36 - Wednesday, March 29, 1989 ~ North Shure News

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Restaurant’s food is
as good as the view

HORIZONS ON BURNABY MOUNTAIN, 100 CENTENNIAL WAY,
BURNABY, 299-1155. VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS
ACCEPTED. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. OPEN EVERY DAY FROM
11:30 A.M. SUNDAY BRUNCH STARTS AT 11 A.M.

Far from being the social deadhead my wife believes me
to be, I, too, lust for adventure and expanded personal

horizons, be they culinary or otherwise.

A trip to Burnaby definitely
qualifies as an urban adventure.
And a trip to Horizons will
definitely expand your dining
horizons.

The restaurant sits atop Bur-
naby’s Little Mountain joyously
celebrating one of the best city
views this side of The Salmon
House on the Hill, its North Shore
restaurant sister.

Both are owned by the Ninten-
do Entertainment Centres Ltd., a
subsidiary of an entertainment
conglomerate with multi-national
assets and mountainside restaurant
fixations.

And both feature food that is
itself a main attraction, not merely
a weak supporting act to world-
class views.

Horizons used to be The Owl &
the Oarsman. The latter, one of
the many Keg & Cleaver clones,
was most memorable for its
flagrant disregard for the
marvellous natural view at its
disposal: the place had no win-
dows. An Owl less than wise; an

film

Oarsman afflicted with demon
rum vapors.

Horizons, on the other hand,
takes enthusiastic advantage of its
beautiful setting. The view is ev-
erywhere. Large westside windows
lay glittering Lower Mainland and
North Shore vistas at the feet of all
Horizons diners.

TIMOTHY
RENSHAW

table hopping

For the stomachs of those same
diners, Horizons’ menu includes
an interesting and appetizing
melange of ‘80s cosmopolitan
cuisine presented with grace and
imagination.

The restaurant also boasts a
wine list with some unusual and

Fletch lives but
this movie dies

Fletch Lives * (Universa!) Rated M (at the Granville, Oakridge, West
Van, Scott 72, Station Square, Coquitlam, Park & Tilford and Clear-

brook cinemas)

CHEVY CHASE once again dons his Laker Hi-Tops as in-
vestigative reporter !.M. Fletcher in this tedious sequel to

the 1985 hit.

When his late aunt wills him her
plantation, Fletch bids adias to his
job and heads for the land of cot-
ton. But the mansion of his dreams
turns out to be more like the Bates
Motel than Tara, complete with a
brakeless Cadillac and a manser-
vant named Calculus (Cleavon Lit-
tle). .

TIM
BELL

film reviewer

This latter cnaracter seems to
have wandered in from the fields
of Gone with the Wind. ‘Ever
heard of the emancipation proc-
lamation?’’ Fletch asks his head-
scratching friend. ‘Ah thinks so,
but it din’ ‘xakly git a lotta publici-
ty down here.” (Sort of a Steppin’
Fletchit.)

The cocky newsman gets a taste
of southern hospitality when he
meets his late aunt’s executor,
Amanda Ray Ross, but when he
wakes up the next morning beside
her corpse, the welcome mat is
whisked away.

Legal eagle Hamilton Johnson
(Hal Holbrook) provides some
clues as to who would want to
railroad Fletch with a murder rap.
A land-hungry televangelist (R. Lee
Ermey) becomes the focus of the
investigation which gives our

sleuth endless opportunities to
disguise himself, toss off one-liners
and flirt with a southern belle
Qulianne Phillips).

Since the villain’s identity is easi-
ly deduced, you might have snore
fun tracking the riddle of the
disappearing accents. Phillips, in
pa‘ticular, has a spotty draw! that
certainly won’t keep Mery! Streep
up at night.

As weak as the mysiery is, how-
ever, it’s still better than the flimsy
humor which consists of smug
remarks and slapstick chases. The
whole south looks dangerously
inbred with thick-skulled bikers,
KKK and sheriffs after Fletch’s
hide, but none of them are bright
enough to see through his paper-
thin disguises.

Fletch lives, all right, but at the
audience’s expense.

1 Wanna Hold Your Hand ***
(Wamer Home Video)

Before “‘Roger Rabbit’’ and
“Back to the Future,”” Robert
Zemeckis directed this pleasant
fluff set in 1964 on the eve of the
Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed
Sullivan Show.

Six fanatical teens, including
Nancy Allen, invade the Beatles’
hotel to meet the Fab Four and,
failing that, go to desperate
measures to land tickets for the
show.

Wendy Jo Sperber as the world’s
biggest Beatlemaniac and Nancy

See Beatlemania
Page 37

top quality specialty wines.

A Table Hopping threesome,
throwing budget constraints to the
four mountaintop winds, opened
with an excellent Sterling Vine-
yards Merlot ($27.80). A rich and
meaty vintage with ample charac-
ter for the dishes that followed.

Appetizers sampled included
Smoked Seafood Sampler ($5.95);
Mushroom Salad ($3.50) and
Smoked Goose Breast ($5.50).

My sampler arrived on a black
scallop shell plate and featured
strips of smoked Arctic Char, In-
conru and Great Slave Lake Trout.
It provided a great northern range
of smoked fish textures, flavors
and colors. Especially good was
the char, a northern cousin of the
salmon, with a light pink color and
a delicate fish flavor.

Accompanying were Barnston
Island lettuces — an organic bou-
quet of such unusual greens as
Swiss Chard, Lamb Lettuce and a
whoie host of lettuce-like leaves
yet to be named by dining bota-
nists.

Both components of the dish
went well with Horizons’ hot
home-baked herb bread.

The Smoked Goose Breast was
well received. Its bright red meat
was somewhat chewy, but it pro-
vided introduction to a lesser-
known member of the ever-
popular fowl family. Marinated ar-
tichokes accompanied the goose.

The mushroom salad, ina herb
vinaigrette, was brightened by a
selection of winter root vegetables
such as turnips and beets. °

All three dishes were thoroughly
enjoyed.

1 moved several latitudes south
for the next leg of my voyage into
seafood exotica, sampling
Medallions of Fresh Striped Marlin
($14.95) from the restaurant's
nightly fresh sheet.

The fish, marinated in sesame oil
and grilled over green alderwood
coals, was accompanied with a

Centennial Theatre presents...

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and the OTHER FELLERS

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"Friday, April 7, 1989
at 8:30 pm.

Western Canada Debut!
A musical comedy presentation
“from Newfoundiand with Fun"

Tickets are §10.00 each,
available at recCentre Lonsdale,
23rd & Lonsdale in North Vancouver,
by phoning 987-PLAY,

VTC 280-4444 or al the door ong
hour before shomime.

Centennial Theatre Centre
2300 Lonsdale Ave.,North Vancouver
984-4484

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

AN ARTISTIC array of some of the cuisine served at Horizons includes
grilled oysters with braised leeks (foreground) flanked by slices of

pecan pie and hazelnut torte.

delicious side of deep-orange
apricot and hazelnut chutney
loaded with spicy Indian flavors
and hearty chunks of apricot and
hazelnut. It brought out the best in
the marlin.

Also on the plate was a serving
of rice and a mixture of green
beans and snow peas with a light
salsa sauce for added dining snap.

The marlin, its meat white and
dense like chicken, had good sub-
tle alderwood flavors. '

Also tested was a Rack of Lamb
Djakarta ($16.95). Delivered me-
dium rare, it was marinated in red
wine and Indonesian soy, then
served with an outspoken peanut
sauce.

Desserts included my Fresh Fruit
Plate ($2.95): slices of Kiwi with
puffed pastry and cream all
sprinkled with icing sugar and ©
adorned with a mint leaf bouton-
niere.

My wife, a lapsed member of
chocoholics anonymous,
devoured a Chocolate Pate
($3.50). The dense, dark chocolate
block was set against a multi-

colored backdrop of bright
orange, raspberry, blueberry fruit
sauces that made for an extremely
attractive plate — a pretty disguise
for a caloric hand-grenade.

| made do with a 10-year-old
Taylor Tawr.y Port.

Service throughout the meal was

good, if somewhat rushed.

For an excellent off-North S' ve
dining destination, Horizons otivrs
fine urban and gastronomic visti >.

TASTY MORSELS »
VINA VIETNAMESE CUISINE,
2508 MARINE DRIVE, WEST
VANCOUVER, 926-6001.

To the end of March, this popu-
Jar West Vancouver restaurant is
offering an all-you-can-eat deal
that the budget conscious and the
calorie unconscious will find hard
to passup.  -

For $29.95 per couple, diners
can fill up on anything from the
restaurant’s extensive menu.

The deal runs Sundays to Thurs-
days, so pack up the chopsticks
and extra-strength napkins and
Good Evening, Vietnam!

A stunning panorama of the Vancouver area. Superb
service... warm and relaxed. Innovative cuisine
featuring the finest of regiona! foods.
DINNER FROM 5 O’CLOCK
LUNCH & SUNDAY BRUNCH

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100 Centennial Way, Burnaby Reservations 299-1155