38 —- Wednesday, November 25, 1998 - North Shore News

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Nouveau celebration at Chez

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Reason No. |: Eric
Christian Evers.

The talented chef recent:
lv arrived in Vancouver from
Germany; he was promptly
secured by the Winds to
carry out its mission state-
ment of creating “world
class food on the North
Shore.”

Judging by an inirial sam-
pling of Evers’ wares, that
Mission is more than an
empty statement.

It is well within the exec-
utive chef"s range.

The sampled Tartar of
B.C. Salmon presents, for
example, a compact serving
of fresh chopped salmon
combined with shallots,
spearmint sour cream and
dill. Surrounding the salmon
is a peppery salad of
chopped green peppers.

A main entree of veal
medallions followed.

It came with a side of
sliced, sauteed zucchini and
a small souffle of herbed
rice.

The two medallions were
each topped with a single
tiger prawn and accompa-
nied with a creamy lime-
tequila sauce.

Elsewhere on the Shore
Winds’ ambitious menu,
patrons will find listed under
the soup and appetizer (S7
to $13) headings such items
as Tomato soup with gin
and sliced almonds;
Carpaccio marinated in
herbs and balsamico;
Cantaloupe and melon in
Campari foam; Warm
spinach salad with roasted
bacon, diced peppers and
Pine kernels.

Acollection of 10 entrees
($16 to $23) excels in red
meat variations (Filet of
beef, New Zealand lamb
chops, Tenderloin of pork,
Diced salmon and beef ten-
derloin).

But seafood is not over-
looked. The Winds menu
includes Poached salmon,
Seafood potpourri and
Wrapped sauteed prawns in
pernod sauce.

Evers cooks with great
energy and imagination.

For example, accempani-
ment to main dishes ranges
from Strudei of seasonal

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Valid Sunday to Thursday
after 5:00 pm. Order any nwo
dinner entrees (valued up
to $13.99 zach) and pay
only s16.99!

B.S, the maximum discount ts SIO99

vegetables to fish potatoes,
champagne sauce. stuffed
fennel and lavender rice.
Small red flags here.
however: pretension lurks in
the guise of such menu ter-
minology as “dialogue of
smoked and marinated

salmon” and vegerables
batonettes. The culinary
cquasaent ot My Darier
with Aiuire, perhaps?”

Evers abso treads close to
delivering too ouch style at
the expense of substance.

Plates sampled were

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

A serving of salmon tartar graces a table at the Shore
Winds restaurant at the Lonsdale Quay Hotel in

North Vancouver City.

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works of food art, bat por
Gions were small for the dol
hars charged.

The restaurant's wine list
(SIS to SPO) is relatis chy
short, and the options avail
able by the glass are limited
to a quartet of Jackson
Triggs bottles.

The Robertsons and the
restof the Shore Winds staff
face some significant chal-
lenges.

The restaurant's location
— while offering an excel-
lent harbourside view — is
hidden away on the chird
Noor of the Lonsdale Quav's
comptes. Walk-in traffic is
therefore next to zero.

Parking remains a bug-
bear for many diners, The
perception is that available
spaces are limited, even
though after 5 p.m., the
Quay's own underground
lot should be able to accom-
modate most restadrant
Patrons,

The foregoing eventually
suffocated both Loops and
the Q-Cate. Whether they
will da the same to the
Robertsons* ambitious ven-
ture remains to be seen.

The answer is blowing in
the Winds.

aa
Chez Michel, 1373 Marine
Dr, West Vancouver, 926-
4913.

In the best of Freneh tra-
ditions, Chez Michel owner
Michel Segur is in the midst

Pi

of his annual Beaujolais
Nouveau cebration, The

event features Chee Michel's

classic Freneh cuisine served
with a variety of the vear’s
beaujolais bottlings.

This time around Segur ts

offering nouveau from Guy

Anal, Georges DaBocur
and Momimessin.

The bottles go tor
$25.95 cach and the restau
rant is creating daily specials
to complement this mar-
velousdy Hight and fruity
French wine.

1 Piece Pacific Cod P
Chips & Small Chowder &
Tuesday - Saterday 11:30 - 3:30pm

(dine 4a only)

C-Lovers North Vancouver only :
Marine Drive, & Pemberton (Behind Shell) Not vaud us any other

Pp.
1734 Marine Drive,

Tel: 922-2411
URANT

sat Vaencauvar

SOUP OF THE DAY
or
CAJUN PRAWN SALAD
BEEF STROSANOFF

or
WILD MUSHROOM
ENCRUSTED HALIBUT

“THE MERINGUE SWAN"

or

BAKED APPLE
36700 reduced to $21 ° 95

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ground beef,

ij aoa and

yagart with shallots.

TRADITI ONAL KABAB & GRILLS

* Boneless Chicken Kabab
Boneless pieces of chicken breast & thigh marinated in
traditional sauce. skewered & flame broiled

e Chellow Kabab Koobideh

Two skewers of fresh ground beef marinated with onions and
i & f

seasoning broiled orer an open flame
AS above kababs are also available with the combination of Do'mades, Shirazi salad and yogurt and shallots, please add $3.00

STEWS WITH
© Baghala Polo

RICE

Taste of

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on the North Shore

$@99
$G°9

Lima Beans steamed with dill-flacared basmati rive. served
with mildly seasoned lamb shank

e Ghelmeh Bademjan
Split yellow peas sauteed with chunks of veal in a seasoned
tomato sauce, topped with thin slices of fried eggplant
serred icith steamed basmati rice

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(Licensed)

111 West 3rd St., North Van

per couple. Lf ye order entrees vatlicd
greater than $13.99, wustill entoy
the disewnt uf $10.99 per couple.

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