http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/chez-pierres-free-food/02-24-2009/index.html Life in Edinburgh: Scotland's capital city. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/chez-pierres-free-food/02-24-2009/index.html#comment-65826 Former customer Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:36:55 +0000 http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/chez-pierres-free-food/02-24-2009/index.html#comment-65826 It does seem that Pierre can't take even a hint of criticism! I've eaten at Chez Pierre once and wouldn't go back if I were paid never mind it being free. It does seem that Pierre can’t take even a hint of criticism! I’ve eaten at Chez Pierre once and wouldn’t go back if I were paid never mind it being free.

]]> http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/chez-pierres-free-food/02-24-2009/index.html#comment-65550 pierre levicky Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:56:24 +0000 http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/eating-out/chez-pierres-free-food/02-24-2009/index.html#comment-65550 OH LA LA!!! Some more experts, some more historians, Wikipedia the future of the nation!!! Is it a blog, is it a blurb!!! Oups! More to the point: was it at all relevant. Pierre Victoire never collapsed due to more than 10 millions pounds of debts, there were 147 restaurants and yes I was indeed banned to be a director during 13 years in Scotland, I did not spent these years in the wilderness!!! Ouba ouba!! As far as the genius entrepreneur!!! Entrepreneurs are often victims of success and failure because entrepreneurs do things. It would have been fair to add that Pierre Victoire only collapsed after 10 years of incredible success!!! Success, failure, success, failure, see RBS... Is there any relevance between this corporate, historical non factual nonsense and a Free meal at chez Pierre last Sunday? Well I don’t think so. The food though, of course, I know I was there, I cooked it... Indeed your text is relevant. That your party was greeted with a Free leafy salad (this is a salad!) with a free taster tapas of prawns and pate should have been a feast on its own, this was free, tasty yet simple and enjoyable! The Free main courses 1- the skirt steak, I thank you for cutting and pasting Wikipedia again (I learned some new things too!!! Imagine, Cornish pastry and fajitas...) on my part I can only say that both Onglet and Bavette are cuts of meat that I have used for many years in France with our famous, steak frites salade. I am glad you found it tasty, indeed it is a very tasty cut of beef. Free Tasty beef!!! Free tasty steak,(on an aside, I am hoping to get hold of some strip and hanger steaks in the near future) 2-The fillet of Seabass, (not in batter as wrongly reported) but coated with freshly made breadcrumbs, I know (I did the breadcrumbs at 8.30 am this very Sunday morning) did indeed have a skin- Again, this was not intended to be fish fingers!!! These were Free fillet of Seabass in fresh breadcrumbs served with a garlic and lemon mayonnaise and fries (not exactly your usual fish and chips, but a different kind of fish and chips). The leafy salad hopefully would have gone down well with it! Am I glad you found the seabass decent, my fishmonger too became quite irritated reading your text this morning!!! Could it be that with or without skin seabass has irritating qualities!!! The crepes, well what can I say, warm crepes filled with Vanilla icecream and fresh strawberries are likely to get cold quicker, in fact anything filled with ice cream will get cold!!! Incredible! That we accompany our desserts with a rich, unctuous, meltingly rich chocolate sauce, well!! What can I say... a question of taste Though I thank you for the photo of the éclair, indeed it does look good with the chocolate sauce, the strawberry, the dash of raspberry coulis, the whipped cream. At 2 pounds!! Regarding beer shortage, I thank you again for your wisdom, indeed again not running out, enabling us to sell more beers make great sense. Can I add that you also enjoyed a free coffee in our free Sunday all day offer!!! And how disappointed I stand that you did not even mention it. Overall thank you for attending but frankly would it not have been simply better to write: “I’ll be Damned! Free French Food chez Pierre all day last Sunday!!! How great is this!!! Indeed over two hundreds of our customers new and regular, did thank us for it without exception this very same Sunday”. Here is to hope that they all rush back the next time!!! OH LA LA!!! Some more experts, some more historians, Wikipedia the future of the nation!!!
Is it a blog, is it a blurb!!! Oups! More to the point: was it at all relevant. Pierre Victoire never collapsed due to more than 10 millions pounds of debts, there were 147 restaurants and yes I was indeed banned to be a director during 13 years in Scotland, I did not spent these years in the wilderness!!! Ouba ouba!!
As far as the genius entrepreneur!!! Entrepreneurs are often victims of success and failure because entrepreneurs do things. It would have been fair to add that Pierre Victoire only collapsed after 10 years of incredible success!!! Success, failure, success, failure, see RBS…
Is there any relevance between this corporate, historical non factual nonsense and a Free meal at chez Pierre last Sunday? Well I don’t think so.
The food though, of course, I know I was there, I cooked it… Indeed your text is relevant.
That your party was greeted with a Free leafy salad (this is a salad!) with a free taster tapas of prawns and pate should have been a feast on its own, this was free, tasty yet simple and enjoyable!
The Free main courses
1- the skirt steak, I thank you for cutting and pasting Wikipedia again (I learned some new things too!!! Imagine, Cornish pastry and fajitas…) on my part I can only say that both Onglet and Bavette are cuts of meat that I have used for many years in France with our famous, steak frites salade. I am glad you found it tasty, indeed it is a very tasty cut of beef. Free Tasty beef!!! Free tasty steak,(on an aside, I am hoping to get hold of some strip and hanger steaks in the near future)
2-The fillet of Seabass, (not in batter as wrongly reported) but coated with freshly made breadcrumbs, I know (I did the breadcrumbs at 8.30 am this very Sunday morning) did indeed have a skin- Again, this was not intended to be fish fingers!!! These were Free fillet of Seabass in fresh breadcrumbs served with a garlic and lemon mayonnaise and fries (not exactly your usual fish and chips, but a different kind of fish and chips). The leafy salad hopefully would have gone down well with it!
Am I glad you found the seabass decent, my fishmonger too became quite irritated reading your text this morning!!! Could it be that with or without skin seabass has irritating qualities!!!
The crepes, well what can I say, warm crepes filled with Vanilla icecream and fresh strawberries are likely to get cold quicker, in fact anything filled with ice cream will get cold!!! Incredible!
That we accompany our desserts with a rich, unctuous, meltingly rich chocolate sauce, well!! What can I say… a question of taste
Though I thank you for the photo of the éclair, indeed it does look good with the chocolate sauce, the strawberry, the dash of raspberry coulis, the whipped cream. At 2 pounds!!
Regarding beer shortage, I thank you again for your wisdom, indeed again not running out, enabling us to sell more beers make great sense.
Can I add that you also enjoyed a free coffee in our free Sunday all day offer!!! And how disappointed I stand that you did not even mention it.
Overall thank you for attending but frankly would it not have been simply better to write:
“I’ll be Damned! Free French Food chez Pierre all day last Sunday!!! How great is this!!! Indeed over two hundreds of our customers new and regular, did thank us for it without exception this very same Sunday”. Here is to hope that they all rush back the next time!!!

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