C4 - Friday, August 31, 1984 - North Shore News

EVENING FOR EXPERIMENTATION
How about a drunken crab?

had never sampled Vietnamese cuisine before
so I did not know what to expect when | went
for dinner at the newest
restaurants four locations - 140 Lonsdale Avenue in

IDLE CHATTER: Pasta

credible $2.99? Try the fish

Back by popular demand!
SPANISH DINNER

For 2 $13.99

includes: __
choice of green salad, Spanish Potato Salad
or Marinated Bean Salad
an

Marinated Spareribs
Deep-Fried Zucchini
Fried Chicken
Spanish Sausage

131 W. Esplanade, North Vancouver“

North Vancouver.

All sorts of questions were
running through my mind as
I pondered what would be on
the menu. Would it be similar
to Chinese or Japanese food?
How would it be served? Was
it a single meal concept or did
you share with others from
common plates?

This form of food was also
new to both my dining com-
Panions so it really was an
evening for experimentation.

‘‘Alternating
between
fork,

Singers and
chopsticks. ’’

To begin we chose the ap-
petizers pate a la Saigon
($3.25) — a very fine ground
pork cooked in stock and the
salad roll ($1.95) — shrimp
and pork wrapped with
greens in rice paper. The
pork pate disappointed us.
The thinly cut slices of pork
were somewhat bland and
tasteless. As an afterthought
we felt the scallops ($4.50) or
the escorgot ($3.95) wrapped
in pate would have been a
better choice.

The salad roll, on the other
hand, was excellent. Served
with a highlander sauce tt was
crisp and refreshing.

For the dinner entree we
each selected a_e different
specialty. | ordered the curry
chicken ($4.95). One compa-
nion selected the rack of
lamb a la Saigon ($7.50) —
lamb marinated in herbs and
wine, roasted and served with
a grand marnier sauce The
other had the drunken crab
royale citron ($9.95) - a
whole live crab is made drunk
with wine and = sauted in
citron sauce

Be Water Wise

When going

boatung, leave 4 float
plan WAUn someone
stating where you
will be and Wher
you afe expected

to return

7’

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lovers will enjoy the unique and chip special at the Big T (ots of aking ae CRC)
of the Saigon creations and variety of com- on Lonsdale in North Van... P

binations available at the The Den at the Avalon Hotel Unbeatable atmosphere - Unbeatable value

Corsi Trattoria in North is offering their famous

Van. — Tom Selleck did Prime Rib dinner on Thurs-

when he was in town. Anin- day nights for only $8.99.

By LEN SLADE

When our dinners arrived
we asked the waitress to place
them in the middle of the
table as we intended to share
them. This, however, proved
somewhat difficult as we
alternated between knife and

the conclusion that the Viet-
namese style of eating was
probably better suited to in-
dividual’s selecting a separate
dish.

Dining at the Saigon prov-
ed to be a worthwhile ex-
perience in that it provided us
with a knowledge of Viet-
namese food and style of

fork, chopsticks and bare Vancouver’s original

fingers. wt Sidewalk Restaurant and Cafe
After we finished every lit- eee

tle morsel of food, in a rather 3 featuring -

messy manner, we came to When you’re really hungry,

filet of Salmon
with crab legs
& prawns

try the Cypress Inn’s
large portions

at very reasonable prices!

4368 Marine Dr. WV 926-7528

eating.
The restaurant is quite
spacious. Lattice partitions

separate areas of the dining
room and the tables are set
far enough apart to give some
semblance of privacy.

The menu is divided into
the traditional areas of ap-
petizers ($3.95-$4.00), soups
and salads ($1.95-$3.75), and
entrees ($4.95-$11.95). There
are also combination plates
($5.50-$8.50) and, of course
desserts ($1.25-$2.00).

The Saigon is open Mon-
day to Saturday from 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m. and on Sunday
from 5 p.m. to !l p.m. Take
out Orders are available and a
delivery service is operational
within a reasonable radius.

The bill for the three of us,

including two beer and a bot-
dle of California chablis, was

™

Serving brunch this holiday weekend Sat, Sun
& Mon 10-3

Dinner from 5 p.m.

1300 Robson Street
684-8461

or
Green Salad

JAGER SCHNITZEL
Breaded cutlet with
special mushroom sauce
served with pan fried potatoes,
and fresh vegetables.

- Dessert

We invite you to enjoy a

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