On the menu are river prawns, eggplant and vegetables jelly flavoured with lemon balm, roasted rabbit with coriander, mashed carrots, beans and peas, coconut emulsion, and fresh goat cheese marinated with thyme, rosemary, garlic and olive oil. The promotion runs throughout August.

Call (02) 238 1991, extension 1351 for reservations.

Pizza degustation

To meet the demands of its customers, the Dusit Resort Pattaya's The Bay Il Ristorante Italiano is extending its Pizza Degustation promotion until the end of the month.

Among the recommended dishes are chef Giuseppe Zanotti's Italian pizzas with various toppings representing an array of Italian regional fare. For example, try pizza margherita and pizza with Parma ham and rocket and Parmesan shavings from northern Italy, four-cheese pizza and pizza with wild mushrooms and truffles from central Italy, or pepperoni pizza and spicy seafood pizza from southern Italy.

Each Pizza Degustation plate is accompanied by a matching salad.

Call (038) 425 611 to 7, extension 2270.

San Francisco treats

Throughout August, chef Kevin of the Banyan Tree Hotel's Pier 59 will be preparing a menu of delectable seafood cuisine from the San Francisco Bay area. Having spent his formative years in San Francisco, he has created a degustation menu paired with famed wines from Sonoma and Napa Valley.

The meals are offered in the chic surroundings of the Banyan Tree, Bangkok's newest dining venue, Pier 59. Dishes include dungeness crab with tomato gazpacho, butter-braised Maine lobster, apple galette with fennel ice cream.

Call (02) 679 1200.

Asian tapas

 Executive chef Dietmar prepares delectable Asian tapas for all gourmets at the Diplomat Bar of the Conrad Hotel from today until the end of August.

On the menu are green onion cakes with lemon dipping sauce, soft shell crab with pitare chilli sauce, pappadam curried oyster, hot and sour tofu packages, barbecued pork and papaya rolls, spicy shrimp onigiri, Korean-style spiced salmon with crispy noodles, roast duck pancakes with pea sprouts and plum chilli marmalade, and grilled prawns with pandan leaves and basil vinaigrette.

Call (02) 690 9999.

King of the grill

The Amari Atrium Hotel's Mingles Pub is offering the Australia beef "King of the Grill" promotion throughout August during dinner hours of 5.30 to 11pm.

One of the many highlights in the promotion is your choice of steak topped with grilled tomato and artichoke baked with mozzarella cheese and served with roast potato and vegetables.

 Call (02) 718 2000, extension 3750 for reservations.

Vietnamese Festival

The chefs at the Marriott Resort & Spa's Market restaurant are making special Vietnamese dishes.

Available in the lunch buffet are goi cuon (fresh rice paper spring rolls), goi buoi (pork, shrimp, pomelo and sesame salad), ca kho to (fillet of sea bass simmered in chilli, ginger and caramel sauce), dau phu sate (stir-fried tofu with satay sauce) and goi du du (green papaya, prawn and chicken salad).

Call (02) 476 0022, extension 1416.

The writer can be contacted at focusfood@nationgroup.com.

Compiled by Juthamas Cholthavornpong