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Ciao Mein, 235 15th
St. West Vancouver,
922-1117. Visa,
MasterCard and
American Express

accepted. Open

Monday to Friday for
lunch. Open every
night for dinner. Fully

‘licensed: Vegetarian

options? Many. Take

. the kids or call a
babysitter? Call a

babysitter.

THE sturdy Troll
family tree was shaken
Sept. 16 with the death
of patriarch Joe. Trofl.

But its many branches |
continue to produce vigorous
blooms.

Take restaurant entrepre-
neur Jason Troll for example.

The 29-year-old dead
ringer for film:star Mel
Gibson is set to bring the lat-
est piece of his Ciao Mein
empire back to the North,
Shore.

Prodigal son returns in
lory?

Well, fortunately for the
North Shore he never really

" ing people

TROLLS ciao ... Jason Troll gots set to launch Ciao Mein In the old Granite, Cafe:
on Sellevue Avenue | In West Vancouver.

oF son Troll, son of Gary
Troll, grandson of the fate
Joe Troll, has quietly built a

“small restaurant empire over

the past six years.

Little wonder really.
Jason is a chip off the
original Troll block. He is a
bright, energetic and engag-

Ison.

“And he has born'with a
silver serving spoon in his
mouth.

He loves his job. Never
really considered any other
career path, noir,

“I knew from Day One, I

‘ was going to do this,” Troll

says as the afternoon West

By Vancouver sun fills his

Granite Cafe with the bright

a light of opumism.

And from Day One he.

. was pretty well immersed in
“the business of delivering

food to hungry and apprecia-

_ tive diners.

His formative years were
spent in the original Troll’s in
Horseshoe Bay, where: he

d-began serious employment at

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age 13.

After finishing school he
headed to Europe in search
of higher gastronomic know!-

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aie spent 2% years in
Switzerland studying hotel
and restaurant mazagement,
where he completed is
chef's training and acquired
his love for good wine..

~ He returned a man with a~

mission. Mission digestible:
clevate the simple. Troll’s
experience to the next level.
Now at the helm of the’
fish and chip diner his late

grandfather founded in-1946 :

at the age of 3] and his father
Gary took over in 1972 at the

age of 30.and which he took
- over in 1990 at the age. of 23; .

Jason Troll has moved far
beyond the traditional Troll

family focus of fish and chips |

by the sea shore.:
Apart from the original :

“Horseshoe Bay Troll’s, he...
* “now has interests in five other. .
operations:. Pemberton Station:

neighborhood pubd and the.
Granite Cafe on the North’

‘Shore and Step’s Diner, the

Keg Cnesars and Cino Mein
in Vancouver.

The original turns 50 this - :

year,

A North Shore celebration’
“is in order, Expect one this

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A’new menu-combining our well known
favourites as well.as some exciting new

ethnic features...

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“Expect also big charges: at:

7 the Granite.

Mayor Mark Sager’s foray
into high-end dining roared:
off the runway in fine style i
14 but has since stalled

-er this year, examined the

flight plan, checked the ‘pas
senger list and ‘determined
that a complete ‘ wl

“AS SfOet'2 (today

}; tt
Granite Cafe will be Ciao

Ats redo e has

~ no sign of slowing down::

Many diners initially. vi
the marriage of Italian

Chinese cuisines with skepti

cism: Was this inspired fusio!
>

~ or merely trendy confisior

Ta 'the hands of Troll‘and

"executive chef Olivier

Andreini i it turned o

very: much the forme

. Ciao Mein Anti Pasti($3

: to $8) range ‘fro

Minestrone alla Milanese. t
Wonton Soup, Fresh Mussel
Puttanesca and Southwes
Sushi Roll. Me

A selection of pizza ($8't
$10) includes'suc combina
tions as the China Town —

_ barbecued pork and duck
~ with cilantro, red onion, shi-

itake, sesame seeds and ck:

«: led ginger — and the.
Quattro Stagioni — prosciut

to julienne, fresh mushrooms;
grilled artichoke, black, olives
and mozzarella. ~ :

_ Main entrees are divided’

into Pasta, Risotto, Polenta:

($8 to $19)-and Mesquit

j. Burning Grill and Rotisser
j. ($14 to $18).

Spicy Stir-Fried Linguini
shares space with Grilled
Tiger Prawns, Cantonese
Crispy Duck, Asian Baby
Back Ribs and Wood Ov

a.” Roasted Rack of Lamb

Eccentric Oriental, Traliani

‘but it works. -

It’s Troll’s contribution t
Vancouver’s culinary, experi
mentation and its growing
number of hybrid, cuisines. ~:

As Troll says, he did net)’, |
want to open another typical. a

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