_ Bare “3 ~ ‘ f S2b86) Jomaeesrmae| RAstQUrant 22 - Wednesday. May 9, 1990 - North Shore News dining Fs A taste of Persia and of blue plate specials A POTPOURRI OF DINING NEWS... _ A TASTE of the Middle Be, A East. a charitable plateful, exotic bot- tes of Italian wine and an anniversary of a grand res- raurant make up the ap- oetizer selection on today’s Table Hopping menu. So tuck that napkin in under vaur chin, me buckoes, sharpen * 7] TIMOTHY RENSHAW! table hopping up your knives and forks and dig in Mom this ; sunday, May 13/90 The full four-course restaurant review will appear in next week's column. Khayyam Restaurant, 1301 Lons- dale, North Vancouver, 980-9600. The Thai food originally served by the Khayyam has been cut from the restaurant’s menu, which is a disappointment for all Thai food fans, but the ownership ot this mid-Lonsdale restaurant promises to expand its offering of Persian cuisine in place of its ab- breviated Thai experiment. The last time Table Hopping staff checked, the Khayyam menu NEWS photo Neil Lucente featured a sparse four Persian en- A SPECIAL dish for special kids...Lonsdale Quay Hotel executive chef trees. Dave Dustan (left) and waitress Kathy Baba present the hotel’s Blue While the Khayyam’s location Plate Special fundraising lunch entree. Lonsdale Quay and 19 other appears, on the surface, to be a tower Mainland restaurants are competing to raise money for Van- good one, it has not been kind to —couver’s Children’s Hospital. unsuspecting restaurant owners. it has played host tc a wide range of — Telethon. Cafe Roma, 60 Semisch, North restaurants in the past. None of In all, the hotels involved inthe | Vancouver, 984-0274 and Earl’s which has had any lasting success. Blue Plate Special hope to raise See Gavreche But for those diners interested in $100,000 for the june 2 telethon. Page 25 sampling a taste of Persian cuisine, the Khayyam might make an in- teresting choice. A fuli Table Hopping review on the Khayyam will be featured in an upcoming column. The Lonsdale Quay Hotel, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Van- couver, 996-6111 As of early May, the Lonsdale Quay Hotel was holding down third piace in the Lower Mainland Blue Plate Special competition to raise money for the Children’s Hospital Miracle Network Telethon. With 180 Blue Plate specials sold and over $500 raised for the Children’s Hospital, the hotel was trailing only the New World Har- bourside and the Hyatt Regency in money raised by the 20 competing nee fund be h The fundraiser began in March. 66 e 99 Under its rules, participating * Special hotels supply recipes that are 7 ; selected at random and sold each FREE GIFT week as the Blue Plate Luncheon : Special to the first 150 Mothers! MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHTS ONLY CHOICE OF ENTREES x CHICKEN CORDON BLEU: Sister wropped ound thin slices of ham & melted mozza + FILET OF SALMON: “2orzagrencitsi ®° * N y STE AK: i tender 8 oz. cut of New York broiled to your eae «liking. % PORK TENDERLOIN: 2x,cngc.°" Po" tony Denese ad ALL ENTREES INCLUDE: * CRISP CAESAR SALAD TO START Reserve Now for: Mother’s Day ,guv™ The meal sells for $8.75, $3 of which goes to the Children’s Hos- pital. 15. the Lonsclite Q - se gy a in Ma . the Lonsc.ile Qua 2 5 yi’ . Lh. oar | eee 2 Hotel will present its Blue Plate : a OVER.-60: hot & cold item ; Special to Vancouver: Pacific Snapper on vegetable julienne, , sun-dried tomatoes, fresh herbs a * HOMEBAKED DINNER ROLL with a touch of white wine and . ¢ Reservations e STUFFED POTATO OR RICE PILAF ake archment envelope. . - All‘ot which sounds like an ex. 10am - 3pm Sunday Recommended Family PLU: sees estaurant tremely appetizing way to donate money. And on Mother's Day, Mav 13. Loops restaurant at the Lonsdale Quay Hote! will donate $1 from each main course brunch item to the Children’s Miracle Network * STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE FOR DESSERT 112 W. 13th St., N.Van, * COMPLIMENTARY ROSE FOR ALL MOMS (comer of 13th & Lonsdale) ON SUNDAY 987-7033 (available 4:30 p.m. t0 9:00 p.m only|