14 - Friday. April 24, 1987 - North Shore News

Entertainment

CHEZ MICHEL

W. Vancouver restaurant
withstands test of time

CHEZ MICHEL, 1373 MARINE DRIVE, WEST VANCOUVER, 926-

4913
MICHEL Segur is a vital combinatiun of keen entrepreneur

and tireless restaurateur.

For the past eight years, his
Chez Michel restaurant has, from
its second floor location,
withstood such economic body
blows as restraint, Expo’s culinary
vacuum and the rise of numerous
pretenders to the West Vancouver
French continental cuisine throne.
Most eateries have enough trouble
corralling the fickle North Shore
restaurant market from far more

advantageous ground floor loca-

tions.

There is no secret to Chez
Michel's longevity. Segur fills his
restaurant with a natural courtesy
and amiability. His tableside staff
— featuring the unflappable and
marvellously attentive Christian
Denaire and assistant Philippe
Segur, currently studying his older
brother’s style — can efficiently
service the entire 50-seat restaurant
without leaving anyone drumming

Bourguignone (deboned partridge
marinated and cooked ia red wine,
$15.95).

{ considered the bunny, but with
Easter weighing heavily on my
conscience, I settled on the New
York Steak Dijonnaise ($13.50)
while my wife, ever the seafaring
type, chose the Seafood Crepe
($10.95).

Both choices proved extremely
enjoyable. The steak was grilled to
precise rare specifications. Its
sauce, a blend of French mustards,
including the seedy Poupon, added
a welcome nip to the meat.

My wife’s crepe was filled with a
good assortment of scallops,
shrimps and crab all beneath a
lively cream sauce and delicate
crepe.

For dessert we devoured a
wonderful Sabayon au Grand
($9.95 for two). The egg white,

concoction has the consistency of a
heavy steamed milk and is
beautifully light and creamy.

Chez Michel remains a reliable
locale for the consumption of
first-rate French cuisine.

Atmosphere, complete with rea-
sonable harbor view, is crowded
yet intimate. Open for lunch and
dinner Monday to Saturday.

TASTY MORSELS

MILIEU CHIC FOODS _INC.,
1145 ROBSON STREET, VAN-
COUVER, 684-4600; 1495
BELLEVUE AVENUE, WEST
VANCOUVER, 926-4555.

The popular and lively West
Vancouver expresso bar and light
food venue officially branched out
into the wilds of Vancouver April
9 with the gala opening of its new
Robson Street outlet.

Over 1,000 guests attended the
opening of what is a 200-seat,
7,500-square-foot dine-in, take-out
croissant, pastry and cappuccino
bar.

See First-rate

HENS photo Stuart Davis

CHEZ MICHEL owner Michel Segur prepares to pour a bottle of one of
his restaurant’s finest wines. The pooular West Vancouver French res-
taurant is filled with natural courtesy and amiability.

fingers upon tables or exchanging Grand Marnier and white wine Page 15

impatient sighs.

KAMEROS

The Finest of Greek Cooking
OUR GREEK PLATTER FOR TWO

Greek Salad, Kalamari, Meatballs Dolmades,
Spanakopita, Souvtaki, Satziki, Homous, Moussaka

ve. SPECIAL £14.95

2422 MARINE DRIVE, WEST VANCOUVER
‘ Reservations, Ph. 922-5751
We cater to groups.

Chez Michel food has also.
withstood the test of time.

On a recent Friday evening visit,
my wife and I found the restaurant
packed with patrons taking advan-
tage of Chez Michel’s Early Bird
special.

Between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.,
Chez Michel features a selection of
five entrees, all for $9.95.

Segur’s latest marketing flourish

has obviously hit a responsive .
chord with the various restaurant -
flocks on both sides of Taylor
Way. .

Since it began March 23, the
early bird, bonanza has revived a
formerly moribund dining period,
which restaurant-goers usually in-
vest in such last-minute prepara-
tion as dashing about madly look-
ing for matching socks or stock-
ings without runs.

Having missed the early bird
bus, we perused the regular Chez
Michel menu and began with a
Michel’s Special ($6.50 regular,
$11.50 large) appetizer plate.

The selection of cold hors-
d’oeuvres featured generous por-
tions of pate, smoked salmon,
shrimp, tomatoes and avocado.
Presentation was colorful and

When you want a bite or a feast. We are
proud to serve your favorites, made with
only the finest ingredients, fresh daily.

The Inn place for evenings...

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