Chesa a great WV choice

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isfaction in what he does.
Service: Jahanshahi and his
crew deliver efficient and
extroverted counter service.
Congenial banter and editorial
commentary provided free of
charge. Regulars get cus-
tomized items without having
tc remind Garibaldi stat?
Most are on a first-name basis
with the proprietors and
appreciate the informal touch
and attention to personal
etail

Price: Panini sandwiches
$3 to $6; Big City sandwiches
$4 to $4.50; House specials
$4 10 56.

Sundeck: An indoors loca-
tion, but chairs in the Quay
foyer available.

Parking: Quay lot avail-
able.

Power Lunch Rating:

90a

Thai House Restaurant,
180 Esplanade, North
Vancouver, 987-9911. Visa,
MasterCard and American

ress Open
cre for heh and din-
ner. Fully licensed.
‘Vegetarian options? Lots.
- Overview: Patrick Chen’s
sixth, Tuai House opened last
October in the 7,000 sq. ft.

locale best know on the North

Shore as the Harvest House
building: Asia meets frontier

“North America. A re place of

~ spirited Southeast Asian cui- -
sine. Lots of elbow room dur-
ing the lunch hour rush. Two
* floors; lots of window seats
looking out over. Lower
_ Lonsdale business bustle,
Location: On the

Esplanade strip across fom the.

Esplanade cinemas.

Lunch menu: Similar sized
selection as That House’s din-
ner. Sections range from
Chicken and Pork (Kai Pad
Namman, Kai Curry, Kai Pad
Bai Grapau, Ginger Pork) to
Beef, Noodles, Seafood and
Vegetables (Garlic Beef, Pad
Thai rice noodles, Golden
Prawn Flame, Squid with Hort
Sauce, Chili Pepper Fried
Rice). About 60 items listed.

Food quality: Good fresh
ingredients prepared with
authentic Thai touch. Lemon
grass, ginger, garlic, coconut
miik and chili flavors predomi-
nate. A sampled Tom Kah Kai
(Hot and Sour soup) was thick
with strips of sauteed chicken
breast and sliced mushrooms.
‘The broth was a fiery brew of
soup stock mined with chili
and enriched with coconut
milk. A real brow-heater.

That Pad Makuayaw was 3

Thai stirfry of chicken breast
and Japanese eggplant.
Another display of Southeast
Asian smoke and fire. This
time bolstered with basil and
jalz-eno. Big plore with rice

__ and salad for

Social warning: Beware

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Ambleside

Lunch or Dinner

Fresh Spring Salmon, Crab Sauce
Calves Liver Grilled with Saged Onions

10.95
9.95

Wiener Schnitzel with “ion Spatzle,

Sour Cream Sauce

9.95

Comed Beef with Steit:ad Cabhage

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heavy post-funcheon garlic
backlash.

Service: Asian express.
Polite and quick.

Price: Soup, salad and
appetizers $3 to $7; Entrecs
$7 to $10, most around $7.

Sundeck: No. But a big
luunge with southern expo-
sure.

Parking: A few stalls in the
rear. Street-side if you are
lucky and alert.

Power Lunch Rating:
900

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Chesa, 1734 Marine Dr.,
West Vancouver, 922-2411;
fax 922-2406. Visa,
MasterCard and American
Express accepted. Open
Monday to Saturday for
lunch and dinner. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian options?
Some.

Overview: Chesa has been
reborn under the guidance of
Michael and Jill Brown. The
two Chesa veterans have

brought a renewed brighmess
of spirit and interior congenial-
ity to this perennial West
Vancouver favorite. Lunch is a
match for dinner in all areas.

First rate food; dmely ser-
vice.

Location: Vest-end
Ambleside.

Lanch menu: Soup and
salads (Onion Gratinee; Caesar
or Chesa. Available together as
The Quick Lunch). Main meal
items from the single sheet
listing inciude Partait of Duck
Liver; Cajun Clubhouse
(chicken breast with cilantro
mayonnaise, tomato, butter
lettuce and bacon berween
whole wheat toast); Linguini a
la Pesto; Spicy Crab Cakes,
Nudli Chinoise; the Neptune
(shrimp, whitefish, prawns and
sea scallops in pastry, dash of
pernod); and Chicken a la
Reine.

Daily specials also offered.

Food quality: Really
inspired stuff. Presentation
verges on art. Combinations
exhibit above average kitchen
talent.

A sampled Shrimp

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For Reservations 980-4316

West Vancouver's
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Clubhouse featured abundant
fresh shrimp layered between
whole whear toast with bacon
and tomato. The sandwich was
divided into quarters arranged
around a central medley of
peas, corn, green beans and
carrots in a lively mustard
mayonnaise set in fresh radic-
chic and lertuce leaves. Graced
with fresh cilantro and basil
leaves. The plate was also dec-
orated with crisp endive and

red pepper spears. A full color
midday feast.

Service: Professional and
congenial.

Price: Soup and salad $4 ta
$5; main hunch items $7 to
$10.

Sundeck: A southern expo-
sure sun room instead.

Parking: Some stalls in the
rear; streer-sude also available

Power Lunch Rating:

LD DINNER 2 for 7

Tues “Thur. Excluding ‘andor dishes. Expires Apr. 1197

Thai House is Tops - The Province

Bm Award
\ winning
locations

to serve you English Bay

HOUSE.
Eatabiished Since 1986
For those who like it Hot .”
For those whu like it Mild. -..
Thai House won't disappoint!

"683-3383
737-0088
278-7373
438-2288
685-8989

180 West Esplanade 987-8911 ..

www.thal house.com

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All pasta created
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Accordian music
on weekends

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