38 - Wednesday, April 29, 1998 - North Shore News | $10 OFF DINNER ENTREE | Entrées froma $11.95 Maximum 1 coupon per couple THURSDAY wet used Lunch Soe lap, Five course spring roll, salad. your ‘\choice of 17 GOURM ET FOOD AT BISTRO PRICES Open Mon.-Sat. for dinner Open Mon.-Fri. 5-10 pm for oreaniast and Junch from 8am APRIL A tribute by the FULL revolver band. ” Mick, Mike, Skip and Rocket Tickets $15 include Dinner Phone 904-0166 for reservations NO RIFF RAFF 30 y 7 Wiest w THAI Bao, HOUSE RESTAURANT Established since 1986 ey, tt soup. UNBELIE NORTH VANCOUVER to 34 plus rice end Lunch wee ALU Can Ea, Coe oe Bur,, with 12 different choices VABLE!! * 180 W. Esplanade (Esplanade & Chesterfield) - Free Deli very 987-9911 Open 7 Days a Robson, Kitsilano, Richmond, Metrotown. English Bay www.thaihouse.com THE Pan ROYAL Hore. TuporR Room presents A SPECIAL MAY MENU OFFER Come and enjoy the ambience of the Park Royal Ho! 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The classic Fick Roul 540 Clyde Ave, West Vancouver PHONE 926-5511 FOR RESERVATIONS. Our regular menu is also available {offer valid ‘til May 31/98) valid in Mother's Day Sunday May 10th or with any ather promotions) From page 37 means the dining time aboard the new fast ferries will be reduced. (No cheers from stecrage, please.) Time to prepare and feed the 1,GG0 passengers and crew: about 40 minutes. No time to dawdle over a cheese: burger platter and chips and gravy. Fast ferries need fast food. Weight is a kev considera- tion. And nor just in the ves- sel’s construction. Kitchen equipment is trimmed down. Because they would require the vessel to have heavier firewali construction, deep-frvers are out. So no fries, shipmates, No chips and gravy. Hao-ee, baby. Bur, fear not, there will be an all-new fast ferry menu for the accelerated generation of the new millennium. Generation F. So ... to excerpts from A summary of past Table Hopping reviews for your consumption: Bravo Cucina, 1209 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, 985-3006. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted. Open Monday to Friday for lunch. Open every night for dinner. Fully licensed. Vegetarian options? A few. Take the kids or call a babysitter? Call a babysitter. Sami Bentroudi’s first- class Italian bistro. Mid- Lonsdale location. Intimate 50-seater. Great food and ser- vice. og0 The Green Spot Vegetarian Cafe, 2220 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, 925-2218; fax 925-2287. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted. Open from 11 am. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday; open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. Vegetarian options? Nothing but. Fully licensed. Take the kids or call a babysitter? Take the kids if their palates can tol- erate more than burgers and north shore. news DINING sushi, wraps replace fries welding-singed notes taken at the April 23 media day extravaganza at the CFI yard:s Place: At the foot of St. Andrew's adjacent to the ald Erection Shop. Hive of activity. Hardhats and hand- shakes. Menu: As mentioned: no tries, also no burgers. Grease be gone. Food will be prepared by a host of focal suppliers and shipped abuard. Cooking is done in $50,000 CombiTherm steam /convee- tion cookers. The super-heated steam ovens can cook a 27-pound turkey in 90 minutes; chicken pieces in 15 minutes and pizza in 6% minutes. _ Food is supplied by such locals as Me n” Yooz Incredible Foodz, Panagopolous Pizza, Marvellous Muffins and Sushiman. Selection will include Quiche Lorraine with The North Shore’s only pure vegetarian restaurant. Full-contact vegetarian cui- sine; no-holds barred: no ani- mal products in the produc- tion of the restaurant's food; soya options, gluten-free meals, fresh vegetable and fruit juices, herbal teas, low Jevel musical ambience. Good idea. Better execu- tion needed. O09 Nino’s Cafe, 2232 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, 921- 2228. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Open every day for Sunch and dinner. Vegetarian options? Some. Licensed to sell beer and wine. Take the kids or call a de Mayo o 25% OFF ALL SALSAS (Offer valid May Sth, 1998 only) Tools and Techniques Lia. The Store For Cooks 250° 16th Street « West Vancouver ¢ Te): (664) 925-2835 Store Hours: Mon-Thurs 8-6 « Fri 9-9 - Sot 9-6 «Sun 12-5 Cheddar Salad, Crispy Light Chicken, Vegetarian and Argentina Lasagna, Assorted Wraps (Thai Chicken, Vegetarian, Teriyaki Chicken and Seafood), Pizza, Savory Island Fisherman’s Stew with baguettes, Thai Salad, Sushi and Nanaimo Bars (hey, haw appropriate ). Items that didn’t make the cut: airline-styfe omelettes. | wonder why? Accoutrements: Once afloat, the PacifiCac will fea- ture three main dining areas: the 280-seat observation deck Seascape, the Wave Runner Kiosk, and the 340- seat Swifisure. Assorted bistros will also be whipping Out cappuccinos and pastries. Elsewhere: 30 TVs showing teal time ship’s progress over full color charts; plush intcri- ors; in the age of Titanic revivalism: real seafaring class. Samplings: Crispy chick- en: reminiscent of Colonel Saunders’ claim to fame. Crisp exterior: heavy on the babysitter? You could do either. Good small Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern cafe tucked away on the outskirts of Dundarave Village. Husband and wife team of A.J. and Vida Azma preside. Good food, reasonable prices and gracious service. a Es The End, 15 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, 984- 4683. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Open everyday from 6 p.m. Fully licensed. Vegetarian options? A few. Take the kids or call a babysitter? You could do either, Jacquie Butler’s Lower Lonsdale beatnik bar and grill. Burgers and other sim- ple entrees. Bohemian atmos- phere. Live music. 9050 Chez Michel, 1373 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, 926- 4913. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted. Open for lunch and dinner . Saturday. Vegetarian options? Available upon request. Take the kids. or call a Tuesday to babysitier? Call a babysitter. herbs; moist interior courtesy of the CombiTherm. —-° Breakfast Wrap: stuffed with scrambled egg, corned. beef hash, cheese and green’ | peppers. Rib-sticker, Might be a little spicy for diners with underdeveloped sea legs.. Pizza: Serviceable. You can’t go far wrong here. Sushi: Excellent idea. Sushiman samples were good, fresh and eve-appealing: Could be a touch effeminare ’ for regular ferry diners. Pastries: Sampled thick slab of banana bread. Moist. and flavorful. Auempts to. smuggle out extra samples short-circuited by team of aluminum welders. All ashore: This is nor the. a Queen Mary, me hearties; but the new age fast ferry menu shows attention to changing dining demands that deserve applause. A titanic improvement in, the offing. The real test w ill” come in the water. I feel a sequel coming on. The place for French food on the North Shore. Michel Segur’s second- storey French bistro is closing in on its 20th anniversary. - Plays to a tong and loyal ” clientele. Deservedly SO. Gag Moustache | Cafe, 1265 Marine Dr... | North. Vancouver. 987-8461.. Visa and. MasterCard accepted.' Open Monday to Friday for. lunch; ‘open “Monday *to Saturday or dinner,: Closed Sunday. Fulfy~ license Vegetarian options? A -few. Take. the: kids’ or . call ‘a babysitter? Call a babysitt One of the North Shore’s best all-round restaurants. ’. Moustache is located in a brightly painted residence on North Varicouver’s Marine: Drive strip. Excellent food . and service. Intimate atmos phere. Oooo... Mythos Restaurant, 1811 Lonsdale Ave. ~ North Vancouver, 984-7411. Visa; MasterCard and ‘American Express accepted.” Op every day for dinner. Open Monday to Friday for * See more page 39 8 Sandwich a at regular price & receive a second. ‘Reside the HongKong Bank ‘ 1541 Lonsdale Ave 904-4492.