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Clubs &
Associations
The next meeting of Pattaya City
Expats Club (PCEC) will be on Sunday, February 17. 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 11am. Everyone is warmly
welcome. This week the PCEC welcomes back Gavin Waddell, Head of
the International Relations and Marketing department of Phyathai
Sriracha Hospital, who will be accompanied by an orthopedist.
This will be followed by the ever lively Open Forum and update
on happenings in and around Pattaya. A full report appears each
week in Pattaya Mail. For more information about the Sunday
meeting and the numerous other weekday activities of the PCEC,
see the Club’s website at www. pattayacityexpatsclub.com and
learn more about the many and varied activities to which
everyone is welcome.
The Pattaya Irish Society
meets every Wednesday at 8pm at Moonrakers in Pong. Call John on
086 112 0988 for details.
Rotary Club of
Jomtien-Pattaya welcomes you to their Wednesday meetings in
the Rotary room Royal Cliff Grand Hotel: Time 18.30 for 19.00.
Contact Lloyd Jones (Membership) 0878043943.
For the past 28 years the Samaritans
of Thailand have been providing confidential crisis
intervention services over the telephone. The English-speaking
unit, Samaritans English Help Line operates 24 hours a day, 7
days a week to provide support to the expatriate community.
English-speaking staff, trained in crisis intervention will
provide active, non-judgmental and empathetic listening services
on the phone. All calls will be handled on an anonymous basis
and are free of charge. Please call (02) 713-6791 (24hrs a day,
7 days a week).
The Royal British Legion
Thailand is now firmly established at Tropical Bert’s
2nd Road next to Soi 6/1. Served in H.M. Armed Forces? Or even
if you have not, as long as you support the principles of the
Legion you are welcome to join. We meet every Sunday lunch from
1pm, our future trips are April 24th a two day trip to the River
Kwai for ANZAC Day (Aussies and Kiwis welcome) and early June a
week in Batu Gajah, Malaysia, once again to meet up with our
Aussie friends and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Malay
Emergency. Contact Bert 089 8072335 or call in to Tropical Bert’s
2nd Road Opp Bangkok Bank.
Rotary Club Pattaya Marina
meets every Friday at 7pm at the Balcony Restaurant (Pattaya
North Rd). For further information call President Nicolas Demet
on 081 983 4082.
Chess Club players meet
every day at "Margarita Madness" by Soi 10, Jomtien
Beach Road, directly across from the Sea Breeze Hotel. Everyone
welcome. Call 087 008 9951 for details.
The Dutch Expat Club
meets the last Thursday of every month at Chateau Dale on
Thappraya Road at 6pm. For full details please check out the
website at www.neder landseverenigingpattaya.org or email
albertmartin26@ yahoo.com. New members are always welcome.
Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings in Pattaya: The Pattaya Group meets Monday &
Thursday at noon; Monday, Tuesday & Friday at 5pm and
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 7:30pm at the
Satree Pattana Center, Soi Skaw Beach (2nd Rd): Contact Jim on
087 927 0437. The Good Morning Pattaya Group meets every morning
9am at the Highlander Guest House, Soi Skaw Beach: Contact Mike
081 741 3166. The Jomtien Group meets everyday at noon at
Jomtien Long Stay Hotel: Contact: Jerry 086 141 7748.
Dining
Chinese New Year season
continues, ‘Orangery By The Sea’ invites Pattaya city
dwellers and holiday makers to enjoy its mouth-watering special ‘Chinese
Emperor Set Menus’ from one of its exclusive
five-star kitchens: During February 1-29 Orangery
guests can enjoy set menus of luxury Chinese delicacies at Bt.
2,800 for 2-3 persons and Bt. 4,500 for 4-5 persons. Dishes
include ‘Shark Fin Soup with crab meat’, ‘Fried duck with
lemon sauce’, ‘Fried prawns with Shanghai chili sauce’,
‘Cold chicken in Chinese wine’, and ‘Fried Hong Kong kale
with oyster sauce’. ‘Orangery By the Sea’ is open daily
from 11:00am until Midnight on the second and third floor of the
newly-opened lifestyle center - The Avenue, South Pattaya. For
reservations, please call (038) 723-991
Dining in February at the Dusit
Thani Pattaya: Welcome in the ‘Year of the Rat’ with our
splendid set menus at The Peak Chinese Restaurant while
enjoying the stunning view of Pattaya Bay: Savor an impeccable
menu of traditional Chinese cuisine that award-winning Chef Chi
Tak Lai has in store for you for this special occasion. The set
menus are available from February 6-10. Each menu comes with a
complimentary bottle of French sparkling wine to help you toast
to a blissful New Year ahead. The Peak is located on the 9th
floor of Dusit Thani Pattaya. Open every day, 11:30 am-
2:30 pm for lunch, and for dinner, from 6:30 pm- 10:00 pm. For
reservations, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext.2276. The Bay
Italian Restaurant this month brings you succulent Aurora
Lamb dishes. Aurora lamb is a high-end product often compared to
Japan’s top-grade Kobe beef as far as tenderness. Our Chef has
created a sublime selection of Aurora Lamb dishes prepared with
a delicious Italian twist that is absolutely irresistible. Dusit
Wine and Dine members enjoy a 20% discount in terms and
conditions that apply: Available every day (except Saturday) for
dinner, 7:00 – 10:00 pm. We also offer the famous Italian
Buffet every Wednesday night, from 7:00 – 10 pm. Our
Saturday BBQ Buffet Dinner is also highly recommended. The Bay
Italian Restaurant is located on the 3rd
floor of Dusit Thani Pattaya. For reservations, please
call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2270
The Mantra Restaurant & Bar
introduces Superchef Supachai’s extraordinary Snowfish menu.
The melt in your mouth New Zealand snowfish designs will send
you swimming upstream in pure pleasure all February long. For
more information on Mantra Restaurant & Bar please contact
+66 (0) 3842 9591 or email [email protected] and visit
www. mantra-pattaya.com
It’s Strawberry Season again at
Amor Restaurant. Richard and his team are preparing a host
of great strawberry dishes, desserts and cocktails for you:
Strawberry Pork Fillet 370 - Pan fried with a sauce of fresh
strawberries and crushed black peppercorns flambéed in brandy;
Strawberry Chicken Breasts 390 - Pan fried with a sauce of fresh
strawberries and crushed black peppercorns flambéed in brandy;
Strawberries and Yoghurt 150 - with yoghurt and Chiang Mai
Longan honey; Strawberries and Sour Cream 150 - with sour cream
and brown sugar; Strawberries and Cream 150 - with whipped or
pouring cream; Strawberries and Ice Cream 150 - with a scoop of
Vanilla ice cream; French Strawberries 190 - with Grand Marnier
and whipped cream; Irish Strawberries 180 - with Jameson’s and
whipped cream; Strawberry Amor 250 - vodka, crème de Cacao,
white crème de Menthe and fresh Strawberries; Strawberry
Daiquiri 190; Strawberry Piòa Colada 210. Visit
www.amorrestaurant.com, tel. 038-710-680 (Open 5pm to midnight).
Theme Buffet Evenings at the
Montien Hotel, Pattaya: Tuesdays - Verandah Coffee Shop,
Reef & Beef international BBQ buffet dinner, 6 p.m. - 10
p.m., adults 750++ baht / children 400++ baht; Wednesdays - La
Mer Restaurant, Mediterranean buffet dinner 6.30 p.m. - 10 p.m.,
adults 650++ baht / children 350++ baht; Friday - Verandah
Coffee Shop, BBQ & seafood buffet dinner 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.,
adults 750++ baht / children 400++ baht; Saturday - Verandah
Coffee Shop, international buffet dinner 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.,
adults 650++ baht / children 350++ baht. Pamper yourself with
the exceptional variety of all-you-eat favourites, dazzlingly
laid out for an evening of leisurely dining. Bring you family
and friends. Sit back, relax and enjoy. For reservations please
call 038-428155, 361340 ext 1620, 1621 or E-mail: [email protected].
Shenanigans Irish Pub is now open at
its new location on the first floor of the new, upscale ‘The
Avenue’ shopping mall, Pattaya 2nd
Road, Opp. Soi Post Office. For details of all upcoming events
and dining choices check the Web site at
www.shenanigans-pattaya.com or email: [email protected]
Molly Malones Irish Pub
Pattaya (formerly The Kilkenny) recently opened its doors on
Walking Street, South Pattaya. Enjoy a wide selection of Irish
& international homemade pub cuisine with huge portions and
a great selection of local and imported draught & bottled
beers, wines & spirits. Daily Irish Happy Hours start at
10am with Heineken, Singha, Tiger & Chang at just 59 baht
draught specials and 150 baht jugs from 10am till 9pm. Christmas
Day features a three-course lunch and dinner for only 750 baht
& half price for children. The early bird pub breakfast is
only 99 baht from 10am till 4pm, live music Thursdays, Fridays
& Saturdays and all your favourite live sport on the big
screens. Call 038 711 094 for more information.
Think Lunch, Think Cascade:
You can now enjoy a heightened lunch experience at Dusit
Thani Pattaya’s The Cascade Restaurant with its
Thai-International Lunch Buffet. Upgrade the quality – and
quantity – of your lunch as the award-winning culinary team of
The Cascade creates Thai-International selection of appetizers,
salads, soups, main courses, carving and pasta stations and
desserts with an array of buffet stations. The new Cascade
Restaurant is located on the main lobby of Dusit Thani
Pattaya, near the Atrium. Choose to dine in the restaurant’s
newly refurbished facilities or outside of the restaurant near
the cascading waterfall: Every Day, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, Baht
500++ per person and half price for children 5-12 years. For
reservations and details, please call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2152.
New and Only at Moon River
Pub! The After Work Club, Sunday through Thursday, 7 pm to
midnight, offers guests a Western or Thai evening menu. Groups
of 30 people may choose from the European and Thai all you can
eat buffet (booking 1 day in advance). The all you can drink
(wine, beer, juice, soft drinks, whiskey, tequila, etc.) counts
for both offers. Price per person: 1,000 baht each. The Moon
River Pub is located in front of the Thai Garden Resort, North
Pattaya Road.
Jameson’s Irish Pub’s
Wednesday three-course ‘Quick Service’ special for 195 baht
continues: Home made soup, mixed salad, or mussels ‘vinai’
(cooked in their shells with butter, garlic & herbs). Steak
and mushroom pie (cooked in a beer sauce) with crisp
french-fries followed by dessert - a choice of two items,
depending upon the chef’s mood! This new three-course
Wednesday special is served from 12 Noon till 11pm. Other daily
specials include on Monday: fillet steak special 195 baht;
Tuesday: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Chicken breast stuffed with ham
& cheese served with chips, vegetables, & gravy sauce.
195 baht; Thursday: Lasagne, with meat sauce & white sauce
covered with Cheddar Cheese & Parmesan Cheese served with
mixed salad. 195 baht. All the specials are served with starter
& dessert. Start from 12 noon until 11 p.m. As always
Jameson’s serves its all day and night carvery at the
weekends, as much as you can eat for 350 baht; Soup & Salad
Bar 175 baht. Saturday 5 pm – 11 pm and Sunday 1 pm – 11 pm.
Cider on draft is back as well as bottled Newcastle Brown Ale.
Jameson’s Irish Pub, 80/164 Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR), Pattaya,
Tel. 038-361-873-4, email [email protected]
Café New Orleans, a
culinary landmark for over 9 years on eclectic Pattayaland Soi
2, has expanded its Fiesta Filipina menu and added an
Additional Special Menu including imported black Angus
tenderloin steak, succulent lamb tenderloin, scallops, assorted
dinner crepes and chocolate soufflé for dessert. You can order
anything from the famous rack of baby back ribs and imported
steaks to special gourmet entrées, side dishes and deserts.
Chefs coming from some of the top restaurants in Manila prepare
delicious Filipino dishes to suit all tastes. For more
information or to make a reservation call 038 710 805, fax 038
710 784.
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, tel.
038 425 418.
For great tasting Thai food pop along to the
Salt and Pepper Restaurant next door to the Flamingo Hotel
behind Tuk-Com City on South Pattaya Road (opens Mondays to
Saturday from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m.). You will see a new
exhibition by Pattaya Mail’s cartoonist M.J.B. which
you can buy (every baht goes to the Pattaya Orphanage), plus
each person who eats a meal and tells the management they have
read about this restaurant in the Pattaya Mail can pick
up one cheeky cartoon postcard FREE of charge.
No.43, Italian Bistro, Kanary Bay Rayong
presents a Special International Lunch Buffet every Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 11.30 – 14.00: Only 250++
Baht per person, children 50% discount & a special Italian
Buffet Dinner every Wednesday from 18.00 – 22.00: Only 390++
Baht per person, children 50% discount. For info &
reservations please call 038-804 844 or look at: www.kantarygroup.com
Aisawan Resort & Spa, Pattaya
presents a "Wine Buffet" promotion. Enjoy a selection
of 3 white wines and 3 red wines from South Africa. Come and
enjoy every day from 7-10 p.m. Drink a limitless amount for only
800 ++ baht per person including cheese plate. This promotion is
available now at Bay Leaf Restaurant, Aisawan Resort & Spa.
Tel. 038 411 940-8
Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s
delicious gourmet set menu: Food only 1,450 baht net or menu
with unlimited beverages 2,900 baht net, open daily 11:00 ~
23.00 / Sunday brunch buffet, every Sunday 10:30 ~ 15:00, adults
799 baht net including a glass of house champagne. For
reservation (038) 723 660, fax (038) 723 659, e-mail:
[email protected]. For more information: www.restaurant-pattaya.com
Events
David & Emily Lipman are
proud to present a Latino Dance Evening on Saturday
February 16 which will benefit both the Mercy Center and the
Parent Teachers Group of St Andrews School located in Rayong. In
addition to a worthy cause, this event will promote community
awareness in regard to St Andrews school and the Mercy Center.
The proceeds of the event will be split between the two groups.
The venue will be the new Nusa Playa Hotel located at the
intersection of Jomtien Beach Road and Soi 14. Cost is 1,000
baht for adults and 500 baht for children 18 years old and
younger. Dinner will begin at 6pm and dance demonstrations and
instruction will begin at 7pm. Local sponsors will donate
beverages and door prizes, and alcoholic beverages will be
available from the hotel lounge. For further information, please
contact David Lipman on 086-539-8762.
The Regent’s School International
Day 2008 will take place from 11am - 4pm on Saturday March 8
at The Regent’s School, Highway 36: The day will be a celebration
of Internationalism and the community. Over 43 different
countries will be represented to visit and collect passport
stamps and take part in an Amazing Race and World Cup football.
There will also be an International Cafe + BBQ, National
performances and a Parade of Nations. All the money raised from
the event will go to support the Round Square service projects.
Promotions
Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya
Party Pack - Fab Four! - Choose four dishes from Hard Rock’s
six-pack offering. Party pack includes 1 jug of Singha beer and
1 jug of soft drink plus 1 classic Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya tee
shirt and a complimentary photo at only THB 1,800 net. For more
information & reservations please call 038 426 635.
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