To all you Black Country and Birmingham people out there, the BBC Club is holding their first get together on Thursday November 11 at the Pig & Whistle on Soi 7. Faggotts and peas for the real men will be available free. They will supply chips for the Brummies plus entertainment from their very own Aynuk and Ayli. The night will kick off about 7.30 (except for those on the late shift at the mines!), so please, all yow ‘BBC ites’ come along and make a good night even greater. Look forward to seeing you there on Thursday 11. If you are interested contact Tim on 09 096 3972 (afternoons only).

The Dutch Expats Club Pattaya (NVP) meets the last Thursday of every month at Dolphin Apartments, Soi 20, South Pattaya Road. 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 their November luncheon on Wednesday November 3 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.

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.

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: guestrcbr@ royalcliff.com

This weekend’s line up in the Queen Victoria Inn is as follows. Like your Indian curry hot and cooked Bradford style? Then on Saturday try the ‘All U Can Eat Buffet’, with 5 different curries to try. It’s great value at only 250 baht. This is again served with football; at 6.40 p.m. Birmingham vs. Crystal Palace, 9 p.m. Arsenal vs. Southampton and Portsmouth vs. Man Utd followed by 11 p.m. Blackburn vs Liverpool. Sunday is of course the All U Can Eat Carvery for only 290 baht, but what about this! 7.45 p.m. Live - the Coca Cola Championship game between Leeds Utd and Wigan followed at 10.30 p.m. by Bolton vs. Newcastle. All at the Queen Vic, Soi Yodsak.

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!

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 at 6 p.m. As usual, special room rate for GTCC members: 900 baht 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 on November 6 will be 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 friends, and your family. For more information or tickets, please contact Sontichai (Jay) at 038 735 050 or 06 326 0881 or email: [email protected]

The Bangkok Pattaya Hospital will host their Annual Charity Sale 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]

Indian By Nature’s Diwali Special. Diwali, the famed Indian Festival of Lights, is celebrated the world over with much pomp and splendour. Indian By Nature is marking this great occasion with a sumptuous, Diwali special menu for the whole month of November. On the actual Diwali night, Friday November 12, Indian by Nature will be lit up with ‘Diyas’ and the colourful Indian art of ‘Rangoli’, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display. Come taste the legendary Indian tradition. Reservations are highly recommended; call 038 364 656.

The Pattaya Sun and Fun Air Show 2004 organized by Fun Flying Thai Air Service Co. Ltd., and with the support of the Foundation for Preservation and Development of Thai Aircraft under His Majesty the King’s Patronage will take place from November 11 to 14. The Daily Air Show will feature numerous exciting aerial activities and competitions including flour bombing, skydiving, para-motor football games, treasure hunts, lucky draws for free sight-seeing plane rides, plus a lineup of informational and entertainment booths appropriate for all ages. This is just a glimpse of all the fun that awaits at the Pattaya Sun and Fun Air Show 2004; the first privately organized air show in Thailand to be held at the conveniently accessible Pattaya Airpark. For more information feel free to glide through their sites: www.pattayaairpark.com, www.pattaya-sunandfun.com

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.