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Carmelo’s Ristorante

Italiano, 1448 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver, 922-
4719, Visa, MasterCard
and American Express
accepted. Open every
night for dinner. Open for
lunch Monday to Friday.
Fully licensed. Vegetarian
options? A few. Take the
kids or cal! a babysitter?
Call a babysitter.

Menu for tonight:

© Tomato and Basil Soup
($3.95)

© Prosciutto di Parma
($6.95)

© Insalata di Cesare ($5.95)
© Sea Bass in Saffron and
Lemon ($15.95)

© Lobster Risotto ($19.95)

SOME Italian warmth
of spirit is needed in
these dank winter

Breast of Chicken, Cordon Bleu

Sea Bass, Puerto Vallarta
Schnitzel, Tyrolian style
Alert Bay, Seafood Stew

days.

Heartwarming fare con-
sumed with gusto and pood
company. Windows steamed
up with the fine vapors of
first-class Roman cuisine.

To Carmeto’s then for all
of the above and more.

A tight spot though it is,
the place that Carmelo
Sortino founded in 1985
remains once of the best
places on the North Shore
to savor the deft nuances of
fine Italian gastrology.

No better locale in which
to gird loins against the
winter elements.

Jean Claude Lo-Cicero
will see to that. Born in
Sicily, raised in the south of
France, he has cultivated the
Carmelo’s experience since
taking over the restaurant in
1994.

It was previously in the
capable hands of Sami
Bentroudi, who has since
opened the fine Bravo
Cucina on Lonsdale in
North Vancouver City.

Carmelo himself, mean-
while, was last sighted in
another restaurant bearing
his name on Commercial
Drive in Vancouver — his
original idea having gone

A Fluffy Cheddar Cheese Omelette

‘ California Moki
* B.C. Roll

* Takka Maki

* Salmon Maki

* Kappa Maki

* Futo Maki

* Salmon

* Tuna

* Imitation Crab
* Red Snapper

® Gyoza

* Tamago
* Special Scallop Cone * Chicken Karaage
* Spicy Tuna Cone
* Salmon Sashimi
© Tuna Sashimi

¢ Sunomono

* Goma re
# Chicken Teriyaki

per pe rsSOon

* Salmon Teriyaki

* Tha Karnage

® Agedashi Toft

© Tonkatsu

* Vegetable Tempura
* Oyster Motoyaki

# Vakisoba

* Miso Soup

* Beef Teriyaki

forth and multiplied.

But back to the original.

Carmelo’s is easily
missed, its restrained green
awning a mere blip on the
North Shore dining radar.

Careful diners have,
however, sought it out.
With good reason.

Inside the 40-seater is a
place of fine wines, expert
service and superb Italian
cuisine.

Its atmosphere is inti-
mate. Quarters are close for
Carmelo’s diners and the
restaurant’s owo chefs, who
work wonders in a tiny
kitchen behind a compact
service bar.

On the walls:
Michelangelo. On the
sound track: Gipsy Kings
and assorted passionate
instrumental sounds.

On the menu: a decep-
tively simple selection c
antipasti, pasta and entrees.

Openers ($5 to $9) fea-
ture such classics as
Carpaccio Di Manzo,
Bresaola and Prosciutto, a

distinguished trio of Italian -

meats. Elsewhere are
seafood (mussels and cala-
mari) and salads
(Bocconcini with Eggplant
and tomato; Classic Caesar;
Spinach Leaves, Mushrooms
and Eggs)

Main entrees ($14 to
$19) are a mix of veal,
lamb, chicken and seafood.

Highlights include -
Scaloppine in three varia-

WiC

Tuesday-Saturday
in the Portside Reom

Serving

tions (ury the Rosette Alla
Friulana); Swordfish with
garlic, lemon and wine and
New York Steak in a cognac
and peppercorn sauce.

Pasta ($10 to $12)
abounas.

Eighieen are listed. Not
a bad one in the bunch.
Linguini, Trenete,
Fettuccine, Tortellini, -
Spaghetti. They're all there.
From the spicy Penne
Salsiccia to the more sub-
dued Linguini Al Salmone
and Fettuccine Alfredo.

Nightly house specials
add depth to the Carmelo’s
experience.

The sampled Lobster
Risotto, for example, com-
bined fresh Nova Scotia
lobster atop an Italian ver-
sion of Spanish paella.

The risotto was thick

_ with chunks of grilled

salmon, sea bass and cala-
mari. Steamed mussels and
fresh grilled prawns ringed .
the serving bowl. .

Te was a rich and diverse -
seafood entree. :

Across the table; the
prilled Sca Bass special was
re ared in a butter, saffron _.

lemon sauce and served
with a side of rice, grilled
eggplant and fine grated
carrots.

Lo-Cicero oversees the.
dining room — meeting; =
greeting and attending to”
the finer tableside detail¢ —
while headwaiter. Didier.
Lefevre delivers attentive
Continental service with an_
assured French flavor. we

. Dishes are delivered.

See Restaurant page 21 a

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