Le Petit Blanc food at its best

Advantages: good food, excellent range including vegetarian dishes,
Disadvantages: pricey water

...Le Petit Blanc, Brindley Place, Central Birmingham. At first, the thought of eating at LBP filled me with horror, and not just at the thought of the bill at the end of the evening. But you have to try things and that is just what I did last night. From the outisde its a goldfish bowl which surprisingly isnt a problem for diners even on a Saturday evening. The greeting staff are courteous, remembered we had a reservation, took coats with charm and seated us exactly on time. The menu arrived, was easy to read and the stff very helpful at expanding on the dishes - they knew their stuff. Additional specials were available on the Board (pity it was a single board) and on staff notepads. I ordered a Caesar salad to start ( £5.95). It arrived, was well presented but realy should have been re named - there was no anchovy in sight...

nenz 02.09.2001 · Read review
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LeBlanc Clarinets

Advantages: Look Good
Disadvantages: Difficult to Play

...Well, These clarinets look nice and sound nice. They are competitively priced compared to many different brands such as buffet and Yamaha. There is one big problem i have with them though. The layout of the keys is vastly different to every other brand out there. For the more clarinet minded, the right hand trill keys are a difficult shape to use, in my opinion, and are really hard to use. I am a woodwind teacher in many schools and would advise all of my pupils not to go for a LeBlanc and to go for the Buffet range as they are vastly superior. In my oppinion they are much more player friendly, and as you have so many other things to be thinking about while playing you do not want to have to overcome parts of the clarinet which are difficult to use. The one thing i must say is that everyone is different and all clarinets suit...

musicdave 12.10.2007 · Read review
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I'm really not unhappy!

Advantages: A lovely story about others trying to make someone smile!
Disadvantages: None

...I only happened upon this book in December despite it having been around since 2002. - Nick Butterworth - I know of the author due to his Percy the Park Keeper books which are a firm favourite with many children who have passed through my classrooms over the years! Nick Butterworth had planned to go to art college after leaving school but instead got a job as a typographic designer in the printing dept of the National Children 's Home. He then worked as a freelance graphic designer and then went on to writing and illustrating his own children's books with huge success. - Who is Albert le Blanc? - Albert le Blanc is a huge French polar bear in Mr Jolly's Toy Shop. He has sad looking eyes and even looks sad from behind with his hunched up shoulders! - The Story - Albert is seen by the other toys in Mr Jolly's toy...

neenn 02.01.2007 · Read review
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Can you bear to see an unhappy bear?

Advantages: Funny, gorgeous illustrations
Disadvantages: None at all!

...Percy the Park Keeper series All Together Now Jingle Bells Amanda's Butterfly ***So what's Albert Le Blanc all about*** Albert Le Blanc is a new arrival to the toy store and all the other toys watch him curiously as he sits in the shop window looking miserable. In an attempt to make Albert feel welcome and happy, and to wipe the (stitched on) frown off his face, they decide to put together a show with each toy performing a different act. The toys don't listen to Albert as he tries to explain that he isn't unhappy at all but frowns simply because that is the way his mouth had been stitched. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong with the show. Pickles the mouse can't remember the punch line to the joke she tells Jack in the box finds himself all in a tangle as he jumps out of his box and Sally the Hippo's ballet performance...

ally2kc 10.08.2006 · Read review
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Blancetty Blanc

Advantages: Cool and refreshing
Disadvantages: A bit artificial

...Kronenbourg is a decent enough beer (for its type), but until recently, I'd never really been tempted to try their wheat beer version - Kronenbourg Blanc. All that changed during last week's heatwave when confronted with a selection of what would usually be a mouth-watering choice of ales in the pub. It was just too bloomin' hot! My eye was drawn continually to the shiny chrome, ice-cold, condensation-saturated font of the aforementioned beer. So I ordered a tall one. Kronenbourg started back in 1664 when Jerome Hatt produced his first barrel of beer in Strasbourg. In the 1800's the brewery moved to the district of Cronenbourg - the K was added to make it sound more Germanic and hence to appeal to beer lovers, in 1947. The company attribute their growth to the period after WW2 when they began selling their premium Bièrre d...

proxam 30.07.2006 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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JPG Le Male - from a female perspective!

Advantages: Sexy smell, long lasting, great design, women love it!
Disadvantages: none

...I first bought this aftershave for my partner over 2 years ago, and neither of us have tired of it since. I bought it after a friend recommending it and I am so glad that I did! THE PACKAGING Ok, the baked bean tin exterior isn't perhaps the most original casing for a fragrance (although perhaps a useful storage pot!), but the actual bottle of JPG Le Male has become an icon because of it's unique, sexy design. It looks great on display, and I even have an empty bottle as an ornament on my shelf, alongside an empty JPG Classique bottle (the female equivalent, also in an attractive body-shaped bottle but in a dusky pink!). It looks much more stylish than many other perfume bottles around. THE SMELL Firstly, it is distinctive. I work in a bar and even in the smoky atmosphere I can still tell immediately when a customer is...

fallenangel68 29.05.2006 · Read review
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le cercle rouge

Advantages: Read Opp
Disadvantages: Read Opp

...le cercle rouge Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, this film is similar to his previous film Le Samourai, in that there are good guys and bad, and there are the cops and robbers. The translation of the title meaning the Red Circle was based upon a Buddhist motto about those people who are destined to meet, eventually will. In this film the types of scenes included are an escaping prisoner, murder scene, police man-hunt, mob battles and an armed robbery to steal diamonds. The film starts off showing a German named train running through I would guess Paris. Though scene by scene the actors performances and directions really smartly executed and cool to watch. Corey, who has just been released from prison on good behaviour notice from the police, is given a job to do by a Prison Guard. Inspector Bourvil is escorting...

costas1234 28.06.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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Le Samourai

Advantages: Great Film
Disadvantages: Viewing Aspect ratio is Low

...Le Samourai There is a small bird in a cage in a dull looking apartment room, a man wearing a trench coat and a felt hat, and he goes out of the room and adjusts his hat. Jeff Costello (Alain Delone) then jumps into a car, with a set of master keys. He starts the car, and smokes a cigarette. Eventually he finds the right key by good luck and drives off. He then meets a criminal mechanic. The mechanic gives Jeff some cash, later goes to his pocket and gives him a gun. Here during this scene not a word is spoken. This film is low on dialogue though maintains a great sense of direction, pace and focus throughout. The suspense of each scene and the plot is amazing to watch. He then goes to a flat and meets a young woman who is named Jane (Anthoine Delone). She is a woman who is there to provide an alibi for Jeff. It does not...

costas1234 20.06.2008 (29.05.2009) · Read review
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