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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.
Announcements
The Charity Club of Pattaya is building a classroom
to house 40+ Children at the Wat Wang Wa School. The school is situated just
outside Klaeng, South of Rayong. Until the end of November, with the help of
the following establishments, various pub nights will be held with the
proceeds being donated to the Charity Club of Pattaya. Dates and venues
involved in the project are as follows: August 19 at Witherspoon’s; Sept. 2
at Oliver Twist’s; October 14 at Shenanigans; October 27 at Kilkenny’s;
and the finale will be held at the home of the Charity Club of Pattaya: The
Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6 on Sat. November 11. All the Pub Nights will be
holding a charity raffle as well on the night. Watch the local press for the
confirmed dates. Hope to see you all at every venue! Contact
charityclubofpattaya@ yahoo.com or Malcolm 09 7441040, or Christina 09
5454185.
The Pattaya Modern Art Center, Soi 4 Pratamnak
invites you to the opening of “Absent”, ‘The Asian Male,
Concentration on the Nude’ by M.P.D. The exhibition started August 13 and
will run until September 16. Everyone is welcome. For more details call 038
251 806, email [email protected]
Mabuhay Diving Club needs diver-volunteers to do
underwater clean-up of Pattaya Bay every Saturday. All equipment, boat, food,
etc., provided. Please call Steve at 0-4725-3230.
Clubs
The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC)
will be on Sunday, August 20. 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 11 a.m. Everyone is warmly welcome. Each
week, a guest speaker will provide an informal but interesting talk on a wide
range of topics. This will be followed by the usual open forum and update on
happenings in and around Pattaya. For more information about the Sunday
meeting and the other weekday activities of the PCEC, see the Club’s website
at www.pattayacity expatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied
activities on offer.
The Charity Club of Pattaya meets most Sundays at
the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6. Contact Malcolm on 09 7441040 or Christina on
095454185; [email protected]
New to Pattaya at Tropical Bert’s (2nd Rd opp
Bangkok Bank): every Sunday lunchtime, 1 to 5ish, the U.K. Ex Forces
Club meets. It matters not what service you were in, as the idea of the
club is to meet over a few drinks and have a good yarn. Free bar snacks and
discounted drinks will be provided to members. Trips out to local military
displays will also be arranged at cost, such as the River Kwai and Remembrance
days at members’ embassies. The club will also have a charity side that will
help our Thai counterparts and their families who have been killed or injured.
For more details phone Bert on 09 8072335 or call in the bar.
Dining
Café New Orleans , a culinary
landmark for over 9 years on eclectic Pattayaland Soi 2 is expanding its Fiesta
Filipina menu and adding an Additional Special
Menu including imported Black Angus tenderloin steak, succulent lamb
tenderloin, scallops, assorted dinner crepes and chocolate souffl้ for
dessert. You can order anything from its famous rack of baby back ribs and
imported steaks to special gourmet entr้es, side dishes and deserts.
Chefs coming from some of the top restaurants in Manila prepare Filipino
dishes such as sinigang, adobo, pancit, crispy pata, bangus, tinolang
manok, bistek, dinuguan, lechon kawali, menudo, lumpia. And don’t get
put-off by the ambiance, the superior food quality or the fine personalized
service. Caf้ New Orleans means “Fine Food at Affordable Prices” …
with the emphasis on “Affordable”. For more information or to make
a reservation call 038 710 805, fax 038 710 784.
Mantra Restaurant and Bar, Pattaya –
Now Open! Dynamic, stylish and seriously cool … Mantra Restaurant and
Bar is now open on the Beach Road in Pattaya. The Restaurant is open from 6pm
and the Bar, equally as impressive and provocative, opens from 5pm till 1am.
Enjoy a pre-dinner or post-work drink, before settling in to enjoy a fabulous
culinary journey, through various mouthwatering Asian and Mediterranean
cuisines. For more information of Mantra Restaurant and Bar please contact +66
(0) 3842 9591 or email us at [email protected] and visit www.
mantra-pattaya.com
Amor Restaurant, Pattayaland Soi 3, South Pattaya is
now offering a Traditional English Afternoon Tea from 5 - 7 p.m. daily.
For more information call 038 710680 or visit http://www. amorrestaurant.com
Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s gourmet set
menu: Poached rock lobster and leek ravioli on mousseline gratin. Pan-fried
garoupa on red wine butter sauce and roasted figs. Pork tenderloin over-baked
with Reblochon cheese and red capsicum sauce. Orange terrine in Champagne
Zabayone. Pattaya 2nd Road in
front of Ruen Thai Restaurant. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723
659, e-mail: [email protected]. For more information: www.restaurant-pattaya.com
Have a unique chance to taste ostrich meat
dishes prepared in modern Chinese cuisine style at Dusit Resort,
Pattaya’s The Peak Chinese Restaurant.
The Peak’s Chinese chef, Chi Tak Lai gets creative with a selection of
ostrich meat dishes prepared a la carte in August. Everyday at lunchtime,
enjoy an extensive selection of dim sum. The kitchen prepares some 40
varieties of dim sum rotating on a seasonal basis. The Peak is located on the
9th floor of the Dusit Resort,
Pattaya with a panoramic view of the bay, and is open every day, 11:30 a.m. -
2:30 p.m. for lunch & 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. for dinner. For reservations,
please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2276.
Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya recently
launched ‘Eat to the Beat’, the hotel’s main dining attraction
for dinner at Starz Diner. To mark the launch of the new buffet, Eat to the
Beat will have an introductory price of THB 550++ per person from Sunday
to Friday and THB 700++ per person on Saturdays for a limited period only.
Located on 429 Pattaya Beach Road. For more details call 038 428755.
Jameson’s the Irish Pub has a host of daily
specials including on Mondays fillet steak special, a fillet steak served on a
sizzling metal tray with french-fries and vegetables for baht 165. On Tuesday
it is the turn of the gammon steak with french-fries and veggies at baht 165.
Wednesday it’s deep fried bread-crumbed chicken with french-fries at 165
baht. Thursdays is two kebabs loaded up with beef steak, pork, liver and
bacon, chicken, kidneys, pineapple, green pepper, tomato, onion and mushrooms
served with fried rice on a chopping board for 165 baht. Friday is fish and
chips for baht 165. All the specials are served with a bowl of home made soup
to start with and home made ice cream or fresh fruit as dessert. As always
Jameson’s serves its all day and night carvery at the weekends, as much as
you can eat for 350 baht. Speckled Hen beer on draft is back in stock as well
as bottled Newcastle Brown Ale.
Mercure Hotel Pattaya presents P&P all
you can eat pasta and pizza at the Cappuccino Terrace every Wednesday night.
Soi 15, 2nd Road, South Pattaya.
For more details call 038 425 050.
The Montien Hotel, Pattaya continues their Theme
Buffet Evenings: 2nd Road,
Central Pattaya. For more details & reservations please call 038-428155
ext 1620, 1621 e-mail; [email protected]
The Premiership Football Restaurant currently has a
special 99 baht promotion running. Choose from shepherd’s pie, pork chop and
mashed potatoes, large cheeseburger or bangers ‘n’ mash. There are also
200 other items on the main menu including traditional English, European,
Mexican and Thai food. Located at Soi Diana Inn opposite the Sawasdee Hotel.
Tel. 07-802-7088. Open 24hrs.
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.
Shenanigans Irish Pub nightly specials: 12 noon - 11
p.m. Monday Spaghetti Night (160 baht); Tuesday Chop Night (150 baht);
Wednesday Steak Night (195 baht); Thursday Curry Night 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. (250
baht); Friday Schnitzel Night (195) 12 noon - 11 p.m.; Saturday Carvery (395
baht) 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.; Sunday Carvery (395 baht) 12 noon - 11 p.m.: The
famous Shenanigans Carvery, a choice of 6 different joints, 9 vegetables &
potatoes, prawn salad & home made soup, as much as you can eat.
Shenanigans the Irish Pub 218/2-4 Moo 10, Royal Garden Resort, Pattaya 2nd
Road. Email: shenang@ ptty2.loxinfo.co.th, phone: (038) 710 641, www.shenanigans-pattaya.com
Tropical Bert has English and American breakfasts
all served with thick cut toast and free tea or coffee refills, home made pies
and pasties, a full range of pub grub and daily specials, Sunday lunch of home
made soup, roast beef, pork or lamb with all the trimmings and dessert at only
250 Bt (if you want more just ask!); and they also serve Thai food
and serve it very well indeed. Bert’s cooks are of course Thai and love
nothing more than serving you what they do best and doing it to suit your
pallet, so don’t worry about it being too hot, we have a chili meter! And
parking for 100 cars. Tropical Bert’s: 2nd Road Opp Bangkok Bank, Soi 6
Branch.
Entertainment
On Sundays Jameson’s the Irish Pub will be having
magic shows starting at 2 p.m. with the PR Magic Show hosted by Dr Magic and
Son. There will be three half hour shows during the afternoon with the
children having their own room in the bar, their own free children’s buffet
attended by staff to look after them and their own magician who will be doing
tricks all day long. There will also be cartoons on the television. In the
main bar will be Pop’s Pattaya All Stars playing acoustic music in a jam
session which welcomes all musicians.
A La Turca Restaurant has recently opened their
second branch opposite 7-11 on Walking Street. Buy 1 beer and get 1 free
during Happy Hour from 5 - 7 p.m. and try some of their delicious cocktails,
buy 2 get 1 free, made by Alfie, their professional bartender, trained in
London.
Enjoy live music and entertainment at Ray’s Place
jazz bar at the Mercure Hotel Pattaya. Happy Hour every day from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. Pattaya Second Road Soi 15, email hotel @mercurepattaya.com
The new taste of entertainment at the Tide Resort
begins with the ‘Club Sea’, their recently opened lobby bar. A
perfect hangout with food, drinks, live jazz, and easy listening music open
from 7 p.m. - midnight. For more information please call 038 399200.
Events
AustCham is
delighted to invite members and guests to a tour of the main Toyota
Plant in Samut Prakarn Province on Friday 25 August 2006 and then
continuing on to the ESB Sundowners at the new Sheraton Hotel, Pattaya. Local
residents can make their own way to the Toyota Factory and should arrive by 1
p.m. for the site visit (there will be no charge). Toyota Motor requires all
visitors to register through AustCham in advance or they will not be allowed
entry. Lunch will be provided at no extra charge on the bus, but those
travelling independently are advised to have lunch before arriving. For more
details please visit www.austchamthailand.com or call (0) 2210-0216-8.
Bruno’s Restaurant is hosting a Pattaya Gay
Festival charity dinner on Sunday August 20 at 8 p.m. Exotic menu prepared
by guest chef Peter Marty. The price of 1,900 baht net includes a 500 baht
donation to PGF charities, especially Heart 2000. Tickets are available from
Jim at Ambiance Hotel, Pattayaland Soi 3 (Boyztown).
Promotions
The Moon River Pub continues their
draft beer promotion. For every liter of draft beer ordered the guest will
receive one stamp in his or her “Beer Card”. Collect nine stamps and get
one liter of beer free. In front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya
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