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ENZYMES at the
ready? Dawn to dusk
dining patrol. A day in
the gastronomic life.
Fuli digestion all day
involving a list of desti-
nations affixed with
stars in the Table
Hopping call forward
calendar.

Starting with:

Fortune Wheel
Restaurant, 1352 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver,
988-9961.

Steamed chicken’s claws
for breakfast anyone?

Thought not.

Dim Sum goes down bet-
ter at lunchtime, at least
that’s the consensus on this
Table Hopping bus — pasty-
faced culinary conservatives
that we are.

The Wheel, of course, was
introduced in a previous col-
umn.
It resides in the Lonsdale
storefront occupied for so
many years by the semi-
comatose Casha.

But it’s semi-comatose no
more.

Gonz is the chronically
empty place of Middle
Eastern cuisine. In its place is
the Fortune Wheel’s version of
that reliable old standby:
Chinese — the North Shore’s
first exotic food alternative
way back at the turn of the
mid-century.

Art Yang has opened up
the dining room to give it
the feel of an authentic
Chinatown chow mein house.

White upon table tops, a
Fortune waterwheel in the
front window and a big ser-
vice bar anchoring the back

- end.

Service staff is outfitted in

NEWS photo Paul McGrath .7

DELANY, BITSY AND FRIENDS ... At their new Delany's in Edgemont Village are :
(left to right) Bitsy, Jennifer and Robin Delany.

white shirts, and the kitchen
appears to know what itis ~
doing.

_ For a first stop in the
Dawn to Dusk patrol, chat’s
inspiring.

But back to those chicken
claws.

They are part of the
Fortune’s lengthy Dim Sum
offering and come with black
bean sauce in a bamboo
steamer.

Westcrii sensibilities may
be offended at the sight of
the poultry digits. And, too,
they are mostly skin and car-
tilage.

As a midday opener, a
challenge for the digestive
cract.

Other Dim Sum items are
far more appealing.

The sampled Bamboo
Shoot Prawn Dumpling, for
example, features fresh
shrimp steamed in rice

dumplings. Moist and simple.

Elsewhere on the Dim
Sum list: Assorted Meat
Sticky Rice Wrap, Taro
Dumplings, Radish.Cake,
Fried Squids, Fried Pork

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a Value $7. 00, Dinner value $1:

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Mother's Day or New Years
Eve. Gne coupon per group, no
separate cheques. If you
have two or more items
from our bar, desert or
appetizer menu, we wil!
cordially invite yor and
your gitest fo enjoy a
complimentary entree when
a second entree of equal or
Qreater value is purchased.
Dine in only.

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RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED AT 985-TACO
: 1200 Lousdale, North Vancouver

Bun, Fried Egg Cream Bun,
Baby Lobster Dum mplings,
Deep Fried Cannelloni,
Mango Pudding and the
mystecious Pot Sticker.

Available in small ($3),
medium ($3.50) and large
($4.25) denominations. All
delivered in bamboo baskets
freshly steamed.

The regular 250-item
Fortune menu is also avail-
able.

But a round of Shredded
Jelly Fish and Pork in Rump
Soup might be too much for
the system before noon.

The Fortune is impressive,
though. Good quality food in
a big uncluttered dining
room. Efficient waiters.
Better than average kitchen
production.

Midday clientele estab-
lished already.

Deserves an evening sam-
pling.

Pencil it in now, because
the digestive track for this
evening leads west to:

The Dundarave Cafe,
2427 Marine Dr., West

. Vancouver, 926-8838.

And the happy land of
Dundarave. Where th the
Dundarave Cafe recently
upped its neighborly quotient

by incorporating a menu witk
prices that make friends fast.

Pub style, according to
owners Jinny and John
Wiechold. oS

Simple fare with unem-_
broidered prices. Entrecs all
under $10, par example.

Feeling more neighborly
already. How about you?

Chef John Martin delivers
a basic menu that sticks pret-
ty close to the ground floor.
Pizza, sandwiches, poached
salmon, a stirfry, a couple of
pasta, burgers and chicken.

Nothing especially excit-
ing, but it’s ail competently.
made.

A sampled Cajun Chicken
Sandwich ($7.95), for exam-
ple, presented chicken breast,’
slices of tomato and ‘onion
slathered with a mild tomato
salsa between half a baguette.
Salad accompaniment incor-
porated fancy red lettuce with
a julienne of carrots, zucchini
and red pepper, more onion:

tossed in a raspberry vinaij-"-. -- -

grette. -
Good dollar value entree,

if somewhat predictable.
A pretty quiet night in
what is a large dining room: -

See Digesting page 19.

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