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18 — Wednesday, June 21, 1995 — North Shore News

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TODAY'S MENU: local
restaurant news boiler
plate, garnished with
rumor and a heaping side
dish of innuendo.
Followed, perhaps, with
some just desserts. |
Consume with gay aban-
don now, readers, for your

SPECIAL

Present this coupon to
enjoy one complimentary ertree
when a second entree of equal or

greater value is purchased.
Value up to $14.95
Valid until June 27, 1995

- 3650 Capilano Road
North Vancouver °

1987-3388 |

school and then you will
have no time to digest any-
thing. The regular four-
course restaurant review
will return in the next
Table Hopping adventure.

Max value
‘ Dinner $10
Lunch $5

Dine in only

“Otter open to Kids 12
and under, some ©
* testtictions apply.

ie ; Capilants Mall - Marine & Fell — North Vancouver ;.;
. Lynn valey Centra’ - Mountain in Hwy, & tyan Valy i Road ~ North Vancouver

children will soon be out of

Forks atthe ready? Good. Then
tuck into the latest in West Coast
wining and dining.

Hot off the culinary press is a
new glossy four-color excursion
into British Columbia's interna-
tionally renowned food and wine
industry.

Wine & Dine British Coltunbia
($44.95) features 60 prominent
Lower Mainland restaurants and
an assortment of their recipes
(modified thankfully for the home
kitchen) along with profiles of
chef's, wine-makers, brewers and
other key B.C. culinary and viti-
cultural folk.

And yes, the North Shore is
well represented, as it should be.

The 240-page book includes
recipes from the Beach House at
Dundarave Pier (922-1414) —
Smoked Trout with PappardeHle —
The Beach Side Cafe (925-1945)
— Roast Pheasant — the Grouse:

“Nest (984-0661) — B.C. Pheasant

with Okanagan Cherries ~ The
Salmon House on the Hill (926-
3212) — B.C. Salmon with Spiced
Hazelnut Crust, Warm Bing

: Cherry and Peach Relish — The

Boathouse (921-8188) — Steamed
Clams and Mussels with Fresh
Herbs, Garlic and Wine and Earl's
Restaurants (the Tin Palace: 984-

- 4341) — Grillato Basif Chicken.

The restaurants have been orga-
nized into three main regions —
The tslands, The Mainland and

- The Interior — which provides the

armehair gastronome with a better

. insight into the various flavors of
‘B.C.'s

regional cuisines. And all
recipes are accompanied with a
suggested B.C. wine. ©

The book also includes profiles

.of such noteworthy North Shore

entrepreneurs as Hal Barber and

__Don Bradley, the founders of the
successful Bowen Island Brewing

Company (947-0822) and Arthur
Griffiths (sorry, Lleft Arthur's
number in my other suit), Canucks

majority owner and Grizzlies man-
: aging partner. fl

SUMMER IN
PROVENCE

Saturday Nights from
5:30 p.m.

: Cex
Anti-pasta Buffet with
Regional Specialities

Ce
Bouillabaisse
or
' Roast Chicken with forty
cloves of garlic
or
Roast Herbed lamb with

“Pan Gravy

Cpa
Dessert Buffet

$4 gs + tax

Dinner Reservations recom-
mended
We also cater to ail

events up to 120 persons

 926- 4800.

“Opening Hours:
 Tues.-Sat,
7:30am-Spm

Sun. Qam-4pm

SAFER OS

Timothy
Renshaw _

table
hopping

The latter contributes his own
sporting B.C. Blueberry Crisp to

the book’s recipes.

Other notable local celebrity
recipes include Red Robinson's
Red's Egg-cellent Spaghetti for
fans of puns and pasta and Pamela
Martin's Broadcaster’s Re-Torte.

Doug Collins’ famous Corned
Beef Hash recipe must have got
lost in the mail.

Wine & Dine British Columbia
is available ‘at local bookstores.

Catt 732-9243 for more infor-

mation,
ooo

Ichiban Japanese Restaurant,

1405 Marine Dr., West
Jancouver, 926-7444,

New owners have acquired this
long-time West Vancouver
favorite, Mark Park, formerly of
Arigato Sushi in West Vancouver
and Kamei Sushi on Broadway in
Vancouver, his taken over the
Ichiban reins.

The second-storey Japanese

restaurant is now open for lunch.

A new menu is planned, but was

-not available to press time.

A follow-up to the recent ‘Table
Hopping news that Bumbles,
which is just down the street from
Ichiban, has closed reveals that
the location has been purchased
by Japanese investors and will
likely reopen as another |

> Ambleside- -area Japanes se restau-

rant,
° o.9. ;
‘Tandoori Garden Restaurant,

- 2039 Lonsdale Ave., North’ L

Vancouver, 984-0791.
This fine Indian restaurant is
celebrating its first anniversary,

_Which is good news, not only for
Tandoori, but for anyone who

appreciates top quality authentic

East Indian food. ;

As its name would suggest, the
restaurant specializes in the
ancient art of tandoori cookery
(basically the grilling of foods in
the Indian tandoor, or clay oven),
but Tandoori Garden also pro- :

duces many excellent Indian cur- |

tics, biryanees, vindaloos, |
masalas, nuns, parathas and more.
Oooo .

Dino’s Place, 1351 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver.

To some a North Vancouver
City landmark, to others‘a :
Lonsdale Avenue eyesore, Ding 's
has been on the mid-Lonsdale
strip for approximately 26 years. |
But the Lonsdale chapter in the

Dino's legend wrapped up recent-. :
ly as the Bank of Nova Scotia pur.

chased the Dino's building.

A Dino's takeout and delivery -
service could surface elsewhere on
the North Shore. Details to follow.

No word on what the bank
plans to do with the building.

’ Another.vault, perhaps?

000
BeaverTails ‘at the Lonsdale
Quay Public Market, 123 Carrie
Cates Crt., North Vancouver,
926-4666. ;
An emporium for the spinning .

of heroic Canadidmadventures? pO

Close. but no cigar, eh.
‘Tis, instead; the Lower --

Mainland’s first outlet for.the, pro- fs

duction of BeaverTuils. And what
the heck are they? you may well
ask.

According (o Canadian Living:
... a treat that’s unique ... shaped
and named for the slapping
appendage of our national rodent.”

Or according to the San
Francisco Herald: “a’speciality

that does not come from the furry, >:

dam-building rodent but is, rather,
a flat doughy snack slathered with
“melted cheese, powdered sugar
and other toppings.” :

Or better still, according to the
Beav's North Vancouver operator, |
‘Peter Dale, who says they ure a
tasty and wholesome pastry. made

from wholewheat and other natur-»

al ingredients.

... And, in the great Canadian .,

humor tradition, they. are also:
apparently a lot of fun. Pac
Says BeaverTails Canada Inc.
president Grant Hooker: “Our:
company is built on fun. aan

See BeaverTal page 49