NEWS photo Paul McGrath

DANIEL Mathews, second cook in the Chartwell kitchen, ties bundles of asparagus with blanched green onions.
News food writer Deana Lancaster cuts potatoes — a job at which she now considers herself an expert.

TABLE HOPPING PICK OF THE WEEK

Palki packs spicy punch

Palki, 116 East 15th St., North Vancouver, 986-7555;
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Licensed to sell beer and wine. Vegetarian options? Many.
‘Take the kids or call 2 babysitter? Calf a babysitter unless
your kids are adventurous diners.

Good quality mid-Lonsdale house of East Indian cuisine
brought to you by Bhupinder Mroke. Northern Indian cuisine
is the focus here. Lots of Tandoori specials; lots of rich toma-
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cardamom, cinnamon, peppers, yogurt and curries; baskets of
India’s excellent breads — soft and chewy naan — and crispy
lencii wafers (papadum), lots of exotic condiments —- mango
chutney, acchar (spicy pickles), raita. In short: lots of culinary
life. . —trenshaw@nsnews.com

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While doing their mise ent place (French for “put in place,” this
refers to doing prep work) the stait in the kitchen are relaxed and
friendly — trading jokes, chatting about life outside of work. In
one moment of levity, second _couk Tory Martindale put a con-
tainer full of carrots in front of me.

“Ever tumed carrots?” he asked me, eliciting a laugh from oth-
ers in the kitchen. Tourner or tourné, is a method of cutting veg-
etables into barrel, olive or football shapes. They should have
seven sides — and students in culinary programs spend hours get-
ting them right. I never did — but I’m still trying.

Once the bills start printing, the cooks get serious. On the line,
with the grills, gas burners, ovens, fryers and salamanders turned
on high, the temperature gets meltingly hot. Yet each person: the
saucier, who grills the meats; the cook preparing the fish; the veg
cook and the pantry cook know exactly what — and more impor-
tantly when — things need to be done.

“Ordering ...” the expediting chef will call out, and follow it
with a litany of dishes to be prepared. Everyone knows their part
in preparing the dish, and when it’s finished, Anderson or
Coleman — whoever is expediting — ensures the plate is

* sparkling, it’s properly garnished with a sprig of rosemary or a

handful of vegetable chips, anid it's on the way to the guest.

To watch, it seems like an oddly choreographed dance. Where
you’d expect to see collisions, there are none. And even while talk-
ing, each person on the line always has one ear open for ordering
and pick-up calls, It’s a fast-paced kitchen, and working as a chef
isa challenging career — not one that I show a lot of aptitude for,
but certainly have much respect and admiration. ;

To Chef Anderson, Susannah and the kitchen staff at
Chartwell: Thank you — for your time, insight and most of all
your patience.

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