Cafe regalade
Located in the Kitsilano, 2836 W. 4th Ave. (between W. $4th & MacDonald), this French Bistro is cooking up a big success ever since they opened in March 2011. Lead by Steeve Raye the son of renowned Chef Alain Raye of La Regalade French Bistro (http://www.laregalade.com/) and Steeve is serving up flavourful French style dishes and occasional roast suckling pig.
After I got seated, I saw tables around me had skillets on their table and what I saw looked amazingly delicious. The server came by to take our orders and I knew what I wanted right away, the Lyon Breakfast, Lyon is what most customers order and is their top dish.
The Lyon Breakfast consist of 2 poached eggs (or any style), mushrooms, bacon, pearl onions, spinach, potatoes, and red wine sauce, salad. When I got my order, I started drooling because it smelled amazing! I was enjoying every bite and thought that I will return very soon because it tasted so good. The Brittany Breakfast (which they no longer serve) comes with 2 scrambled eggs, mussels, shrimp, fish, fish veloute, potatoes and salad. The white cream sauce was very rich and full of seafood flavour, this dish didn’t feel like a brunch dish rather more of a dinner entree, but delicious nonetheless.
Cafe Regalade is also famous for their fresh pancakes with either Blueberries or Banana to choose from. We got the blueberries and I got to say, it is one of the best pancakes around; The pancake is filled with lots of blueberries and pan fried to perfection as the side is crispy like a muffin crust.
I really enjoyed Cafe Regalade. I was already thinking of my next visit once I left the restaurant. You got to try this place if you enjoy rich French dishes, as Cafe Regalade became one of my new favourite French Bistro.
Food: 4/5
Ambience: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Cafe Regalade Website: http://www.caferegalade.com/