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	Wayne Arthurson - www.godining.ca
	Your visual cortex gets a big workout the instant you walk into Wild Tangerine. Its walls and floor are brightly coloured, but don't seem to match. Adding to that, sections of tiles are scattered along these vibrant walls, while up above, your view of the duct and pipe work is broken by a pill shaped, tangerine-coloured false ceiling, hung with bulbous lights in varying sizes and shades of whiteness. In such a small space, you'd expect such intense stimulation would overload your senses. Yet thanks to soft lighting, dark brown tables and stark white chairs, there's a aura of serenity to the whole ensemble. Wild Tangerine is a bit postmodern Zen-weird but it works.

	Frommer's Review
	Wild Tangerine is one of many new restaurants (and condos) springing up in the former rail yards west of downtown. This very hip and colorful restaurant offers updated, addictive versions of traditional Asian cuisine, with flavors and textures as bright and crisp as the decor. Shrimp lollipops with wasabi yogurt start the meal off with a bang. Five-spice octopus salad with peppers, taro, lotus root, and a citrus dressing is an explosion of color and flavor, and the jocular owner wanders from table to table. Besides this friendly welcome and the wonderful and affordable food, the green tea-based cocktails are reason enough to return. January 30th 2010

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 05, 2010