THIS IS the second half of a two-part Table Hopping
feature on two Vancouver restaurants that have developed
reputations and clientele well beyond the usual geographic

and gastronomic boundaries.
The Raintree was featured in
part one.
BISHOP'S, 2183 WEST FOURTH
AVENUE, VANCOUVER, 738-
2025. VISA, MASTERCARD AND
AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED.
WASHROOMS NOT
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
Bishop’s comes close to pro-
viding diners with a seligious culi-
nary experience.

TIMOTHY
RENSHA

table hopping

‘Hs cover-girl cuisine has been
featured regularly in four-color
brilliance in area magazines, and
the restaurant is one of the first to
spring to mind when considering
very special occasions and nights
on the Big Town.

The recently-released 1989 Litt
Report on Canadian restaurants,

for instance, summed up Bishop’s
cuisine as “serious food...world
class, leading-edge good...”

Well sir, who can argue with
that?

t certainly can’t: Bishop's
manages to justify such adjec-
tive-heavy pre-dining hype.

Service is provided by a team of
bright, professional waiters who
really know the business of food
and its presentation.

Each member of that team has
expertise in his chosen area:
wines, appetizers, entree, desserts
and dessert wines. And each bears
the special enthusiastic sparkle of
someone who likes what he is do-
ing and where he is doing it.

Team captain is the restaurant’s
owner John Bishop — a consum-
mate and elegant host who drops
by each table with greetings and
salutations, snippets of menu in-
formation, small talk and recom-
mendations from his restaurant's
menu.

But enough preamble. Dinner is
served.

Wines: pricey for the average or
even above-average diner. Most

NEWS photo Neil Lucents

AN ELEGANT summer salad set against formal white at Sishop’s in
Vancouver. The Fourth Avenue restaurant is one of the Lower

Mainland’s best.

start in the mid-$20 range. But
selection is extremely interesting,
knowledgeable and displays a rare
individualistic flair. We sarnpled
Toro Gran Colegiata ‘85 ($24), a
lovely, fruit-rich red from Spain’s
Basque country.

Appetizers: Spinach Salad with
Stilton Cheese and Walnuts
($5.50): the king of cheeses sur-
rounded by a simple but extremely

Disney brings back old-time comedy

Honey, | Shrunk the Kids **%
(Walt Disney) Rated G (at the
Capito! 6, Station Square, Park
Royal, Lougheed Mall, Eagle
Ridge, and Willowbrook

Cinemas} ;

REMEMBER THOSE old
live-action Disney films like
The Absent-minded Pro-
fessor or The Shaggy Dog?
So do the folks at Disney. This
comedy-fantasy is an updated ver-
sion of those gold mines fram the
early sixties. .

Rick Moranis stars as a distracted
inventor who is more involved
with his “innovative” projects
than he is with his family. That is,
until his latest contraption
miniaturizes his and the neighbors’
kids (Amy O'Neill, Robert Gliveri,
Jared Rushton, Thomas Brown).

if that wasn’t bad enough, Dad
accidentally sweeps them into the
trash and puts them ort in the
back lane. (Talk akcui :sarental re-
jection.) ;

The kids face a ion; hau! home.
‘What once was a few .teps is now
a two-day obstacle cou:se, com-
plete with Chrysler-sized insects
and waterdrops as big as boulders.

There’s lots of juvenile humor,
but adults will enjoy good special
effects and Moranis’ yard-combing
device to locate the kids,

A Roger Rabbit cartoon
precedes the filrn with a cyclone
of movement and noise. If you
liked last year’s film, you'll enjoy
this. If not, it’s over in 7% minutes.

-’m Gonna Git You, Sucka **%
(MGM/UA Home Video) Rated M

Keenan Ivory Wayans tweaks
the nose of those blaxploitation
hits of the seventies like Superfly,
Shaft, and Cleopatra Jones.

He plays a returning soldier fac-
ed with the death of his brother, a
jewelry junkie who wore so many
gold chains, he O.G'd.

Face

miss For You

NORTH VANCOUVER 966-0385 ~
WEST VANCOUVER 926-5541

TIM
BELL

film review .

ments, as well as tasteless bits. For
instance, Antonio Fargas (Starsky
and Hutch) recalls his days in the
sun 3s Pimp.of the Year.

White Mischief *** (Nelson
Home Video) Rated R
Take the British upper crust in
1940 Kenya and add equal parts
heat, boredom and decadence.

Stir vigorously with gorgeous
new arrival Greta Scacchi, and
what have you get? Murder, of
course.

Based on fact, this handsome
film features a great cast including
Sarah Miles and the late Trevor
Howard. A quirky sense of humor
makes the grim tale an intriguing
entertainment.

NORTH SHORE VIEWS

West Van Odeon: Ghostbusters
fl, Karate Kid It!, Great Balls of Fire
Park Royal: Honey | Shrunk the
Kids, Batman, Dead Poets Society
Park & Tilford: Karate Kid Ill, Great
Balls of Fire, Weekend at Bernie’s,
Field of Dreams, Do the Right
Thing. Ghostbusters It.

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complementary court. Smoked
Salmon with Corn Crepes ($6.50):
Wonderful colors, appetizingly ar-
ranged: exotic greens, lush black

caviar, bright orange salmon, and
corn crepes with sour cream.

Entrees: Roast Duck Breast with
Blackberries and Ginger ($19.95):
again beautifully laid out for eye
and snout. Accompanying
vegetables included dry-roasted
potatoes, pickled red onions, and
orange vegetable puree.

The blackberry sauce provided a
good tart backdrop for the duck;
ginger flavors were extremely
discreet.

Dessert: Opted to steer clear of
the now-internationally celebrated
Death by Chocolate, and chose
instead New York Cheesecake
with ginger snap and chocolate
crust and plum and ginger sauce.
Garnished with pink rose blossom,
cream and sprig of fern. Light and
sophisticated.

An excellent post-dining
refresher was provided by a glass
of chilled muscat wine ($4.45).

Bishop’s is not cheap out worth
the investment for that downtown
something special — food for
discerning nouvelle cuisine diners.

*

We've been cooking for 15 years! To thank you, -
we're repeating the special that has helped
make us so popular at a price you haven't seen

for years!

Famous
Tiger Prawn
— Special.

Broiled with or
without garlic,
with rice and
vegetable.

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