Segur is
popular
fixture

Ches Michel's cast of char-
acters has changed over the
sears, but its key components
reraain® Michel Segur, good
quakity French food and wine
and 22 atmosphere that is at
once familiar and sophisticat-
ed.

The restaurant's kitchen
quality has survived the
departure of such talents as
Gerard Page and Joseph
Lassaga.

The former, as ‘Table
Hopping r s will Know,
was a Ches Michel original
who initially lett Segur’s
kitchen to launch the highly
regarded La Belle Sole.

lage returned to Ches
Michel in 1993, then depart-
ed late last year to launch the
Cordon Bleu Cage in the
Lower Lonsdale area,

His departure, though
lamented by Ches Miche!
fans, opened the deor for
chef Dominic Ragenard to
ride the range in the West
Vancouver restaurant’s
kitchen.

And a skilled rider, he has
proved himseli to be.

Ragenandl’s menu is nor
radically removed trom previ-
ous Chez Michel menus.

The restaurant's clientele
is not big on radical changes.

Many are long-time
patrons from the more
mature and distinguished end
of West Vancouver's social
register,

They are big on formal
dress, hound’s sooth blazers,
shirts, tics and exotic jewelry.

They have net come to
Ches Michel to single tire
latest entree du jour experi-
ment frons the world cuisine
front fines,

They are here to savor a
side of Mussels Provencale or
French Onion Soup followed
with perhaps a steaming bow!
of Bouillabaisse or a Beef
Tenderloin.

And accompany those
selections widt a bottle of
fine French Bordeaux from
Ches. Michel's extensive
French wine list. Much of

NEWS photo Graci Ledwidge

FRENCH FARE... A table at West Vancouver’s Chez Michel restaurant laden with
Goat Cheese and Smoked Salmon Salad, Duo of Sea Bass and Salmon and
Sundried Cherry and Blueberry Mousseline Cake.

that list ranges in price from
$20 to about $50, but tor
the more discerning viticul-
iuralist, Ces Michel stocks
more challenging bottles such
asthe fine Chateau La Tour
de Martillac ($66) from the
Graves district of Bordeaux
and the rich white Corton
Charlemagne ($100) bur-
gundy.

Segur has improved his
offering of wines by the glass
since the fast Table Hopping
visit. There are now 10

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