Restaurant's menu a pleasant
departure from standard fare

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To match our current social
standing, my wife and I stuck to
the menu's mid-range.

We tested Le Canard au Pernod
(roast duckling in Pernod sauce)
and Le Lapin a la Moutarde (rab-
bit in mustard sauce), both $15.95.

Though slightly. underdone for
our plebian tastes, the canard, with
its Pernod finish, was a pleasant
departure from standard duck a
orange. e-

The rabbit, which is not for the
closet bunny lover, was a good-
sized serving, submerged in a gen-
tle (perhaps too gentle for those
with a taste for the more vigorous)
cream sauce enlived marginally
with mustard.

Bouillabaisse ($19.95) was also
sampled, but by those who pleaded
to be spared mention in this col-
umn. Again, in keeping with the
restaurant’s seafood finesse, the
dish featured an excellent selection

A PLATTER of assorted seafood is held aloft.by Eddy Cordes, owner of
La: Cote‘ d’Azur. Included. in. this platter are -scallops,®: baby oysters,
ussels Dover sole and sturgeon. The French restaurant was, “opened i in

: -West: Vancouver in 1969

‘highly professional.

of shellfish, prawns and fish, gent-
ly simmered in full-bodied fish
stock.

We took advantage of our
wine-fuelled romantic mood and
threw financial caution to the wind
with an order of Crepes Suzette
($10).

A classic dessert delivered with

- workmanlike precision.

La Cote d’Azure is a good
French restaurant that continues to
satisfy its regular clientele. Perhaps
somewhat expensive for what is
served. Open for lunch Tuesday to
Friday and for dinner Tuesday to
Sunday.

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