China Sea Restaurant,
108--2601 Westview Dr.,
North Vancouver, 987-

MasterCard accepted. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian options?
Lots. Take the kids or call a
babysitter? Take the kids.
Menu for tonight:

© House special Won Ton
Soup ($13.93)

© Prawns with Snow Peas

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north shore news

kDINING
ung and other Sea tales

c, Bille boy, more exotic
it will be then

How about a Southeast
Asian excursion?

The China Sea, for esant
ple.

More csotu, itis, than
what's at the end of Lonsdale,
but Chinese food is tar less
exotic than it used to be.

Its glars days on the toc

she only cul exon aval
able in these parts beyond thp
and trv North American,

Fresh offthe banana boat
from England, a first
encounter with take out
Chinese food was Table
Hopping’s initial dining
epiphany.

Te was so far remeved from
anything previously expen:
enced that its magic endured
decades hence

Wednesday, June 9, 1999 - North Shore News - 31

“Too often it appears to
have been stir fried in the
same wok at some massive
central Chinese food kitchen.

en you've had one

chicken chow mein, you've
had them all.

feanwhile, the spicier and
less Camiliar cuisines of
Thailand, Korea and Vietnam
have lured Chinese food fans
on to more interesting Asian
variations on the Chinese din-

North American palate
remains one of the world’s
Breat cuisiy

North Vancouver's China
Sea is a good place to reac-
quaint vourself with good
Chinese dining.

The Westview shopping
centre location has been in
operation for about 3 vear and
a halt.

That's not long in the
Chinese restaurant trade.

inese continue to be ¢

But differentiating the ing theme.
food served at local Chin Salt, Chinese that is not
restaurants has become 3 too dumbed down for the

tough tsk. average one dimensional

dining scene have tong since
stories for culinary sea pawsed.

In distant days of vere,
Chinese restaurants offered

($12.95)
© Boneless Chicken in black
bean sauce ($8.95) dogs.
¢ Shanghai thick noodles ut something a litte

of the longest-lived breed of

See Restaurant page 32

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Sale!

NEWS photo Julle iverson
CHINA Sea manager Kam Lam with fresh lobster and crab at the Westview shopping centre Chinese food
restaurant.

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