26 - Wednesday, July 10, 1991 - North Shore News

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King’s Fare, 2nd Floor, 235-15th St., West Vancouver. 925-2553.
Visa and Mastercard accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Open

every day from 11 a.m.

ING’S IS more than fair; for fish and chips it is first

rate.

The successor to La
Belle Sole opened in the second-
storey locale in early June with lit-
tle fanfare, but its arrival was
trumpeted by North Shore fish and
chips fans whose snouts, ever snif-
fing the breeze for the sweet
aromas of cod and freshly sliced
potatoes being deep fried, picked
up the news well before Table
Hopping staff did.

“tt has arrived," they advised
on the red emergency Table Hop-
ping hotline, before hanging up
mysteriously.

“What has arrived?’ asked the
food-befuddled Table Hopping
minions.

“King’s,” answered the chorus
of the converted. ‘King’s Fare. In
West Vancouver. The Best.”

“The best what?” wondered
the Table Hopping staff in har-
mony.

A subsequent investigation
revealed that King’s Fare has been
Operating cut of its original Mar-
pole-area location for the past 10
years, delivering a brand of fish
and chips that has converted even
the most demanding of Deep
Fryers.

Some of the more committed
from West Vancouver's en-
thusiastic Deep Fryer belt have
made regular pilgrimages to the
original King’s Fare, a trip over the
bridges that many Northenders
would shudder at the thought of
taking.

So the arrival on the North
Shove, and especially the arrival in
West Vancouver, of the King
himself was an event almost
religious in its significance.

And for anyone who enjoys an
occasional indulgence in a juicy
slab of ced or halibut served atop
a stack of fresh french fries ac-
companied by a schooner of chill-
ed pilsner, King’s Fare is cause for

applause.
What was La Belle Sole is now

Timothy Renshaw

TABLE HOPPING

La Belle Cod, La Belle Halibut and
more.

The restaurant’s menu is basic
British deep-try, offering combina-
tions of chips with cod, halibut,
oysters, prawns and scallops.

Prices range from around $8 for
a basic serving of Cod and Chips
(two pieces of fish) up to around
$14 for three pieces of cod with an
extra load of chips.

In between, the discerning Deep
Fryer can sample such exotica as
Scallops and Chips ($11.95) and
Prawns and Chips ($12.95).

Starters such as Onion Rings
($2.50) and Seafood Chowder
($1.95 for a cup; $2.95 for a bow!)
are also available.

All prices include GST.

King’s Fare is licensed for wine,
beer and liqueurs.

{ recommend, perhaps, a chilled
Beck’s ($4.50) to start.

Foliow with a Halibut and Chips
($11.95). The selection comes with
two 4-paund chunks of sweet hal-
ibut, deep-fried in a fine light bat-
ter atop 2 bed of fresh french-fried
potatoes.

Coleslaw and an interesting tar-
tar sauce are also provided.

The fish is excellent: firm, fresh
and sweet like chicken breast; the
chips, heaped aboard, are fresh
from King’s Fare’s farm in Delta
and are similarly first rate.

King’s Fare staff is young and
turned out in white shirts and red
ties.

KYOCHA - YA

JAPANESE RESTAURANT
“Very Fresh Fish, Seafood, Sushi & Sashimi”

KYOCHA-YA Speciai Dinner for 2........ .32.06

Sliced beef teriyaki, chicken teriyaki, chicken karaage, fried scallops,

assorted tempura

CHICKEN TERIYAKI and Tempura Dinner 11.25

All dinners include miso soup, sunomono salad, rice and dessert

ASSORTED SUSHI ..................10.25

8 pieces of sushi, 6 pieces of tekka-maki

CALIFORNIA COMBINATION ........7.50

2 pieces of tuna sushi and 2 pieces of salmon sushi, 5 pieces of

California roll

“Ample Parking behind restaurant” -
Closed Mondays, Lunch: Tues-Fri; Dinner: Tues.Sun.
1536 Robson St, Vancouver 682-1570

HOISTING THE Halibut... Tom
Ritchie of King's Fare displays
the main ingredient for his res-
taurant’s excellent Halibut and
Chips. King’s Fare recently
moved intna the West Van-
couver locale formerly oc-
cupied by La Belle Sole.

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

The King has indeed arrived;
Deep Fryers and other fish and
chip fans rejoice.

They are uniformly pleasant and
attentive, yet to be soured by the
long-distance strains placed upon
body and soul by the restaurant
trade. Service is swift.

The restaurant offers three
desserts ($3.50): Deep Apple Pie,
Key Lime Pie and the ominous-
sounding Blackout Torie.

But the size of King’s Fare en-
trees will sate the appetites of all
but the most ardent guttler.

- \\ e . e
oo Dinner Burtet Special
All you can eat, Chinese Seafood

Hey! Come in early, you get $3.00 off, Monday-
Thursday, 5:00-6:45 p.m. Reg. $12.95, Early Dinner
$9.95, Children only $5.50

Appetizing:

“great fish and chips
*nice location

“warm and efficient staff

Unappetizing:
*chip-heavy servings

Smorgasbord

WF GOURMET CHINA

Table service fully licensed. For reservations piease phcne.
Free delivery within S krn, minimurn $75.00 order.
15% Off on all pick-up orders, minimurn $10 order.

Westview Shopping Centre, NVan.

887-6322

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