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hike five km of dipsy trails. About four hours later, Cardiff zooms island explorers back in his 27-foot, 12-passenger taxi for another highlight — a 45-minute cruise to the Madeira Park wharf at Pender Harbour, just 31 km north of Sechelt. $250; $330 with pictograph excursion to Nelson Island. Or, finish off at Garden Bay's Blues Festival (June 1 to 3) or Pender Harbour's Chamber Music Festival (August 16 to 19) or Jazz Festival (September 14 to 16), both in Madeira Park. —Cherie Thiessen 604-989-2628; malaspinawatertaxi.com ON THE ROAD DROOL BRITANNIA THIS YEAR'S All British Classic Car Show at Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Garden features a colourful bouquet of Lotuses — in honour of the 60th anniversary of the engineering firm automaker Colin Chapman started in the stables behind his father's North London hotel. Chapman died of a heart attack in 1982, but not before his Lotus Group WORDS TO CHEW ON Picks-of-Pan Asia IT IS NO SECRET that Vancouver has some of the best Asian restaurants in the occidental world, but what has been a secret, until now, is the great recipes used in those eateries. Enter veteran food journalist and nosh blogger Stephanie Yuen. Her cookbook, East Meets West (due out in April), is an insider's glimpse into the kitchens of some of the city's most high-profile dining establishments as well as its most delicious hidden gems. Dishes range from easy sides such as wok-fried spicy green beans (the most popular veggie in Mandarin restaurants) to marathon slow-cook soups such as Vietnamese beef pho', and Yuen's sources run the gamut from media darling and sushi master Hidekazu Tojo (Tojo's) to relative newcomer and Nepalese chef Abi Sharma (Café Kathmandu). D&M Publishers, 2012; $29.95. beyondchopsticks.com Chef Takeshi's salmon tempura: bcaa.com/wok (Lotus) Nigel Mathews, (book cover and insets) East Meets West/D&M Publishers p12-15_FreshTrax.indd 15 of Companies had become the winningest manufacturer in Formula One racing and a pioneer of design innovations that live on in so many cars today. The Mazda Miata, for instance, owes its look to the Lotus Elans built between 1962 and 1973, and the electric Tesla Roadster is based on the Lotus Elise. >> Also being honoured at the Union Jack showand-shine: 110 years of Norton motorcycles, a history that includes Vancouver entrepreneur Nelson Skalbania briefly owning the company in 1993. May 19. 604-644-9067; westerndriver.com/abfm WESTWORLD >> S P R I N G 2 0 1 2 15 1/27/12 7:59:50 AM

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