Straight A's for Market by Jean-Georges

By mia stainsby, VANCOUVER SUN
Published: February 18, 2009

When a three-Michelin-star chef comes to town, you expect swashbuckling swagger. Well, Jean-Georges Vongerichten has none of that Jagger swagger. In my interviews with him and, for that matter, Daniel Boulud, the other iconic New York chef to have opened here, there's no energy wasted on inflating their egos.

When I visited Market by Jean-Georges at Shangri-La Hotel, it was a case of shock and awe. I couldn't believe the great value for such ravishing food. And the thing that gives Market buzz is its accessibility - our bill wasn't much different than for meals at Cactus Club. And yet the quality of cooking orbits into the stratosphere. (Entree prices range from $19 to $29.)

And service is pretty much beyond reproach. I'd tell you of how they went out of the way to correct a problem we encountered, but it would identify me. Suffice it to say they went above and beyond.

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