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Gene's Restaurant a welcome addition
to Stratford's restaurants
When Gene's Chinese restaurant opened
in Stratrord last year there wasn't any ecstatic
praise irasuch culinary "bibles" as Where to
Eat in Canada (as for that other newcomer,
The Church) but a lot of local people
applauded.
They are' -not people who care about
sumptuous surroundings. They like good
Chinese food well served. For that reason the
restaurant has built up a loyal clinetele.
We visited the restaurant recently on a
Sunday night to see if what friends had told
us was true. Decor, we quickly learned is not
the big reason the restaurant has become
popular, but then it seldom is in a Chinese
restaurant. It's a dean, bright, both
unexceptional and unexceptionable.
So on with the food.
We chose two different dinners for one.
Both dinners started with an egg roll The
lady's dinner included sweet and sour
shrimp, chicken and mushroom chow mein,
mushroom fried rice. The writer's dinner was
similar but with sweet and sour chicken
rather than the shrimp.
The egg_ rolls were excellent, crispy yet
light and filled with fresh bean sprouts. The
plate came heaped with food. The sweet and
sour sauce was tastey and the chicken and
shrimps both cooked well. In all it was good
food.
Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for
the dessert. The apple pie of the gentleman
was typical restaurant fare, made from
canned apple pie mix and tasting like
wallpaper paste mixed with apple juice. The
lady's coconut cream pie was much better but
the bottom crust was indigestible, and had to
be left on the plate. The dessert rather let
down the rest of the meal. Still it was a better
than average middle -rate restaurant evening.
Cost was $11.
BARTLIFF'S
Bakery and Restaurant
You'll find BarttIff's • Bakery and
Restaurant...in Clinton - the town at
the Country Crossroads - Enjoy lunch,
a country dinner or just have a coffee
In the friendly atmosphere. Try our
fresh -from -the -oven breads and pas-
tries. Bartliff's bakers enjoy creating
masterpieces In wedding, birthday,
anniversary or special occasion cakes.
For baking that's been famous for
70 years, visit
BARTLIFF'S IN CLINTON!
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tib ALBERT ST. CLINTON 482-9727
22, VILLAGE SQUIRE/JULY 1976
Shore
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JEWELLERY
We believe that we have
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GODERICH, ONTARIO
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THE BOOK SHELF
50 Wellington St., Stratford
273-3501
USED, OUT OF PRINT, AND NOSTALGIA BOOKS
HOURS 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
- COMPLETE LINE OF NEW PENGUINS.