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CHEZ MICHEL, SECOND FLOOR,
1373 MARINE DRIVE, WEST
VANCOUVER, 926-4913. VISA
MASTERCARD, AMERICAN Ex-
PRESS ACCEPTED. WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE FROM THE REAR.
OPEN FOR LUNCH AND DINNER
TUESDAY TO SATURDAY.

HEZ MICHEL has

always provided

West Vancouver with
one of its best French culi-
nary excursions.

table hopping

The quality of those excur-
sions has remained constant
through the 1980s and appears to
be set to continue through the '90s
despite a major change in the res-
taurant's kitchen.

Head chef Joseph Lassaga has
left Chez Michel to take over in a
new West Vancouver restaurant
soon to open in the Caulieild area.

He had been with Chez Michel
for 6%2 years providing a deft
touch to the restaurant's top-
drawer French cuisine.

Such a loss in such a tight res-
taurant family would be a major
blow to most operations.

And Lassaga’s departure will be
missed, but Chez Michel owner
Michel Segur kas filled the post
with brother Philippe, thereby
maintaining both culinary and
familial continuity without bobbd!l-
ing an entree.

The secret to Chez Michel's
continuing success, after all, is now
just good French foad, it is goad
French hospitality as practised by

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Segur and his staff.

Chez Michel has a warmth and
an assured professionalism to
which many restaurants aspire but
which few achieve.

Its atmosphere never over-
whelms or commands attention.
Rather, it presents something in-
definably familiar and congenial. It
is an aid to digestion and food ap-
preciation, not an adjunct or hin-
drance.

Segur is the master soft-spoken
host for the restaurant that bears
his name. And his head waiter,
Christian Denaire, remains the fas-
tidious and efficient service
kingpin of the restaurant's intimate
front end, providing the polish that
has helped the restaurant to shine
so brightly for so many years.

The restaurant’s menu continues
the offer an appealing slice of pro-
vincial French cookery that re-
mains at once sophisticated and
appetizing.

Its wine list excels, as would be

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expected, in French wines with a
special focus on Bordeaux.
Chez Michel also offess a

number of excellent dessert wines, -

most notably Chateau Raumieu
Sauternes ($6.50 per glass).

Sampling good food with good
wine is, of course, the object of
this exercise. So, when presented
with the opportunity to assess the
two, I find it difficult, nay
negligent, to let that opportunity
slip by.

Table Hopping therefore sampl-
ed a 1983 St. Emilion Chateau
Mauvinon ($29.95), a complex,
bone-dry red tha: immediately
added another dirnension to our
entire meal, which started with
warm, crisp crust French bread
and homemade melba toast
delivered to the taisle with our
menus.

Chez Michel also ofiers the wine
by the glass ($6.50) and the half-

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THE BROTHERS Segur, Philippe (left) and Michel (right), present
their elegant version of French cuisine at Chez Michel. The West
Vancouver restaurant remains one of the best on the North Shore.

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