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NEWS photo Neil Lucente

A TANTALIZING selection of Chinese cuisine: (left to right) shrimp dumpling with parsley and bamboo

shoots, scallop-shrimp dumpling and stir-fried seafood with snow peas on crispy rice — all courtesy of Ming

Court. The Lower Lonsdale restaurant serves an interesting range of Chinese cuisine.

The adventure returns...

INTERESTING ORIENTAL CUISINE FOR JADED PALATES

MING COURT, 83 CHESTER-
FIELD STREET, NORTH VAN-
COUVER, 983-3888. VISA AND
MASTERCARD ACCEPTED.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
OPEN EVERYDAY FROM 11 A.M.
TO MIDNIGHT.

HE VERDICT on Ming
Court: not guilty, ma
lud.

Not guilty of churning out
typical Chinese-Canadian
slumguilion; not guilty of
fearing to tread several steps
on the culinary wild side.

And I, as the self-annointed
judge of local cuisine, sentence all
those interested in better-than-
average Chinese cookery to give
the Ming Court a whirl, be ye
judge or jury or just plain hungry.

TIMOTHY
RENSHAW!

table hopping

As a judicia! culinary sort, | have
been disappointed in previous res-
taurants that have occupied the
present Ming Court locale.

The Marco Polo, for instance,
was far from adventuresome and
downright pedestrian.

The Ming Court, however,
shows much more spirit.

Its menu on first glance appears
to have the usual supply of chow
meins, sweet and sours, and pan-

frieds.

But on closer inspection there is
evidence that a real heart beats, a
real spirit resides: Satays, curries,
hot pots and more.

The restaurant also serves the
only dim sum lunch | know of on
the North Shore, which is in itself
worth a try. But that is another
story.

Table Hopping rolled into the
Court early on a recent Saturday.

Empty tables abounded, but staff
remained frierdly and attentive,
which is not always easy when
you are becalmed in the restaurant
doldrums.

Ming Court is roomy, with lots of

See Ming
Page 27

Marcuse premieres
new dance work

LOCAL CHOREOGRAPHER Judith Marcuse’s new work Madrugada
premieres at Centennial Theatre Feb. 23.

West Coast artist Gordon Smith has created a backcloth for the ballet,
depicting a man-made landscape buffeted by natural forces.

Smith describes hiy painting as ‘‘an image of an urban scene on a city
wall...graffiti made by chance and weather, exploiting the possibilities of
the act of painting.”

Also included in the evening’s program are two powerful virtuoso
duets of Blue Skies, Purple Haze, set to the dramatic music of Lukas Fass
and guitar wizard Jimi Hendrix.

A poetic and tender work by Christopher House, Distant City, will be
performed, and Randy Glynn's Noir Sisters — a tongue-and-cheek dance
inspired by Film Noir cinema complete with Humphrey Bogart-style

voice-over.
Performances are Feb. 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. Phone 987-PLAY to reserve

tickets.

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