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Wednesday, July 1, 1992 - North Shore News — 27

NV’s Orange Club Cafe is no lemon

New mid-Lonsdale restaurant
opens with simple successes

Tie Orange Club Cafe, 1440 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver,
986-6272. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Open for lunch and |
dinner Monday to Saturday. Take the kids or call a babysitter?

You could do either.

N SEARCH of life on Lonsdale after 6 p.m., we head

[ north of 13th Street.

The main pulse in these 4
parts is, of course, Jack Lonsdale’s
pub, wherein neighborly mid-
Lonsdale folk can take in a ball
game on the suspended color TVs,
toss some darts, or simply shoot
the breeze over a schooner of
chilled ale.

But other signs of life are also
beginning to show.

How about a cappuccino? Yes,
in North Vancouver, Mr. Cynic.

Not one, but two cappuccino
bars are now in fack’s vicinity.
Bean There at 1336 Lonsdale and
Perfect Blends Cafe, #101-1433
Lonsdale, just across the small
plaza from Jack's itself.

Bean There apparently believes
in bean there only in the daytime,
because it was locked up tight by
7 p.m. ona recent Friday night,
which was most disappointing.
Late word has it, however, that
, Bean There should be open until
10 p.m. soon, if not right now.

With closing time at 10 p.m. on
weekdays and midnight on Fridays

_ and Saturdays, Perfect Blends is

_ already servicing the late-night
beatnik crowd for which heavy

was origina lesign

Pine inne combined with
later opening hours at Bean There,

. the concept may catch on, and
human beings might be found on
Lonsdale after 10 p.m.

But of course Table Hopping
was after more than just a brisk
watk up Lonsdale and a beak full
~ of ground cafe noir.

The crew was after a feed. We
set out for O'Zest, we ended up at
some place called the Orange
Club Cafe.

Lost? No, hungry reader, just
another day i in the local restaurant

u trade, where things change. Often.

The Orange Club opened in the
" former O'Zest locale in mid-May.

It is a far less ambitious restau-
rant than its predecessor, which
opened in 1983 and successfully
_setved a nouvelle French cuisine
until inspiration began to peter out
earlier this decade.

The Orange Club tends more
. towards the unembroidered, the
uncomplicated and the plain and
simple.

Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING

You won’t be able to spend
much there either.

The only entree that costs more
than $10 is New York Steak and
Breaded Prawns for $12.95.

The rest of the Club’s selection
ranges from $5.95 for a house
special Hot Croissant with Shrimp
Filling ali the way up to $9.95 fora
New York Steak with mushroom .
sauce. You get potatoes and veg
with that too.

Club diners won't need to worry
much about wading through a
fancy wine list either. You have a

» choice of Red Mission Hill

Burgundy or White Mission Hill
Chablis ($14 for the bottle; $9.20
for the half litre; $3.45 for the
glass).

If you don’t like it, push off. Or
order a tall-necked Labatt Dry
($2.95).

The Dry goes down nicely with
a Prawn and Carrot Pancake ~
($4.95) from the Club’s starter
selection.

Other starters include Caesar
Salad ($2.50, or $4.50 if you add
shrimp), Seafood Salad ($4.95,
with shrimp, smoked salrnon and
mango mousse) or Sauteed
Mushrooms ($3.50).

The carrot pancake comes in
three pieces each topped with a
thick fresh prawn and a slightly
tart tomato sauce.

It makes for an interesting open-
ing.
| followed with a Chicken Curry
($7.50) and pondered the rele-
vance of oranges in the Orange
Club scheme of things.

Thus far, aside from the bright
exterior awning, there wasn’t
much orange about the Orange

NORTH SHORE INTERMEDIATE SOCIETY
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
9 JULY 1992 AT 7:30 PM
IN THE ACTIVITIES ROOM OF CEDARVIEW LODGE
1200 Cedar Village Close, North Vancouver, B.C. °
984-4251
ATTENTION: Members of the North Shore Intermediate Care Society

Guest Speaker: Hon. David Schreck, MLA

This is official notice of the Annual General Meering to be held on
July 9. Elections wil! take place ac this meeting and it is important that
as a member of the North Shore Intermediate Care Society that you

attend this meeting.

We look forward to seeing you there. Please remember that-in order
to vote at this meeting you must be a paid-up member for the 1992/93

year.

New members are welcome and if you have a friend or relative who
is interested in the aims and objects of our society please bring them

along.
NOTICE OF MOTION

The annual membership dues of the Society to be raised to $15.00

ORAMGE CLUB, BU6?...A special shrimp croissant sandwich beckons from a table at tbe Orange

Ciub Caffe in North Vancouver.

The interior decor included
bamboo wall hangings and high-
backed rattan chairs suitable for

ft was accompanied with a serv-

ing of rice topped with shaved al-
monds and mined with raisins.
Also on the plate were deep-fried

bananas, soft and | chewy, not
greasy, and shredded deep-fried
onions.

The curry was a deep orange
color. it featured thick chunks of
chicken breast and bright orange
carrots.

Its sauce was spicy and fruit
based. Orange? Now that you
mention it, yes, a fragrant hint of
orange. And a good curry bite.

A Shrimp and Scallop Creole
($8.50) was also sampled. It, to0,

was spicy, simple and refreshing.
Not much ovange there, though.
But dessert: Chocolate Mousse

in a Crepe with Orange Sauce

($2.95); Cream Puff Fondue with

Orange Yogurt Dip ($2.75):

Floating Swan with Orange

ene Croissant with Marmalade

($1.50). :

extremely and
in, of all places, mmid- Lonsdale.

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