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Show Page B12 Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1987 Park Record Yum, yum, yum new Chinese restaurant opens at Plaza X Y &S& 3 13 Mfe fcfcbi The gang's all here the talented culinary creators of the Hunan i ' VJtl . ' - ' Rand, Hanskat f"."" -Jit -" ' AttV WG II A little shrimp, a little rice, a few water chestnuts, peas, some hot cherry peppers... Why can't I cook like this at home? Homestead celebrates tenth annual Yule Fest In a setting reminiscent of a Charles Dicken's Christmas bazaar in Old England, The Homestead will host the tenth annual Yulefest, Nov. 27 through Nov. 29 in Midway. With crafts and homemade goodies displayed amidst the sparkle and beauty of The Homestead's traditional Christmas decorations, guests can browse and shop in a Currier and Ives' wonderland. Boutiques of charming, one-of-a-kind gifts and shops of irresistible ir-resistible goodies will delight everyone, and make Christmas shopping a joyous experience. A special room supervised by a Christmas elf will welcome children so parents can browse and shop. Holiday treats for the children include in-clude entertainment, from storytelling storytell-ing by the Christmas elf to selected videos, and Christmas candy canes. SNOWED INN RESTAURANT Chefs John Richardson and Gretchen Wix invite you to A Special Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner Seven Courses Silver Service menu changes nightly $35.00 per person 7:30 seating for that warm family feeling, come dine with us Limited Seating Reservations Required 649-5713 3770 North Highway 224 1 v Caroling by The Country Cousins will recreate the atmosphere of an old-fashioned Christmas for everyone. Guests can enjoy a holiday holi-day breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Satur-day, Nov. 28 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at $3 per person. Photos with Santa are $3 per photograph. The Yulefest will be open to the public Friday, Nov. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 28 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Sun-day, Nov. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. For further fur-ther information and reservations, call Randy at The Homestead, (801) 654-1102. The Homestead, with its halls bedecked with holly, looks forward to welcoming you for your early Christmas shopping convenience to its Winter Wonderland of Christmas gifts and treats for all ages. WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE American Heart Association Park City, Utah 84060 .J V.V ( experience. Randy Hanskat Get your condo ready for winter! Mountain Valley Maintenance 649-2370 We are reliable DON'T BE BASHFUL Come on! Don't hesitate another minute. Call us today! We'll give you a warm welcome, help you word your ad, explain our reasonable rates and give you cancellation privileges just as soon as you get results. Now's the time to take a step forward. Our staff is made up of people you can believe in! 649-9014 Ask for Linda or Susan HlParklHtecord 1670 Bonanza Dr. Park City, Utah by RANDY HANSKAT Record staff writer It's been a topic of barroom fodder for many a moon in Park City. You know the conversation well, I'm sure. "If only I had a few bucks behind me, I'd open a little Chinese restaurant with good prices and good, spicy food. And I'd make an absolute killing. That's just the place Park City needs." Well, you can kill that talk because just when you thought the Park City eating scene was hopeless, Hunan Chinese has come to the rescue. The first new local Chinese restaurant to hit Park City seemingly since the Ming Dynasty opened Nov. 4 at the Resort Center Plaza, on the skating rink level next to Cole Sport, Ltd. The initial feeling when stepping into Hunan is that of coziness. The restaurant has a mere 14 tables, with seating for SO. And that is how Ching Chang, the masterchef of Hunan, likes it. Since the space is small, Chang personally tends to each meal served at Hunan. He likes that, for it allows him to keep the quality as high as possible. He doesn't want to get any bigger, because bigger, especially in the restaurant business, often means anything but better, he thinks. Chang says his specialty is Szechuan cooking, that hot and spicy style of Chinese cooking which originates in the Hunan state of China. He has 16 years cooking experience, ex-perience, starting way back in Japan in a gourmet Chinese restaurant. Chang originally is from Bejing, China. Looking over the tasty items on the Hunan menu, Chang's affection for spicy dishes is readily apparent. About a third of the menu features such delicacies as shredded beef with Szechuan Sauce, diced chicken with hot spicy sauce, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and the like. He says the power behind the punch of Szechuan food is the hot cherry pepper. Chang gets his peppers pep-pers direct from China. But why Park City? Chang said he has a friend in Los Angeles, where Chang's family has a restaurant, who told him Park City needed a good Chinese restaurant with a nice, friendly, family orientation, and good prices. At the time, Chang and and wife Connie Wu were concentrating on their Hunan restaurant in Pagosa Springs, Co. That town boasts a population of only around 2,000 people, peo-ple, Chang says, but people will drive from as far away as Durango (60 miles out) to get some of his hot and sour soup or one of his spicy se' is. ing why Chang and Wu didn't cnoose Main Street for Hunan? He says the location isn't that important for Hunan. "We not walk-in type. We have specialty food, and people will look for you," Chang explains. His outlook on business is a refreshing one in Park City. "The local business is what we are looking for," he says. "We expect to do the same amount of business year-round." year-round." Going with that philosophy, he has 10 people working in Hunan each day, five in the kitchen (which isn't much bigger than many private kitchens) kit-chens) and five on the floor. He says some people think that is too many employees, but he disagrees. "We want to make everybody happy when they come in the door. You can be in and out in no more than IS minutes if you want to." Obviously, what he does works. He says the first day Hunan was open he Update The ChamberBureau is hosting 27 meeting planners in Park City Dec. 2 through 5, for the American Airlines Ski Classic. Meeting planners with companies such as Peugeot Motors, Marine Midland Bank, and Black and Decker are attending. The meeting planners will be touring tour-ing convention properties, and participating par-ticipating in a ski competition, mini-trade mini-trade show and Park City dine around. After seeing Park City firsthand first-hand the planners will no doubt want to return with their next meeting group. The American Airlines ski classic was advertised in Successful Meetings and resulted in 450 requests re-quests from planners to attend. WOta, Don't Let Another Day Co By. At Diet Center we will show you how to lose weight quickly, feel great, and keep the weight off. So call now for a FREE Consultation Diet Center Suite 217 (upstairs) 750 Kearns Blvd. Across from the Yarrow 649-6776 did maybe 10 lunches. But the word got out, and that total mushroomed to 15, then 30, then 50. After only two weeks, Chang says Hunan is up to from 10 to 120 lunches a day, a huge total, especially in the fall season. Weeknight dinners have been averaging between 70 and 80 people, with weekend nights running between bet-ween 120 and 150. All of that came from word of mouth, and repeat business, Chang says. I asked around when I was in Hunan the other day doing this story. Doug and Terry Whitney had been to Hunan three times in two weeks. Connie Dyer was on her fourth appearance, Patti Smith her third. Personally, I have to admit three trips to get a hold of that spicy stuff! It was my third trip when Chang cooked his specialty for me Hunan shrimp with hot spicy sauce. But first I had to try the hot and sour soup, his other specialty. Both were beyond compare, nice and spicy. I've also had the almond chicken, sweet and sour pork and shrimp. I've been in heaven throughout each. The place has got me contemplating a trip to China just to eat myself into oblivion! Plus, if you've got a certain dish which you cannot live without, Chang says he will make any special orders for dinner. His only request is for those people to call him one day in advance. The prices at Hunan are $3.95 and $4.95 for lunch. All lunches come with egg roll, rice, and a bowl of the house soup. Dinners are from $7.95 to $9.95 and come with the same. Hunan's hours are 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. for lunch; 2:30 to 9:30 p.m. for dinner. The restaurant will be open all day Thanksgiving. Also, as soon as the slopes open, Hunan will offer a delivery service to its customers. Check it out and spice up your life. Park City Area ChamberBureau Don't miss America's Opening Pro Cup, Nov. 26-29! The pro cup will feature men's and women's slalom and giant slalom races. In addition, the Second Visa Women All-Stars of Skiing is scheduled for Friday and Saturday. General admission for America's Opening is $5 per person, per day, while V.I.P. tickets are $25. The Winter Visitor Guide is now available at the ChamberBureau. All members are encouraged to pick up their copies at 1910 Prospector Ave. Call Nancy Volmer at 649-6100 for more information. The 198788 Ski Season is nearly upon us! The ChamberBureau wishes all ski areas and businesses a successful and prosperous season. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 010. Open 7 am to 1 1 am Mon. thru Sat. Afternoons by Appointment |