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IF YOU want any more of a
festive Christmas celebration
done up in the grand old
world tradition, you don’t
need to look beyond the
Hotel Vancouver.

Once more, a Vancouver holi-
day favorite is back. The Dickens
Buffet high up in the Roof
Restaurant is not to be missed.
This 19th-century feast done in
the English manner (complete with
Dickens himself all cr ved up in
tatlow) is, to put it mildly, resplen- '
deat with all that is Christmas.
; Festive banners heraid the sea-
son, and there is the finest ginger-
bread house I’ve yet seen to greet.
al) those entering this fantasyland.
’ And the food! That's what this,
‘week’s column is all about. A vistu-
al groaning board (three, to be pre- . oe
cise) filled with goodies too numer- ff - } p re Et haa | k ; tie:
ous to list here. a - wa EE ES : = mitt -
You'll have to go to see (and : NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge
enjoy) for yourself. But i will give EXECUTIVE CHEF Robert LeCram of The Hotel Vancouver presides over 4 month-long English-sty!2 Dickens Buffet in the grand

you a peek into the preview I had style at The Roof Restaurant of the hotel. The incredible gingerbread house is the artistic work of the hotel’s own pastry chefs.
last week,
For cold starters there was
poached salmon, Norwegian ©
gravlax, house-smoked salmon,
Brittany-smoked mackerel, fish ter-
rines, pate, smoked trout, King

sabia prow, and wonderal _ vin ~ Uf GIFTS FOR MOTHER

There wus cold roast capen 3 P ; / Pry
with Cumberland sauce, and cran- ‘ 4 on : E ARTH eo HIS 4 HRISTMAS
berries and lush Christmas condi- i f s b B d oh a hy
ments. . i g 1. Buy a live tree for Christmas and replant it

Change of plate. A quick walk a = 2. Buy or start a composter jz ¥
around tne root... then off'to the 3. Use a canvas shopping bag . 2k

Roast turkey, roast baron of : ee ; 4. Buy and use re-uscable cotton produce bags t y
beef, chestnut stuffing, giblet sauce, " s . ; 5. Buy and use ecologically safe cleaning
vaaional Engen Cancoanic tel” 1H [WALLEY COVE UNSPRAYED — |, products ov mae your own
and real Cornish pasties. OR ANGES 69¢/ LB. 7. Wrap presents in recycled paper

That's not all. There is roast ( OT 8. Get involved in the Clayoquot Sound debate

See Dickens page 57 ; FRESH FREE RANGE TURKEY . 9. Support an envirornerital organization
; 69 . 10. Mother Earth will thank you for buying organic produce
$269/LB, (0-25 15s.)

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