
all beer purchase during the live premiership football games. Also Fridays are
free curry night and Saturdays free BBQ, all welcome!
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 Maptaput run by long-time resident Dieter Floeth.
He, together with his wife Pat, organize 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 the drive to
Maptaput! So, go and have some fun on Wednesdays with German beer at the
Oktoberfest. More info at tel. 01 918 1454.
So, with no reports of any Deli Belly the Queen Victoria
Inn will continue with an All U Can Eat Curry Buffet every Saturday
from 6 p.m. This week’s after’s are as follows - 3 p.m. a repeat of
Fridays Coca Cola game between Burnley and Derby, 6.15 p.m. Norwich v Everton,
8.45 p.m. Chelsea v Blackburn and Newcastle v Man City, 11.15 p.m. Liverpool v
Charlton. Sunday - as always - is Pattaya’s best deal, with the All U Can
Eat Carvery for only 290 baht along with the 8 p.m. Southampton v
Birmingham match and at 10 p.m. can Arsenal make the 50 or will Man Utd be the
one’s to stop the run? Fancy the Brazilian Grand Prix Live? It’s on at
11.30 p.m. in the bar!
Events
BCCT Eastern Seaboard invites you
to a Networking Evening on the Eastern Seaboard on Friday October 22
from 6.30 p.m. 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
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 German Thai Chamber of Commerce will hold the
next Stammtisch networking night in Pattaya at the Moon River Pub
on Friday November 5. Starts from 6 p.m. As usual, special room rate for GTCC
members 900 net.
This year, the Y4Y Music Festival is set for
November 5 and 6. Performances will be “Broadway Musical” and “Jazz”.
The festival begins with a classical riding show at the grand arena of the Horseshoe
Point and carry on with the “Broadway Musical in the Park” at the
Three Kingdoms Park. Duangdao and Mongkol Chayasirisophon will be singing
their beautiful Broadway music on the night of November 5. A Jazz in the Park
concert will be on November 6 performed by “No Square” Jazz quartet from
Switzerland and the local All Star Band from Bangkok with Kob Saowanit
Nawaphan as the lead singer. On Saturday November 6, there are 3 sessions of
workshops to choose from. The workshops begin with the family singing
workshop. Next will be the “Jazz” workshop by “No Square” Jazz quartet
from Switzerland and Prode, a top Thai jazz guitar player. The Y4Y Music
Festival 2004 will be a great festival for you, your friend, and your family.
For more information or tickets, please contact Sontichai (Jay) at 038 735 050
or 06 326 0881 or email: Sontichai @horseshoepoint.com
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., tel. 038 259 955 (DL), 038
427 777 ext. 1056 or email: [email protected]
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.
Promotions
School’s out and it’s time for a family vacation. Siam
Bayshore Resort’s Family Package is just 1,499 baht net per
person (sharing a twin room, single supplement: 1,000 baht net). Benefits
include free stays for children (two per room with one extra bed). Daily
breakfast, free meals when dining with parents, complimentary one-hour tennis
lesson for the kids and late check out when available. Price is inclusive of
tax and service charge. Valid until October 31, 2004. For bookings, please
call 0 2247-0123 ext. 1102-5. Come play at the Siam Bayshore!
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 Bayview Hotel Pattaya is now running its
new “Learn to Dive with The Bay” Diving Package. The perfect way to
gain the confidence to enjoy Thailand’s beautiful underwater world, the
package includes breakfast and a one-hour diving lesson (for single or double
bookings) held at the hotel’s swimming pool. The lesson is conducted by a
Master Diving Instructor of the internationally recognized “Paradise Scuba
Divers”, given a 5 star rating by PADI (International Diving Association)
and CTDA (Thailand Diving Association). Rates are 2,200 and 2,500 baht net per
night (single/double), 500 baht net surcharge on long weekends applicable.
Prices include tax and service charge. Valid until October 31, 2004. For
bookings, please call 0 2247-0123, ext. 1102-5.
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