Hearty soups to go From puge 20 blend of clarinet and tuba oom-pah-pah classics; and its kitchen still produces Denny Zavoral’s heavyweight Czechoslovakian dishes. Ornate and filling applause to that. Old Man Winter stands not a chance within these walls. Fortify your innards, for example, with a bowl of Russian Borscht ($3.10) or Goulash Soup ($3.90) and you are set to head back into the damp and cold with a full rotective Czechoslovakian ayer. Other Zavoralian weather- beaters include Veprova (Bohemia style Pork roast with red and white cabbage and - Zavoral’s matchless - : Czechoslovakian dumplings — $13.90); Szegedin Goulash Hungarian pork stew with - Paprika sauce, sauerkraut and 4 ‘dumplings — $12.90); ~ ‘Rostenka Na Houbach (beef . stew with rice, dumplings and ._ vegetables —— $13. 90); Wiener itzel ($14.90); Bavarian . . Met Sit 90); Tartare Beef Steak ($12.89) and Panftied Baby Beef Liver with baked potato and vegetable -($16.80). “Any one of the above will handily slay any size hunger. The _ - SUNDOWNER . RESTAURANT “t DINNER from 5pm | SUNDAY BRUNCH | from 11am-2pm Reserve now for Christmas... °. 5 Occasions Parties & FOR RESERVATIONS 921-8161 In house or out. The Crechoslovakian’s tonic soups and stews are highly regarded for miles around. They are available in take- out tubs. Buy them fresh or take them home frozen and thaw when the urge strikes or the temperature dips. Don’t forget the dumplings. First Czechoslovakian care packages find their way all over the Lower Mainland and have been spotted as far west as Japan. In the restaurant itself Vera still works the dining room aided now by Denny Zavoral Jr. Denny Sr. remains behind the kitchen’s swinging saloon doors turning out his consis- tently rich and robust version of Czechoslovakian cuisine. On a recent Saturday a sampled Gypsy Stew featured a generous serving of spicy Hungarian-style beef stew topped with red bell peppers. On the plate: rice, peas, green _ beans and two thick slabs of fresh Czechoslovakian dumplings for mopping up that fine Gypsy gravy. Svickova isa simple roast beef dish with the beef mari- nated then roasted and cov- ered with a creamy hunter sauce. It included a side of cranberry sauce, And dumplings, of course. Delivery of First Crechuslovakian dishes is sever- al paces slower than most slick “90s restaurants, but Zavoral toils solo in the Ceechoslovakian kitchen and makes all the restaurant's meals from scratch. That's evi- dent in the quality of the hand-hewn dishes served. But in the Czechoslovakian there is no real rush, just the steady warming 0 f the soul, The Czechoslovakian dining experience lacks much in sophistication. Its wine list, for example, is poor. Wine glasses are thimble-sized and paper napkins adorn tables. 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