SLOWING down ... Helena Siu likes the relaxed pace
of Vancouver compared to Hong Kong.

Wednesday, August 5, 1998 - North Shore News — 13

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NEWS photos Paul McGrath

COFFEE culture ... Jackie Liu holds down the fort at the Bagga Beans cafe in North Vancouver's Delbrook.
Centre. Liu’s partner, Jennifer Davies, made off before the News photographer could capture her on film.

Robert Gaister
News Reporter robert@énsnews.com

FEW of the people popping into
Bagga Beans Cafe in North
Vancouver’s Delbrook Centre go
there to learn some-
thing.

But considering two of
its employees are educa-
tion students it’s not hard
to imagine them impart-
ing a little knowledge to

_ their clients.

Jackie Liu and
Jennifer Davies have collec-
tively worked at the cafe
for more than two years
though Davies is the elder states-
man of the two. Both praise the
cafe’s goods extensively and if |
employee attitude is a barometer of
customer satisfaction, no one walks away
from the counter without a smile.

“We make really good coffee and all
the _ bakin comes from (West
Vancouver’ S Savoury Island Pie
Company,” said Davies matter-of-factly,

Who can argue with a teacher?

“You can say Jen is going to be a
kick-ass French teacher,” suggested
Davies in an assessment of her own
future.

Slowing down
Harry’s Market has been a fixture of
Delbrook Centre for many years and
Helena Siu has been there for 20 of

then. It might as well be called Helena’s
Market because she is almost always
there. Her take on the area’s residents

who pop in to pick up various odds and
ends is as stellar as everyone else’s in the |

plaza.

“Around here the neighborhood is
really nice and I need a job bur I enjoy it
too,” said Siu who’came to Canada from

Hong Kong. “Everything there is in
a hurry but in Vancouver
you don’t need to hurry.”

Fruity flights of fan:

- Bob’: ge Stand i. a
North Shore landmark if
there ever was one. The
only difficulty is finding
him because over the years

he has had his fair share of moves.
Bob has. actually semi-retired from
the business leaving the bulk of the
runnii " of the operation to his son

‘Bruce Rei

“He's been selling produce on the
North Shore since the °70s,” said Bruce

adding that the current Jocation has
ty

been home since "91. “It was sort of a
travelling circus around here.” ,

In the old days Bruce recalled his
father meticulously noting who his cus-
tomers were.

“He kept track of people and he’d
phone them to tell them when and
where he’d open,” said Reid.

From Jakarta with love

Yunie Chandra teft her home in
Jakarta, Indonesia to attend school in

FOR THE

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Montreal. She liked it ‘so “much “she
decided to make the move permanent...

until four years ago ) when, she dei
head west.

Upon landing in Vancouv er she mai
her way to the North Shore and bought.’
Delbrook 1-Hour, Cleaners. .The. shop
ke s her so busy, she barely manag:

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on doing.

“I love it. The customers:
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said Chandra.““Only sometimes ‘it’s:too
hot.” .

All the rest. nS

The other. businesses in the:
include Dorman’ Hair Transplant Clini
Lawson. & Webb.. certified « gene
accountants, Delbrook. Dental. Centre,:
Dr. Brian G.K. “Floyd, -, Westcoas
Naturopathic and. Counselling :.Ce
Aria Travel, Ace - Gallery,: BrainChil
Education Centre,. -Arms
Counselling, Applied Electronics. Led.,
Rudolf. Steiner -Centre;, Delb:
Naturopathic Centre, - s
Engineering’ Lrd., P.D. Marno'
Associates, Woon Lee Inn. atithéntic:
Cantonese Peking cuisine, Monks rent
Centre.

If you have a business that is part. of a ae
unique or otherwise worthwhile block
know of any, share it with ws. Write
Commercial Avenues c/o Robert: Galster.
at the North Shore’ News, 1139 Lonsdale.
Ave., North Vancouver, V7M 2H4 or
mail: robert@nsnews.com i :

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