44 - Friday, July 8, 1988 - North Shore News NORTH SHORE RESTAURANT SCENE TO HELP diners through the recent string of hot summer nights, today’s column provides a light selection of refreshing and easily digestible local restaurant items. The regular restaurant review will appear in next Friday’s col- umn. THE EMERALD PARK RES- TAURANT, 350 EAST SECOND STREET, NORTH VANCOUVER The ghost of original North Vancouver blue-blood Col. Alfred St. George Hamersley is free once again to stalk the halls of his palatial Second Street home without having to dodge hordes of diners. Owners of the Emerald Park folded up their restaurant tent in late June, the second group of restaurateurs to bail out of the 190-seat restaurant. Future plans for Emerald Park were unavailable to press time Wednesday. CAFE NASROBI, 1344 LONS- DALE AVENUE, NORTH VANCOUVER, 984-2775 The North Shore’s best curry parlor has recently flexed both its culinary and literary muscles and added vast new wings of entrees to its exotic and poetic menu. Prices too have been amended slightly upwards. New entree selections include Watching For Flamingos at Lake Nakuru (10.95), which fortunately does not involve flamingo drumsticks but rather a minced. beef curry dish with fresh spinach, and On a Slow Caravan from Marsabit ($13.95), lamb chops marinated in fresh ginger and garlic then broiled in special Nairobi spices. Old favorites such as Serengeti At High Noon (veal curry) have increased slightly in price (from ‘ $10.95 to $11.95) But in addition to the revamped entree meat section, the Nairobi’s new menu also features entirely new seafood (Samaki), vegetable (Bhogga) and Choma (from the grill) entree divisions. Interesting edible titles range from Watamu At Night (Masala Lobster, priced daily, which means you don’t want to know); Ina Dhow, Off the Coast ($13.95, cur- ried halibut); On the Farm at Eldoret ($8.95, a mushroom and spinach dish); Basking in the Mid- day Sun at Treetops ($7.95, a dried bean masala); and mixed meat grill entitled Breaking Bread at Taita Hills ($12.95). TIMOTHY aRENSHAW table hopping The Nairobi also includes Thali (indian combination dinners) and a Cafe Nairobi speciality section with such lyrical selections as For Karen, From Kericho ($12.95), a chicken vindaloo; and Harambee!, simple pepper steak ($12.95). PASPAROS TAVERNA, 132 WEST THIRD STREET, NORTH VANCOUVER, 980-0331 - The North Shore’s first Greek restaurant celebrated the inaugura- tion of its 15th year in business June 27 with an informal post- dinner party. -Though it could hardly have been expected to match the 1974 grand opening party for Aristedes Pasparakis’ Greek taverna, the celebration represented a tip of the OUR CUSTOMERS _ ALWAYS 2. COME BACK | 929-7363 Because of the quality! Maplewood Plaza 2055 Dollarton Hwy. AH OCEAN OF ORIGIKAL AND CLASSIC SUSHIS LOVINGLY PREPARED % Try oor rainbow roll — a deliciously colonrtul roll af sea-eel, cacomber, salmon, Snapper and egg fs | asd spisach, er mashroom sushi with | TAKE-OUT AVAILABLE | 980-1510. 180 cast 2nd, North Van. hat to the restaurant’s long and loyal clientele. Pasparakis sold Pasparos to current owner, Gregory Roumanis, four years after the restaurant was established, but the energetic Greek character of its original at- mosphere remains intact, and Pasparakis, the original energetic Greek character himself, returned to his North Shove restaurant of'- spring at the end of June bearing a new line of Greek appetizers. Because it would have been physically impossible to fit all Pasparos customers from the past 14 years into the June 27 celebra- tion, the restaurant’s ownership has decided to stretch its customer appreciation the full length of Ju- ly. From Sundays to Thursdays all this month, Pasparos patrons will receive free platters of the restau- rant’s new Pasparakian line of ap- petizers, details of which will ap- pear soon in this column. THE ENGLISH BAY CAFE, 1795 BEACH AVENUE, VAN- COUVER, 669-2225 In order to take fuller advantage of its bay side location, the English Bay Cafe plans to open a new roof-top sundeck July 20. The deck will feature a pan- oramic view of English Bay and a selection of barbecued deck-top food with the suggested liquid ac- companiment of Warsteiner beer or draft Coors light. CAFE ROMA, 60 SEMISCH, NORTH VANCOUVER, 984-0274 One of the North Shore’s best Italian restaurants recently opened its long-awaited balcony piazza to take advantage of the blazing hot e The Original Stars of the Hit British LTV Sex'es “Doctor In The House” ‘ve On Stage ! Barry Evans Geoffrey Davies | = Ernest Clark Richard Gordon Directed by Chris Alian Designed by Douglas Welch 5 Also Starring: Wes Tritter. Susanna Hunt, a Louise Whitney. Martin Evans. Jan James. % Sally Taylor. Derek Peakman. Be Wit Chantal Morin Bat te Mighty p Wurlitzer! Catch ine “Ooctor’ Series ff weeknights a1 10:30 on KOS Tf Otthicral R WWardair Canada tm pticto J Murray REPRESENTING PART of the team planning opening recepticn cere- monies for Food Pacific ’88 is (left to right) Bruno Marti, manager of Team Vancouver, Dr. Hugh Walker, president of B.C. Food Exhibitions Ltd. and B.C. Chef’s Association president Pokomandy. The Aug, 30 to Sept. 2 international food fair is expected to attract 500 exhibitors from over 30 countries. summer nights that will soon be broiling the North Shore. Romais a great place to savor delicious pastas and pleasant har- bor vistas. FOOD PACIFIC ’88, B.C, PLACE STADIUM 777 PACIFIC BOULEVARD SOUTH, VAN- COUVER, 660-2288 Another food bonanza will be laid before hungry food hounds Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 when the inter-’ national Food Pacific ’88 trade show is scheduled to squeeze be- tween the doors of Vancouver’s major sports stadium. The exposition will provide a massive vcnue for food folk around the world, and especially those from around the Pacific Rim, to introduce their products to international buyers. Countries that have announced their participation thus far include Argentina, Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, Britain, the U.S.A. and Australia. * In 1986, the show had over 500 exhibitors representing 800 com- panies from 30 countries. The Pacific Rim annually rings up the world’s largest food bill: Rim residents invest over $1.2 trillion annually. All small Pizzas Bll large Pizzas OUSE SPECIALS BRE INCLUDED Hours: Mon. Wed. 4pm - lam wn Thurs-Sat. 4pm - 2am Sunday 4pm - 12am