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Show OREM TIMES Thursday, July 31, 2008 Page 4 mm WHO'S WHO AND Cafe Victoria offers flavorful Mexican food Barbara Christiansen NORTH BOUNTY STAFF At Cafe Victoria, the emphasis em-phasis is on freshness and flavor. "We have our own niche," said chef Antonio Salas. "We do Mexican food with rich flavors. We use a lot of spices. They are not hot, hut very flavorful. fla-vorful. Real Mexican food has rich, heavy flavors. Our flavors fla-vors are more true Mexican." Salas is the head chef at the restaurant, but he is more than that, according to owner Niels F'ugal. "I le is the magic," he said. He considers him not an employee, em-ployee, but a partner. F'ugal said when he met Salas that began the fulfillment of one of his wishes. "I have always wanted to own a restaurant," he said. "I found the right person with the right food and the love of the food. He blesses the food so that it blesses others. It is about the blessing of lives." He said his chef has the experience ex-perience to do the job right. "The thing about Antonio is that he has been a chef so long he knows how he want it to taste," he said. "The flavors are robust, fresh and pure." Salas has been a chef for 17 years, the last 12 of those in the United States. Cafe Victoria serves traditional tradi-tional Mexican foods such as enchiladas, burritos, quesadil-las, quesadil-las, tostadas, tacos, salads and nachos. In addition, they have added specialties including grilled steak burrito, barbecued barbe-cued beef and a Hawaiian burrito. "For that we use pineapple, mango and coconut milk," Salas Sa-las said. "There are also secret spices and ingredients." Breakfast is served all day, and there is a drive-through to help those who don't want to get out of the car. Breakfast offerings include huevos ran- MENTION THIS AD AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A 2C DONUS PER POUND ON ALUMINUM CANS LookC convenient place L Jap tnto cash. We buy V afs, Steel, "A-.s, Ap jm, Radi. 5 Give CENo Gcnova ttd. j i'i 11 SATISFACTION TTt- - I V 1 GUARANTEED cg rCtl Utah Countys PREMIER local sports coverage www.heraldextraxom WHAT'S HAPPENING Caf 6 Victoria Address: 183 N. West State Street (in front of Sears) Phone: 763-4717 Hours: Monday to Saturday Satur-day 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. cheros, huevos a la Mexicana, huevos con chorizo, ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, Denver omelet, french toast, pancakes and a variety of breakfast burritos. In several of the food categories, cat-egories, there is an option of Victoria style. "We cook the meats, mix them with the beans, red sauces and spices," Salas said. "We mix everything together and have all the flavors together. to-gether. You will still taste everything." ev-erything." He said they even use authentic au-thentic Mexican sour cream. Their guacamole focuses on authentic flavors and spices instead of adding as much of the heavy ingredients that some other restaurants do. They anticipate eventually franchising the restaurant, with hopes to put one in Salt Lake City, Layton and Provo. Salas and Fugal both spend long hours at the restaurant. Salas explained. "To me it is not about the money," he said. "It is to make people happy." He works to enforce that feeling in the kitchen. "Whoever "Who-ever is working with me in the back, I ask them to leave any anger at home. They should be enjoying what they are doing." do-ing." Fugal said Salas has his own recipes and style of cooking. "You eat here once, you won't find the same food anywhere else until you come again," Salas said. i rnvrtuiy r.i -i. -it. ,.irterrt to Our V6ATry! I n www.martinscoiii5ionrepair.corn Angel Salas prepares a specialty o BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County burrito at Cafe Victoria, recently opened in American Fork. ! at. I 1 JB . -X ff i t ff'fvr ft - , J I ft I, f L ; a c n iTa m A n jl-l us home auto life business EXPERTS IN REHABILITATION & SENIOR CARE 71 r" JLX 305 N Aribex ships newNOMADs, recognized by UVEF Aribex, Inc., a leader in handheld X-ray technologies, has announced the first shipments ship-ments of the new NOMAD Pro X-ray system. The NOMAD Pro extends the company's battery-powered handheld platform by introducing in-troducing a full-color LCD display dis-play screen, preset exposure settings and additional time-saving time-saving features in a smaller, sleeker and lighter desiga The device is designed for general purpose dental use and is ideal for use with children, chil-dren, sedated patients or special spe-cial needs patients. Weighing just five and a half pounds, the NOMAD Pro can easily be used in the office and then taken to the hospital, nursing nurs-ing home or any location for treatment at the point-of-care. The company has also been named to the prestigious "Top 25 Under 5" for the third year in a row by the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum. The award was presented to D. Clark Turner, PhD, president and CEO of Aribex, Inc., at a luncheon on July 10. UVEF's"Top25Under5" seeks to recognize the best emerging companies established estab-lished by entrepreneurs in the state of Utah. The event is designed to promote those companies who may become leaders in their fields in the state, the region and globally. Utah veteran-owned veteran-owned business conference The Governor's Office of Economic Development's (COED) Procurement Technical Techni-cal Assistance Center (PTAQ and the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered part-nered together to sponsor the first ever business conference con-ference for all Veteran and Service Disabled Business Owners on Aug. 5 at the Red Lion Hotel, 161 W. 600 South, Salt Lake City. The conference will focus on various components of running a small business through a series of breakout sessions and guest speakers. Several of the topics covered include: Effective Business Strategies, Federal Contract Opportunities, Government Contracting Assistance and Subcontracting. Participants will have the cprx)rtuniry to network with the approximately 100 small business leaders from around the State who are expected to attend. All registrations are due no later than July 28, 2008. For details, visit http-JI veterans.utah.gov Voted tin Utah Counts 5 Years in a Row! i .sacs J Private Rooms! "Our Goal is to set you Homer 'Foote RosTSchaficT . . U www.footeinsurance.com . FREEDOM BLVD. - PROVO |