20 - Friday, July 1,

dining_ ‘Now.

Local brunch
talent continues
to blossom

LOOPS RESTAURANT, 123
CARRIE CATES COURT,
NORTH VANCOUVER. VISA,
MASTERCARD AND
AMERICAN EXPRESS AC-
CEPTED. WHEELCHAIR AC-

CESSIBLE. |
BRUNCH HAS not always
been held in high digestive
esteem by the common folk.
Most, me included, have long
looked upon it as a meal for
aristocratic monocle-polishers,
long on gourmandise and short on.
purpose. ,
But the meal has begun to shed
its tweed image and subtly de-
cadent air.

1988 - North Shore News

A light Dijon Pommery mustard

* glaze added extra color but little
‘extra taste. I would have liked

more snap. Overall, however, it

was a good and substuntial meal.
Raisin French Toast ($5.25) is a

good sweet brunch choice at

- Loops, Toast slices are thick, and

batter is spiked with a touch of.

” brandy.

TIMOTHY —
[RENSHAW

My conversion to its benefi ts is
largely due to my wife, whose* * *
‘digestive tract plays no mealtime »
favorites: it growls from dawn till - .
dusk. ;

- - She counts brunch as one of her
favorite meals, She says indulging ©
"in restaurant brunches and
‘breakfasts | gives her the illusion of
being on vacation. She says relief ©
from the tedium of brewing
breakfast is welcome. And she says

+ all three with extreme regularity..

:: So who am I to argue? And who

lam sure one of the main
reasons the brunch bug initially bit .
‘my wife with such lasting effect
was because it is the only pre-lunch
_meal at which desserts can be

ordered without feeling the chill of

“disapproving eyes focused upon

eyour: :
~Loops has a ‘good range of

brunch desserts: Chocolate Truffle

"Cake ($4.25), Fruit Mousse

” ($3.25), Ice Cream (in various

. quantities), Cheesecake ($3.50) and

_am I to blow the chance of taking -::

~the family on an illusionary. vaca- ;
tion for $30?
In addition to heeding ‘intelligent.
” wifely reasoning, I have begun
" myself to take a shine to the
brunch concept. ::

’. In the past I have found it to be -

an overly rich undertaking. Plates
of waffles drenched in buckets of
‘whipped cream, gobs of butter and’
lashings of. fruit and syrup are, to
my mind, gastronomically over-
whelming before noon on any :

- Sunday.

Digestive tracts and palates like
to take it easy Sunday mornings
_too, Iam sure. :

But growing familiarity with”
“brunch philosophies and brunch
benefits has boosted my own ap-
preciation of what I now view as
an increasingly agreeable meal.

In addition, the North Shore’s
brunch talent continues to
blossom. .

: T recently ran Loops’ brunch |
over. Table Hopping tastebuds. .

-. The restaurant is blessed with a

sweeping southside Burrard Inlet

‘view and the accompanying diver-

sion of post or pre-brunch Quay-
side strolls or shopping.* © -

It’s a great place to take Mum if _

you haven’t phoned her for three
months or have forgotten her bir-
~ thday, anniversary or Mother’s
~ Day.

Loops main brunch entrees

range from about $5 to $10. Serv-—

ings are generous, but not over-
-whelming.

NEWS photo Tery Peters
A GLASS is raised by Loops’
manager Kevin MacDonald to the
increasingly popular concept of
brunch. The restaurant, which is in
the Lonsdale Quay Hotel, provides

‘an excellent. example of the meal’

for brunch rookies ‘and veterans
alike.

The Black & White ($4.25).

Being a newspaper type who sees
most things in black and white, I
sampled a slab of the latter. It was
topped with curled shavings of
white and dark chocolate and
featured chocolate mousse oozing

. from between layers of chocolate

shortbread — just the ‘thing to get
anyone’s Sunday up and running.

* For those who believe restau-
rants should only.be visited after 5
See Bright
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I tried an Eggs Chilcotin (39. 95),

being a cow- “punching kind of.

dude. : :
-. The dish, decorated with ae

_.bright strawberry and watermelon
“ backdrop, featured a trim three- -

: ounce steak, bolstered by a pair of

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