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table
hopping

The Beach House at
Dundarave Pier, 150-25th
St., West Vancouver, 922-
1414, Visa, MasterCard and
American Express accepted.

Open for lunch and dinner

everyday. Fuily licensed.
Vegetarian options? A few.
Take the kids or calla
babysitter? Call a babysit:
ter.

Menu for tonight;
« Botile of dabaulet Crozes
Hermitage 1990 ($42)
* Salmon Tartare ($8.95) :
. Fresh Beach Oysters ($1.75 each)

QUALITY
SUSHI &
SASHIMI

50% OFF

‘SUSHI HAPPY |

.. “HOUR
Mon-Tue-Wed
 8:00-10:00 p.m.

180 E. 2nd, N. Van.

980-1510

A savory seawalk experience

© Grilled Sea Bass (S18.95}
» Beef Tenderloin (819,95)

WARNING: men dining
ehead.

Sorry ladies, but tonight it's an
all-male Table Hopping contingent,
Read on if you like, but be fore-
warned: salty language, bawdy
jokes, insensitive male bravado and
locker-room discussions to follow,

‘Then again, this ts the ‘90s,
isn't it?

All that stu(f’s out the window,
This is the age of the new
Renaissance Man, The rough and

-tumble ale and chop house custom-

arily chosen for a male night on the
town just won't cut it anymore,
Spit and sawdust is out, We
need a male bonding experience
accompanied by some fine wines, a

. jovial atmosphere, some carnest

discussion, oh, and a plaice to

“watch the babes; 0

*Dundarave Baywatch, you say?:
To the Beach House at :

-Dundarave then, to investigate the
persistent tales of seaside clegance ..!

and culinary excellence emanating |
frony that newly refurbished West
Vancouver heritage house restau-
rant.

The fast Table Hopping visit to:
the Beach House was in early
* December, on the occasion of the
restaurant's rand reopening
splash.

“A month-long overhaul and an

John Moore.,

“WINE SPOTS’
- SERIOUS WINE writers often refer

to “vertical”. and “horizontal” tast-
ings. (No, the first-one to get hori-
zontal is not the winner...)

Vertical tastings sample the same
wine {rom different vintage: years
while horizontal tastings feature dif-

“KIDS FOLLOW THE
WATER SAFETY RULES
Dovou?

| HP ‘The Canadian Red Cross Society

‘adventurous diners.

investinent of well over $500,000 :
(did somebody say $800,000%) had
transformed the dated Peppi'y into
an elegant dining room.

With a new expansive entrance
and a grand horseshoe-shaped

‘cherrywood bar front and centre,

the Beach House presented an -
inviting introduction to the 1912
heritage home's striking seaside
location, .

The party was impressive,

But tonight's assignment: deter-
mine whether the Beach House has

delivered on the expectations

raised at its reopening.

For readers who have to dash - ;
out carly, the verdict is a resound-
ing yes. Delivered tonight in
rugged basso profundo harmony.

For those remaining: some. -

details.

The Beach House is the ‘first
restaurant operation to deliver a
dining experience worthy of the.
25th Street beachfront location, . -
which is one of the best in the:
Lower Mainland. ;

Chef Sonny Mendoza has put.
together an inspired menu of North’.
American West Coast cuisine that
should whet the appetites of most

_ [U's not cheap, but the food ,

served is top drawer stuff.

Soups and appetizers ($5 to $9)
include such highlights as Baked
Cambozola, Grilled Japanese |...”

See Beach boys page 19 ws

fefent wines; s, usually from the same

area, of the same vintage...
Right ‘now you, can- “conduct a
unique horizontal trial of your own:
same vintage, same. winemaker, ju
different. vineyards and prices. we
Robert Mondavi. has two 1991 2

fumé .blancs | on: the’ shelves, the’

basic Napa Malley tor: $16.90 and

“ the single vineyard “Reserve” fora
- whopping $27.55. 0°00 ur

Both, demonstrate the’ ‘confusion ©.

‘that arises -between French and

Californian wine terminology. :

The fumé blanc name. (andthe:
Burgundy-style - bottle: used “by
Mondavi) suggest ‘the :,“smoky,"
flinty. young ‘sauvignon. blancs -of.

“the Loire, pouilly fumé. (Not to-be-

confused with pouilly fuissé, made

‘in Burgundy. from chardonnay.) :«

-To.. add to: the. contusion,
Mondavi uses semillon in the blend,
(not ' done in’ the Loire), so the
cheaper’ fumé blanc is more like a
decent white Bordeaux. in style:
fruity, direct and shorter on finish. =
»” The “Reserve” is flintier, more!
concentrated and more like real
pouilly fumé but is unfortunately,

likewise stratospherically priced.