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[JanionGuy]

Maybe the landlord took down the signs Matisse put up?

 

I can't imagine they "really don't care". 

 

I'm sorry, i admit i am being a bit harsh, but i've seen the writing on the wall for some time.

[jonny]

Fair enough. I admit, all the huffing and puffing on their website about the landlord increasing the rent seems odd. Shut up, go about your business and find a new location.

[JanionGuy]

Fair enough. I admit, all the huffing and puffing on their website about the landlord increasing the rent seems odd. Shut up, go about your business and find a new location.

 

My feelings precisely.  I smell a smoking martyr here, 

[VicHockeyFan]

Plus this sign was odd:

 

[Gary H]

...  I'm glad i had a number of good meals there years ago, syonara.

 

In Memoriam...

 

We went there once, in 2014, for my wife's parent's wedding anniversary.  I picked up the tab - gulp!  

 

It was truly great fine dining french cuisine.  They had an outstanding chef, but the maitre d's personality could rub some the wrong way.  Probably the BEST sable fish I've ever had in Victoria.  Their "low fat" menu page was a great laugh.  After a quick search of my archive I found some pics...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[VicHockeyFan]

What's that last thing?

[Nparker]

Plus this sign was odd:

OMG! It's the Ghost of The Original Christmas Village. 

[Nparker]

What's that last thing?

Crème brûlée?

[Gary H]

Crème brûlée with a spun sugar sculpture and cookie flame.  I mean what chef takes the time to do this stuff?  

 

P.S. thanks Nparker, I cut and pasted your font - or special characters, or whatever.

Edited by Gary H, 21 February 2017 - 08:06 PM.

[Nparker]

.P.S. thanks Nparker, I cut and pasted your font.

As did I from the 'net. My French typing skills are pauvre at best.

So with Camille's gone and now Matisse, where does one go for an old-school classic French dining experience?

[Matt R.]

Brasserie l'ecole

Deep Cove Chalet

Matt.

[VicHockeyFan]

I thought maybe is was a clover-trap humane rat trap.

[JanionGuy]

They had an outstanding chef, but the maitre d's personality could rub some the wrong way. 

 

 

He employed several chefs over the years at Matisse, but the Maitre D'? Well, that would have been one of the owners.  Yes, it was a bit of show, but the meals were always exceptional.

 

We always did the wine pairings with our meals.  And he was always more than happy to swap out menu items on the fixed price menu for personal preferance.  

[Nparker]

Brasserie l'ecole

Deep Cove Chalet

Matt.

I always think of Brasserie as more contemporary French.

It's a shame getting to the Deep Cove Chalet is virtually impossible without a car. They offer a $100 appetizer of scrambled egg & caviar. Now that's French. Their Prix Fixe menus run $62.50 - $80.00.

[JanionGuy]

A new website i see for the Dump Cove Chalet.  

 

My wife and i lived 1 km from them for 24 years.  Walked there every year on our anniversary  for 10 years plus one or two other meals every year or so with guests and friends.  

 

They don't care about the locals. That's where i met the past owner of Matisse.  

 

I remember 25 years ago the opening page of their menu stated "No soup or salad for dinner.  You need to order from the full menu" or some such nonsense

 

The last time i went there (perhaps 6 years ago), a guy was smoking a cigar at the table beside us while yelling into his cellphone.  I mildly complained to the waiter (CRD bylaws, smoking inside, etc.).   I didn't get very far....

 

Today, from their website, the same kind of B.S.

 

 

From their lunch menu:

 

 

 

 

 

And for light eaters, sorry, no salads as a main course!:

 

 

 

[Nparker]

The total French dining experience: snobbery & arrogance. What more could you want?

[JanionGuy]

Un peu de respect, s'il vous plait?

[Matt R.]

And old Pierre smoking in the kitchen.

Matt.

[JanionGuy]

And old Pierre smoking in the kitchen.

Matt.

 

ya got a laugh out me! So true

 

outa here... I'm going back to my skiing.  Good night John, Matisse, Pierre, Dump Cove Chalet,

 

[Gary H]

I've eaten at both Brasserie l'ecole and Deep Cove Chalet.  IMO, Brasserie isn't a good substitute, it's more of a bistro - no white table clothes here, but it's certainly great for a steak or burger and a Trappistes Rochefort #10.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The one time we ate at Deep Cove we were not impressed.  They burnt the bread and while the lobster bisque and beef wellington were okay, it wasn't good enough to warrant a return trip, especially given how far away it is - and did I mention they burnt the bread!

 

 

 

Edited by Gary H, 21 February 2017 - 09:05 PM.