April 17, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A
Changes to Signal
coming May 1
Starting May 1, the
Seaside Signal has a new
outer shell.
Daily Astorian sub-
scribers in the 97138 zip
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mentary Seaside Signal
inside every other Friday.
On those same days, peo-
ple buying the newspaper
from a 97138 newspaper
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nal inside.
“We’re doing this to
give our South Coun-
ty Daily Astorian sub-
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having the Seaside Sig-
nal delivered to their
home or business, said
Signal Publisher Steve
Forrester. “Our Astorian
subscribers will no lon-
ger have to seek out the
Signal at a free distri-
bution site. Meanwhile,
copies of the Signal will
still be available in loca-
tions around Seaside and
Gearhart.”
Copies of the Signal
are also available at the
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1555 N. Roosevelt.
For more information,
call 503-738-5561.
May ArtWalk will feature
‘Coastal Art for All Seasons’
Gheri Fours is the fea-
tured artist for May at
Trails End Art Gallery in
Gearhart. The show, ti-
tled “Coastal Art for All
Seasons” will include
her works in watercolor,
mixed media, and col-
lage. The opening recep-
tion will be on Saturday,
May 2, from 2 to 5 p.m.,
during Gearhart’s Art
Walk. Along with other
members’ work, the show
will be open through the
month of May. The public
is welcome to browse the
gallery and gift shop from
11a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednes-
days through Sundays.
For more information,
visit www.trailsendart.org.
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Gheri Fours art is featured at Trails End Art Gallery in
Gearhart.
Carousel mall gets new Asian eatery
with varied and different offerings
Business takes over former
Golden Horse Restaurant location
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Suite 22 in the Seaside Carousel
Mall is still a place for locals and vis-
itors alike to get Chinese cuisine, but
with a new name, renovated interior
and distinct menu, the new owners
are creating a different experience for
patrons.
Candy Qu and her husband, Jo
Zhue, opened New Garden Asian
Cuisine in the mall on March 4. Zhue
oversees the kitchen, and Qu manages
the other aspects of the restaurant.
They both are from China, although
they were born in different regions. At
age 12, Qu moved to the United States
with her mom and brother. Several ex-
tended family members already were
living in America at the time. Zhue’s
family also resided in the states prior
to his arrival in 2006.
The couple met in 2008 while
both working at Shun Lee West, an
upscale Chinese restaurant near the
Lincoln Center of Performing Arts in
New York City. They were married
in 2012, and not long after set a goal
to have a restaurant of their own.
They were drawn to Seaside be-
cause they like the beach and the pleas-
ant atmosphere, from the bumper cars
and arcade to the carousel in the mall
– “it’s a lot fun,” Qu said. The couple
has two children, 2-year-old Derek and
3-month-old Kimberly. Zhue’s mother,
who lives in the area, helps watch the
children while the parents are at the
restaurant nearly seven days per week.
The restaurant is open from 11 a.m.
to 9 p.m. For the summer months, Qu
said, they plan to stay open until 10
p.m.
Zhue has worked in the restaurant
industry since he was a teenager and
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New Garden Asian Cuisine opened in Suite 22 in the Seaside Carousel Mall on
Broadway on March 4. The restaurant is in the previous location of the Golden
Horse Restaurant.
he’s been a chef at many restaurants
in China and the United States. He
has a passion for cooking and mak-
ing people happy with good food.
Through traveling and working at nu-
merous locations, he learned a variety
of skills, techniques and recipes.
“He picked up different little things
and we put it together” for New Gar-
den Asian Cuisine, Qu said.
Their menu is extensive, contain-
ing more than 175 items, and features
a combination of Japanese, Szechuan,
Catonese and other Asian cuisines.
The restaurant also serves vegetarian
dishes and $5 kid meals for children
younger than 12. Additionally, they try
to prepare some items that are hard to
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salted squid and eggplant dishes. Each
dish is prepared upon being ordered.
They are willing to vary the spici-
ness level of the dishes to suit their
customers’ preferences and tastes.
Trying to keep their customers happy
is the main focus, Qu said.
“Everyone likes different things,”
she said.
ADVERTISING MANAGER
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Steve Forrester
Betty Smith
INTERIM EDITOR
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Dave Fisher
John D. Bruijn
Claire Lovell
John Rahl
Darren Gooch
Esther Moberg
REPORTER
CIRCULATION MANAGER
ADVERTISING SALES
Katherine Lacaze
Samantha McLaren
SYSTEMS MANAGER
Laura Kaim
Wendy Richardson
Carl Earl
Seaside Signal
The Seaside Signal is published
every other week by EO Media
Group, 1555 N. Roosevelt, Seaside
Oregon 97138. 503-738-5561. www.
seasidesignal.com
Letter policy
The Seaside Signal welcomes letters
to the editor. The deadline is noon
Monday prior to publication. Letters
must be 400 words or less and must
As they learn what dishes are
most popular to patrons, they may
change the menu accordingly, Qu
said. They would like to serve su-
shi, but preparing sushi is a task in
itself and not feasible right now.
The restaurant is run by a small staff
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Qu, as well as her father-in-law and
brother. Sometimes they will call in
another waitress.
The biggest struggle for the couple
so far has been to inform the public
there is a new restaurant at the loca-
tion, which used to house the Golden
Horse Restaurant. Many people think
the restaurant has the same owners,
Qu said.
She changed the color scheme in
the restaurant from primarily yellow
to red to create a distinction. They’ve
also repainted, created a new menu
and other things “to make people re-
alize it’s different,” she said.
For more information, call (503)
738-9639 or visit the restaurant’s
Facebook page. A website is under
construction.
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