Saffron Bistro, 130-1425 Marine
Dr. , West Vancouver. 926-
4800. Visa and MasterCard
accepted. Closed Mondays.
Open Tuesday to Saturday from
7:30 a.m. to.5 p.m.; open

Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Take the kids or call a babysit-
ter? Take the kids.

Menu for today:

-© Homemade Granola with
yogurt ($2.75)

eMexican Eggs with Spicy Lamb
Sausage ($6.95)

*Crisp Potato Cakes with Spicy
Apple slices and Turkey Sausages
($4.95)

eLatte ($2.25)

$y REAKFAST AND lunch
have for too long been
relegated to Rodney

: Dangerfield status on most.

*. people’s dining lists: they

don’t get no respect.

For many, they are meals con-
sumed on the dead run and are
therefore afforded scant atten-

‘tion, te
But, as the Saffron Bistro's

~.chef-owner is keenly aware, pre- -

Timoth Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING -

nights free, a place where he

' could indulge his cooking pas-

sion — a place of his own.

He considered buying into the -

vacant Ambleside Inn, but the
prospect of resurrecting that 150-
seater presented a task too daunt-
ing and a return to high-pressure
kitchen work.

Karen Magnussen’s Maggie’s
Muffins locale in the thriving
1400-block of Marine Drive was
far more appealing. It was small
and it was intimate and it fronted
ona busy thoroughfare.

Fakstorp took it over in early

lis combination of a bright
street-level locale and Fakstorp’s
passion for preparing fresh foods
with skill and panache is alreacly
proving a winner.

The Saffron, as the name of
that pungent Mediterranean spice
suggests, is elegant and colorful.

Its menu features breakfast
and lunch dishes that would war-
rant discerning diner attention at
any hour of the day (Barbecued
Salmon Hash with Poached Eggs
and Toast, $5.25; Thai Chicken
salad with peanuts, $4:50/$5.50;
Saffron Orzo Salad with Seafood,
$4.50/$6.50; Bocconcini and
tomato on toasted ioccacia with
pesto mayonnaise, $5.25;
Barbecued Salmon Cannelloni,
$6.95; fresh cinnamon buns and
croissants, $1.20; toasted bagels,
$2.25, with homemade Grave
Lox, $3.95 and much more).

In Fakstorp’s words, the
Saffron deals in “elegant comfort
food and breakfasts for champi-
ons.” ;

The early-morning Table
Hopping shift concurs.

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Wednesday, January 26, 1994 — North Shore News ~ 25

Ours was a championship
breakfast.

The Mexican Epps were a
standout. They were scrambled
with chopped cilantro and
chilies. Cumin added an exotic
Middle Eastern quality.

Delicious spicy homemade

See Bistro page 30

(some restrictions)
Sun-Thur after 5pm
offer ends 13th Feb, '94

157 Chadwick N. Van
Beside the 087-461 0

Seabus Terminal

SUN. THRU THURS.

Flavour of India

for

1 FREE DINNER

Purchase one dinner entree, receive a second entree of equal or

lesser value FREE. Expires Feb.3/94

“Excludes beverages and Tandoori Entrees. Dinner Mon,-Sat. 5-10; Sun.5-9

FAST OR FREE Coniptete Lunch (any dist from our menu)

Served in 20 min. of jess or it's Free!
for $5.95 12-2:30 - Mon.-Fri,

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“RESTAURANT

serving
Persian
Italian
and
_ Canadian Food

* dinner dining has much to offer. *:
‘Soren C. Fakstorp brings to his
bistro an impressive international
resume. - :

“Born in Denmark, he was :
trained in Paris, France,-and has ©:
worked all over the world — |.

“most notably the Far East-—in .

“the kitchens of fine restaurants
and hotels.

- Until May. 1992, he was the -
xecutive chef at the now, inter-

nationally renowned Seasons in

..the Park restaurant in Vancouver...’

The birth of his first child, -
 however,-forced him to re-evalu-
ate his career and his priorities. It.
also gave Fakstorp,the opportuni-’
ty. to remove himself temporarily’
from the intense heat and pres-
sure of high-end kitchen produc-

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‘The North Vancouver resident . Saffron Bistro in West Vancouver.

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important than overseeing the
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-_ But.with the rigors of rookie

fatherhood in hand,'Fakstorp .-

- began‘searching for a place that

he could work days and have his

_October 1993. He spent several

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