$8 - Friday, December 13, 1985 - North Shore News

Partners test
culinary waters

From Page 57

and laced with a feisty pep-
per sauce,

The restaurant also prides
itself on keeping a steady
supply of Blue Point Oysters
($5.50) on hand at all times.

Wine selection at the Chef
and Carpenter has amazing
depth for the restaurant’s
size, reflecting the astute
viticultural knowledge of

voted somewhat salty;
Bouillabaisse Marseillaise
($13.95), shoulder-to-
shoulder with crabs, prawns
and assorted seafood; and
Halibut Dijonnaise ($10.95),
rated ‘‘very nice.”’

Service, courtesy of Buffet
and Robinson, was unob-
trusive, precise and profes-
sional.

The Chef and Carpenter
Temains one of the West
End’s (the North Shore’s
most popular suburb) better
examples of French charac-
ter and French cuisine.

Open every day for dinner
from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m,
and for lunch Monday to
Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 2
p.m.

JACQUES BUFFET and Gilbert Bouvier in the cozy

Buffet, Bouvier and Robin-
atmosphere of the Chef and Carpenter.

son.

Leading a trio of former
Testaurant compatriots in a
test of Chef and Carpenter
food, service and patience, I
opened with a Tomato and
Basil salad ($2.95) — simple,
fresh and accompanied with
a subtle vinaigrette.

PASSAGES CLEARED

“A bottle of 1979 Faiveley
Rully burgundy ($26) cleared
all passages for an excellent
Filet Mignon Madagascar
($14.35).

The meat, when measured
with the official Table Hop-
ping callipers, clocked in at
two inches in depth; the
Madagascarian sauce
featured an outspoken
cream, cognac and pepper-
corn blend,: which played a
hearty backdrop to the rare
tenderloin cut.

Elsewhere around the
table, magnifying glasses
and years of restaurant ex-
perience were focused on
Gumbo Novelie Orleans
($3.95), a spicy seafood
broth full of Cajun fury,

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& Happy New Year

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and future customers

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