26 — Wednesday, June 3, 1998 — North Shore News

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. MIRABELLE Mi AMORE

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SUNDOWNER Mirabelle offer a goad
simple cross-section of

Italian cuisine at their

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8995 Lawrence Way

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When you buy any
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900 W. 16th. North Van.

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{Offer valid June 3-10th, 1998)

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The Store For Cooks
250- 18th Streat - West Vancouver - Tel: (604) 925-1835
Store Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-6 - Fri 9-9 - Sat 9-6 - Sun 12-5

THE
PARK ROYAL HOTEL

Tupor Room

presents

. A SPECIAL JUNE MENU OFFER

Come and enjoy the ambience of the Park Royal Hotel

and sample our super) cuisine with this fantastic
four course menu at the special price of

$39” for two
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STEAMED BLACK MUSSELS - with saltron sauce

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER - with spinach & Mornay sauce
GRAVLAX - with Champagne-mustard sauce & pumpernickel

points
CAESAR SALAD - with croutons & shaved Parmesan
SHRIMP BISQUE
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YOUR CHOICE OF ENTREE

BROILED SOCKEYE SALMON - with basitcitrus butter

GRILLED HALIBUT - with fresh fruit salsa
BONELESS RAINBOW TROUT - with sundried tomato

& lemon zest Hollandaise

SEAFOOD BROCHETTE - salmon, hatibut, prawns and

scallops marinated in thyme and garlic

PORK TENDERLOIN - with pertubello mushroom sauce
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HOMEMADE PIE A LA MODE
STRAWBERRY - RHUBARB PIE
APPLE PIE
PEACH PIE
served with vanilla ice cream

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540 Clyde Ave, West Vancouver

Our regular menu is also available
(offer valid ‘til June 30/98)
(nol valid with any other promotions)

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Mirabelfe, 2168 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver, 925-
2765. Visa, MasterCard
and American Express
accepted. Open every night
for dinner; open Sunday to
Friday for lunch. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian
options? A few. Take the
kids or call a babysitter?
Call a babysitter.

Menu for tonight:

* Glass of House Red ($5.20)
¢ B.C. Smoked Salmon
($7.50)

¢ = Tortellini
($12.50)

® Salmon Marinara ($15.75)
© Scaloppine of Veal Piccata
($17.50)

THIS Mirabelli chap is
a survivor.

Panna

Two years ago, I would
have given his West
Vancouver restaurant six
months maximum before
going the way of its many

hopping

dining predecessors in the
off Dundarave locale.

But here we are fast head-
ing into the new millennium
and Mirabelle remains.

Better than that it has
improved with age.

Its opening performance
was less than impressive, as
chronicled in distant Table
Hopping installment No.
575

Suftering perhaps from
the ghosts of restaurants past
in its Marine Drive location,
it registered several degrees
below full boil excitement.

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“enjoy our changing image’

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Bur a recent Friday night
visit found Ben Mirabelli’s
house of middle-of-the-road
Italian cuisine in far better

form.

The Mirabelle’s large
Roman-style dining room,
with its masculine pillars
trimmed in terra cotta and
rose tones, remains 2 low-key
affair with an ambience on
the under: side of subdued.

But the food is much
improved.

Mirabelli has pared his
menu down to a simple two-
page selection of pasta
($11.50 co $13) and main

entrees ($14 to $19) pref-

aced by a half dozen basic
appetizers ($4.50 to $7.50).

The eight pastas, repre-
senting the lighter end of the
Mirabelle menu, range from
Penne all’Arrabbiata to
Fettuccine Capriccio.

There is nothing particu-
larly ambitious here, just a
stable of familiar well-made

selections. =

The entrees, meanwhile,
focus on more substantial
fare for West Vancouver’s
ardent carnivores: lamb
chops, veal, steak, filer
mignon, veal kidneys and
calfs liver prevail.

A pair of seafood entrees
and a lone Chicken Venezia
fill out the selection.

Nightly fresh sheet
options are kepr toa mini-
mum, There was but a single *.,
special (Pork Tenderloin) fea-
tured on the Friday night.
thar Table Hopping visited.

Mirabelle’s wine list ($25
to $100) focuses on Iralian |.
bottles, with some good
selections available.

But, alas, only a house red
and wi hite, neither of which ©;
is very good, are available by
the glass.

On the plate, there is
much more to applaud. -

See Eatery page 27 °. i

Special This Week

Broiled Halibut
Chicken Sauté

with Spring Vegetables
Schnitzel, St. Moritz Style
Rosemary Roast Lamb

Calves Liver, glazed onions

$11.95

$10.95
$10.95
$11.95

$9.95

Roast Prime Rib Thursday, Friday and Saturday night