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TABLE HOPPING

‘READERS STILL digesting
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sugar-coated love notes and
other high-caloric items are
advised to consume this
guilt-free, calorie-reduced
selection of local dining
news morsels to soothe
digestive tracts.

The regular four-course restau-
rant review will return in the next
Table Hopping adventure.

How about starting with The
Taste of the North Shore (926-

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PI bite, and so should anyone
else interested in sampling some of
the fine culinary talent to be had
on this side of the Burrard Inlet.

Starting Feb. 23, six of the
North Shore's best restaurants will
take turns preparing a special
Thursday night Taste of the North
Shore feast.

Salute (1747 Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 922-6282) will host the
Feb, 23 affair, followed by:

« The Park Royal Hotel (540 Clyde
Ave., West Vancouver, 922-2828)
on March 2;

* The Bridge House (3650 Capilano
Rd, North Vancouver, 987-3388) on
March 9;

* Cafe Roma (60 Semisch Ave.,
North Vancouver, 984-0274) on
March 16;

¢ The Savoury (4390 Gallant Ave.,
North Vancouver, 929-2373) on
March 23; | -

* La Toque Blanche (4368 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver, 926-1006) on

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Thurs, Feb 23rd
7pm - 1am. Call
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wing buffet.
Featuring Het,
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Teriyaki and

BBQ Chicken ,

in advance or ‘|
$12 at the door

March 30,

Tickets for the individual din-
ners are $35 per person or $175 for
the entire dining six-pack. The
ticket price includes dinner, dessert
and tip.

Menus will be available 10 days
before dinner time.

Organizer David Frinton, a spe-
cial events expert with over 700
special events under his belt, says
that, unlike larger culinary dining
fests featuring many restaurants
gathered together at large down-
town venues, the North Shore Taste
will give local restaurants a chance
to showcase their wares in the
comfort of their own dining rooms
— one on one with diners. ~

The Taste will cater to couples,
singles and assorted dining combi-
nations. Even Table Hopping
departments, perhaps.

Stay tuned.

Trail’s End Cafe, Lucas Centre,
North Vancouver, 985-9595,
A trail’s end for hungry lun-

' cheon diners with'snouts attuned to

great dining bargains, but a culi-

‘nary trail’s beginning for aspiring

chefs, the Trail’s End Cafe pro-
vides a showcase for chefs-in-
training on the North Shore.

The federally funded Traitl’s
End venture is headed by ex- °
Lonsdale Quay Hotel chef James
Kennedy and integrates Kennedy’s
progressive low-fat, high energy
approach to food preparation.

‘The cafe, whose name changes
with each new class of students,
serves lunch on varying days dur-
ing the week, (Call first for open-
ing times.)

The menu features high-quality

restaurant-level appetizers and
entrees; the prices are rock bottom
(soups and salads 75 cents; entrees
$3.25)...”

Vegetarian dishes are also

’ served,

The Trail’s End tip is courtesy
of a Table Hopping reader.

‘Thanks again to that reader,
whose information was met with -
initial skepticism by department
know-it-alls, who apparently do’
not. Know it all, that is.

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Bagga Beans, #105-3711
Dejbrook Ave. (in the Delbrook
Plaza), 985-2301.

Zowds! Cappuccinos in
Delbrook. What next? ‘ :

Opened in September 1994, the
Bagga has brought a quality caf-
feine buzz to the traditionally som-
nolent Upper Delbrook area, °
Accompanying the cappuccinos et
al.: Sandwiches ($4.25, with soup,
$5.50), pastas (up to $5.95) and
other lighter luncheon dishes.:

Baked goods and breads are... *
trucked in from West Vancouver's:
Savary Island Pie Co. caffeine
comes from the adjacent Bean _
Around the World, . ;

Bagga has seating for 12 and is:
open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m...
weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 5°
p.m, on weekends, : |’

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Roastmastir’s, 1902 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver, 986-3000.

The Lonsdale branch of what i

‘Canada’s fastest growing franchise

coffee bar operation is featuring’:
live entertainment on Friday
nights. ; it
Flamenco and j jazz guitari ts
now serenade the erudite con-
sumers of custom- toasted organic
coffees. :

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province’s wine and food that will
involve a host of good local restau-.

rants (including the always pro-

gressive and top quality Salmon
House on the Hill in West’
Vancouver and Horizons, the |
Salmon House’s sister operation in.
Burnaby).

The promotion will feature the
culinary marriage of B.C. wines
and foods in 40 restaurants simul-
taneously in the Lower Mainland,
Victoria and Whistler. A wedding

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