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Italiano, 1448 Marine Dr. West. Vancouver, 922-4719, Visa, MasterCard and American Express accept- ed. Open Monday to Friday

_ for lunch. Fully licensed. Vegetarian options? A few. Overview: Jean Claude Lo- Cicero's fine Italian restau- rant keeps getting better. Low profile; high quality.

’ Location: Fronts on West Vancouver's Marine Drive strip.

Lunch menu: Eighteen pasta varicties (half — $4.95 — and full-size $7:50 portions);

' Good selection of antipasti and salads (Carpaccio; Steamed Mussels; Baked

. Seafood Casserole; Caprese ‘Salad; Del Pescatore; Di Cesare); Fish and Meat

.. Entrees (Grilled Salmon in

- Pesto Sauce; Seafood

Canneloni; Veal in Gorgonzola Sauce; Chicken Breast baked with Goat Cheese; Veal Scaloppine with

. Prosciutto).

Food quality: Supero. » Sampled the special Poached . Sea Bass, which was turned

out in an engaging lemon sauce and accompanied with carrots, grilled eggplant and

“zucchini and roasted pota-

toes, Excellent quality fish brought to life with a tart yet complex lemon sauce. Service: White shirts and starched linen table cloths. Professionally attentive. Price: Starters $3.50 to $7; pastas $4.95 for half size; $7.50 for full size; entrees $10 to S1t.

Guest du jour: Ex-RCMP boss spinning entertaining tales of high-level security. Trudeau, the Royals and the rest of that lot, Just regular folks, apparently.

Sundeck: None.

-Parking: A few stalls in the

rear. Otherwise street-front Marine Drive. Some side- street spots available, but keep your eyes on the road. Expensive autos abound. Accidental. vehicular interac- tion could be expensive. Power Lunch Rating: 9000 - ;

Yen Jin, 116 East 16th St, North Vancouver, 988-171. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accept- ed. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch. Licensed to sell beer and wine. Vegetarian options? Many.

Overview: Casual but top quality server of Szechwan and Singapore cuisines. Rosie and Tom Teo propri- etors since taking over Yen Jin from the original owners in 1990. The Teos are extremely congenial hosts. Mr. Teo a former Singapore advertising executive. Outgoing. friendly, has gift of the gab. Like all Singaporeans, loves food. Good food. Yen Jin usually filled with long-time cus- tomers and casual conversa- tion. Local newspapers avail- able, A good slice of commu- nity culinary culture. Location: Near North Vancouver City commercial banking core, adjacent to government offices.

Lunch menu: Good variety of Singapore specialities. Some spicy, some not. All

ingapore

good. Hot Garlic Beef; Kung Po Shrimps; Shanghai Noodles with Shredded Pork and Cabbage; Sliced Fish in Hot Garlic Sauce and many more. Yen Jin's dinner menu is also available during mid- day repast. The variety is extensive, Options from Singapore and China abound. Food quality: Very good. Features adept combinations of food textures and flavors, Sampled bowl of Wonton Soup in Hot and Spicy Sauce ($3.95) and plates of Tauhu Goreng (Deep-fried beancurd topped with bean sprouts and spicy peanut, garlic, pepper sauce — $6.25); Chilli Garam Squid ($9.50 for a plate of fresh squid in a hot pepper and tomato sauce topped with much fresh cilantro).

Service: Friendly and quick. Price: $5 to $7 for luncheon specials.

Guest du jour: Man chosen to revive Socred party in B.C, Needs more than crash- course in CPR to achieve mandate. Dedicated to returning responsibility to MLAs’ job descrigtion. Will

Value in French backwood

John Moor WINE SPOTS.

arsanne-Domaine De.

Montmarin 1992,

$10.95 (France)

“The Cotes de Thongue is another’ one of those back- ‘woods areas.'of the French ‘Midi you: probably never

“heard of until recently, when

- bargain-hunting. in the French racks became a job for Inspector Clouseau. , “Marsanne is planted largely in‘ the. north ‘Rhone,

rare and expensive whites

. like Hermitage Blanc. {t pro-

duces a wince that's a bit rem- iniscent of Chablis; austere but with surprising heft for a white. "

Needs to be served cool: rather than cold to appreciate the subtle fruit at the top end.

This one is an excellent value for the money; you may.. never go back to

~ chardonnay.

Syrah “Le Texas” Guy Chevalier 1992, $15. 95 (France)

The Pays de L’Aude is another area that will keep

_ you poring (or pouring) over * your maps.

Why “Le Texas”? Probably because. Guy Chevalier wanted to be a

cowboy when he grew up instead of a vigneron. The wine is big, as syrah/shiraz ought to be, inky, with an almost syrupy: blackberry dominated fruit. ' Seemed a bit short on the finish, but might just need to snooze for another year or two.

Producers in these lesser-

known areas used to content themselves with making bar- rels of high-octane working- man’s wallop.

But they've been taking their cue from Australia and California lately. and produc- ing better made wines for the low end of the international market.

A welcome trend.

Sundeck: Perhaps in summer a few tables in the small rrub- lic courtyard in front of Yen Jin, What's that? The bylaw police, Run for cover. Parking: Street-side mid- Lonsdale area of North Vancouver City,

Power Lunch Rating: OO©

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