F’ood

Food

I EXPECTED to find the

stonghold of hippie-dip
the stragglers from Van

last North Shore
piedom — complete with
couver’s last Easter Be-In

intently reeling off selected readings from J.R.R.

‘Tolkien.
But the Hobbit

Restaurant, 3650 Capilano
Road, is far more down to
earth,

_. Sitting across from the
Capilano River suspension
bridge, one of North Van-
couver’s great tourist mar-

House

shalling yards, the log house
building that has become the
Hobbit House dates back to
cobwebbed years and eras so
distant as to pre-date the
venerable Tolkien literary
classic from which its pres-
ent occupant takes its name.
Tn 1928, and for 10 years
thereafter, the Hobbit House
was the Chelsea House, a tea
and crumpet parior for pio-
neering British gentry. For
the past nine years, the
building’s restaurant creden-
tials have been revived and
imbued with the fantasies of
Middle-Earth minded folk.
The restaurant’s dark-
stained log walls, myriad
corners and low ceilings
make it an authentic setting,
if imaginations are set loose,
for a rip-roaring reunion of
hobbits and other Bag-End

+. alumni.

In dim Hobbit
lighting, the intrusion of
Orcs, Trolls, and other
Middle Earth hoodlums does
not seem beyond the realms
of possibility.

Fortunately for all con-
cerned, the restaurant does
not force its staff into Lord
of the Rings costumery or

House

Of course, everyone
who insulates is smart.
But the fact remains
that more homes are
insulated with Fiberglas

_ Pink than any other

insulation.

it's chosen for the ease

of handling. The simple
installation. And above
all, Pink is chosen for

its proven money-saving
performance.

So next time you're
insulating, remember
that Fiberglas Pink

is the brand chosen by
7 out of 10 people.

_As for the other 3, it

just seems to go in one
ear and out the other.

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

serve up platcloads of spider
eggs or any other foods from
Middle Sarth addled imagi-
nations.

As I recall, Tolkien's
hobbits approached food
with a simple and enviable
gusto, staggering with pint-
sized steps from one feast to
the next. The Hobbit House
Restaurant sticks to those

prudent hobbitonian
philosophies.

Dinner menu, decorated
with various Middle Earth
doodles, is designed for the
easily confused and the
chronically indecisive. En-
tree selection includes
chicken breasts teriyaki style
($8.95), a veal dish in
Hollandaise sauce ($12.95)

® Dinner

* Dancing Thurs. §
Fri. & Sat. nites

° Sunday Brunch

60 Semisch. North Van. 984-0274

christened the Argonath,
and three red meat
mainstays that would be in
the rucksack of any self-
respecting hobbit: Baggin’s
Cut roast beef (Queen’s size
$10.95 King size $12.95), a
nightly Hobbit Pot special,
and, a great favorite after a
day’s broadswording trolls,
Rib of Dori (10.95).

53 - Friday, October 4, 1985 - North Shore News

level

IRS

OR THE MONEY YOU SWE

The Hobbit House
bolsters what some imight
consider a thin selection with
nightly specials.

The restaurant’s food is
simple and substantial; ser-
vice is hobbit-paced: slow
but steady. Wine seijection
hits the mid-financial ranges

Ses Hopping
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