2 - Friday, August 15, 1986 - North Shore News SEAFOOD RESTAURANT AVQIDS CLICHES nappers serves up bargain SNAPPERS Restaurant is out to turn the tide on the high price of restaurant seafood. Open only a few weeks, the new North Vancouver Snappers has already sent the sweet aroma of bargain basement seafood drifting the length and breadth of Lower Lonsdale. Like anyone else, the average Lower Lonsdaler loves bargains, and Snappers serves them up every night. Menu entrees are predominately under $10 and predominately aquatic, though there are one chicken and two steak offerings. Salads — Butter Lettuce to Cajun Crab — range between $2.50 and $5.95. New decor in the [48-seat res- taurant is plain wood bolstered by Pacific Ocean deep blue. Snappers’ management has fought the temptation to affix fish nets, glass-ball floats and other nautical brie-a-brac to the walls of its restaurant. Design is simple, clean and elegant. A nightly serenade of piano favorites is provided by Jason Scarfe, who tickles the ivories of a black baby grand in the restau- rant’s west side section. As befits the economy pricing, food served at Snappers is simple. But it is a simplicity borne of restrained rather than dull preparation. CHINESE STYLE Liem's Crab Spring Rolls ($4.95), for example, feature a blend of crab meat, vermicelli, grated lettuce and carrot all rolled into a delicate deep-fried batter. The dish is reminiscent of the Chinese-style seafood served ai Jonathon’s on Granville Isiand. A dipping pool of spicy vinaigrette is provided with the dish’s three six-inch long rolls. Sauteed Prawns Provencal ($6.95), simmered in a tomato, mushroom, white wine sauce, was light and again bolstered with a spicy sauce that helped move it from banal backwaters. Snappers’ Deep Fried Calarmari ($4.95) came outfitted in a batter crisp and largely oil-free. Both orders had generous por- tions. by Timothy Renshaw In between, is a good $5 to $8.95 mid-range of quality food for the aspiring skinflint. At the top end, is Snappers’ West Coast Bouillabaisse ($14.95), which is billed as ‘‘an ocean at your table.”’ RESTAURANT HARVEST Located at 260 West Esplanade, the North Vancouver Snappers joins the original Snappers that has been hauling in the grand restau- rant harvest from the shores of False Creek for the past 12 mon- ths. It sits in the ground floor locale that has thus far digested restau- rant predecessors Goldilocks and Anne Marie’s. But Snappers’ owners Manuel de Silva and Tom Quan are banking on the lure of the low-cost and the lightweight to make it third time lucky. Te “ht; Veal Champ} Tender veal served with roast potatoes, mushroom gravy and salad bar. (Expires August 22/86) Large Pizza 5 toppings: « Sauce « Cheese * Plus any 3 others Small $3.99 Sunday Brunch Medium $5.99 Free Delivery after 5 om, minimum order of $6.95 Wooden Plate Restaurant | Hours: Sun-frurs Som-ttom Fr & Sat Snappers’ dessert selection, cunningly displayed behind the maitre d's desk at the restaurant's entrance, is heavy on chocoholic distractions such as Chocolate Mousse and Double Chocolate cakes ($3.95). For those with more restrained caloric ambitions, the restaurant also provides various fruit mousse cakes and a aumber of alternative eye-catching sweets that will set the saliva glands throbbing and waist bands straining. Across from the newly com- pleted Waterfront Park, North Vancouver's new recreation and social focal point, Snappers pro- vides welcome celebration of the city's marine heritage at prices also worth celebrating. Open from 11 a.m. to 1! p.m. Monday through Friday and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. TASTY MORSELS BONANZA RESTAURANT, 1070 Marine Drive, North Vancouver THE ASSAULT on the Pacific Northwest by this massive interna- tional family restaurant chain has begun in earnest. North Van- couver's outlet was scheduled to open Aug. 7. Featuring a 25-foot food bar loaded to the napkins with salads, cheeses and assorted nutritional accoutrements, the Bonanza deals in the hearty bottom end of steak-chicken-seafood fare that continues to fuel the family and blue collar palate. Menu selections THE PIZZA MADNESS continues Celebrate with the best- tasting pizza in town Only s 739 To Take Out or $8.99 To Eat in 2988 Mountain Hwy 986-2475 Somiam _ ° Includes assorted salad bar selections, cold cuts, dry -. cereals, fresh fruit, juice bar, HOT bacon, ham, sausage, “ pancakes, french toast, crepes, omelettes cooked to order, scrambled eqgs, toast and more! 10:30 am — 2:30 pra (child portions available} go from $3.98 ta $9.94, In order to keep prices on the first rung of the restaurant food ladder, Bonanza serves no liquor, The chain has cote roaring out _ ESPLANADE of Dallas, Texas to expand to 600 outlets across North America and other countries such as Australia. Canuda has 40. The Lower Mainland has four. Just 1/2 blocks west of the SeaBus, on your way to or from Expo We offer 15% Discount to Senior Citizens | Open 11-11 7 days a week Free parking 117-260 W. Esplanade 986-2228 Fine East African § Indian Cuisine J Take Out & Catering Also Available We sell Pan 1344 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver 984-2775 f Now you can enjoy seafood at its best with La Belle superb cuisine a ’ Sule s and creative presentation. La Be alle, Sole RESTAURANT 230 - loth Street, West Van ® Lunch Monday-Friday 926-6861 Dinner Monday-Sunday 220m