No, the Savory has a dark green and hardwood look. True, the crabs and lobsters are splashing away their last hours in a salt water tank, just waiting for you to invite them to you table. But other than that the stereotypes are broken.

Even the names of the specialties defy the norm. The "Yellow Submarine" for example is actually the stir fry scallops and crab meat wrapped with crepes ($10.95). This is a wonderful treat, made all the better with a sweet sauce over it. Among the more traditional sounding foods is the oyster with ginger and green onion sauce ($9.50). Oh boy, is there ginger in there!

Other pleasant surprises are the shrimp and candy walnut in western sauce ($9.50), and the shrimp, scallop and pineapple fried rice ($6.96). Being of conservative tastes, I found my favorite to be the tenderloin steak with onion and black pepper sauce ($10.50). A lot of black pepper in that sauce! And that's a good thing. There was also a very interesting sauteed three shredded vegetable dish ($6.25).

Did I mention the soup? It says seafood chowder on the menu and that usually means clams and other stuff in a potato soup base. Not here. Seafood chowder ($5.95) has a lot of seafood, including little shrimp, in a mushroom soup. A ton of ground pepper makes this a very lively dish.

Possibly the least of my favorites was the Dekota chicken ($8.25). That's how they spell it. It has battered sliced chicken, pan fried with oyster sauce and garnished with "crashed" almonds on top. While the taste was so-so, I couldn't help wonder how they Ôcrash' all of those almonds. Truth to tell, even the chicken dish was good, it's just that the others were so wonderful by comparison.

We visited Savory for dinner, but they tell me that they do a great lunch business selling Dim Sum. That's a good thing to know since most people in the Inland Empire go over the hill to Covina or even Orange County to find a Dim-Sum lunch. It is good to have one here. I must go back and try it soon.

Savory is located at 9799 Baseline Rd. #D in Rancho Cucamonga. For more information, call (909) 987-9886.