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Grex > Agora46 > #39: Saturday Morning Grexwalks and Lunches | |
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twenex
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response 12 of 163:
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Jul 3 16:02 UTC 2003 |
Another reason to want to live in the States. This isn't fair. Stop it,
people! :P
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mynxcat
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response 13 of 163:
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Jul 8 16:19 UTC 2003 |
Michigan, more than the States. I live in Ohio, US, and have never
made it to a GrexWalk.
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krj
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response 14 of 163:
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Jul 8 19:35 UTC 2003 |
The report I heard was that only kaplan, Mutsie and Barney did the
Bird Hills circuit on Saturday. Other folks made it as far as
the parking lot, looked out at the rain and decided they did not
want to get wet.
Attendance for lunch at the Golden Chef, in approximate order of
arrival: bookie, janc, valerie, arlo, kendra, Carol, kaplan,
krj, eskarina, dcat, their friend Inga.
A new restaurant was nominated for a future lunch, seconded, and in
fact met with general acclaim, due to the sign in the window offering
"101 Vegetarian Specialties!" The restaurant is Madras Masala,
328 Maynard, a new Indian restaurant in the former Sharayar space.
I think we'll go there this week while it's still new and exciting,
OK?
(Also, previously nominated by Carol and seconded by me: Aladdin's,
the new middle eastern restaurant in the former Main Street Coney
Island store front, on Main St. near Sabor Latino.
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mary
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response 15 of 163:
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Jul 8 21:49 UTC 2003 |
I'll be curious to see what you folks think of Madras
Masala. Two friends have both dined there and walked
away underwhelmed.
I asked one if it was anything like Shehan Shah and she
said, "Worse, if you can believe it." I don't think I do. ;-)
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jmsaul
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response 16 of 163:
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Jul 8 22:08 UTC 2003 |
Depends on what you get. The South Indian appetizers we had were good. The
main dishes were uninteresting (and similar to each other). The Naan is good.
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krj
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response 17 of 163:
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Jul 9 00:12 UTC 2003 |
((oops, I omitted krokus from the list of this week's lunchfolks in
resp:14 so we had an even dozen there.))
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mary
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response 18 of 163:
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Jul 12 20:16 UTC 2003 |
I'm looking forward to hearing what folks thought of the
restaurant. It would be nice to have another good Indian
food restaurant in Ann Arbor. There is supposed to be
an extraordinary one somewhere in Bloomfield Hills or
Franklin (those suburbs all look alike to me), but I don't
recall the name or location.
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dcat
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response 19 of 163:
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Jul 12 22:15 UTC 2003 |
I thought it was pretty good. It was a little expensive though-- lunch buffet
was $9.50 after tax, but I thought well worth it.
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jmsaul
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response 20 of 163:
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Jul 12 22:45 UTC 2003 |
Re #18: Possibly Priya, which is in one of the Bloomfields. I can get you
the location if you want.
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aruba
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response 21 of 163:
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Jul 13 03:49 UTC 2003 |
Carol liked it a whole lot, and I liked it too.
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mary
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response 22 of 163:
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Jul 13 13:17 UTC 2003 |
Re: #20 I don't think that's the restaurant my Indian friend
was raving about but I'm going to email her and ask. Thanks for
the offer and I'd like to know where Priya is located.
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jmsaul
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response 23 of 163:
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Jul 13 15:24 UTC 2003 |
Priya Restaurant & Bar - Phone: 248-6157700
36600 Grand River Ave, MI, 48335
I'd be interested in whatever restaurant your friend is talking about if it
isn't Priya.
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mynxcat
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response 24 of 163:
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Jul 14 15:52 UTC 2003 |
9.50 for a lunch buffet is pretty reasonable, especially since it was
the weeken. In Columbus, a decent Indian lunch buffet on a weekend is
usually $12.50, excluding tax
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dcat
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response 25 of 163:
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Jul 14 17:23 UTC 2003 |
I wasn't inclined to comment on the price initially, but others present
thought it was a lot.
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edina
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response 26 of 163:
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Jul 14 19:12 UTC 2003 |
That's about right by DC standards - and Indian food is pricey, so I usually
don't mind dropping the cash.
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jaklumen
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response 27 of 163:
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Jul 14 23:21 UTC 2003 |
resp:24 highway robbery-- *never* paid that in Bellevue or Yakima.
More like 3/4 - 1/2 that.
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i
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response 28 of 163:
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Jul 15 00:53 UTC 2003 |
Isn't Raja Rani's lunch buffet still $7.00? Not that it's huge/fancy/
fabulously presented, but it was good last i was there (Feb03).
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dcat
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response 29 of 163:
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Jul 15 01:23 UTC 2003 |
Dunno, but I had a chicken vindaloo from RR last night that was so thin it
bordered on watery. (It was, i believe, abt $8.)
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mynxcat
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response 30 of 163:
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Jul 15 18:38 UTC 2003 |
I've been to one Indian restaurant in AA. Can't remember if it was
Raja Rani. Left me sorely disappointed.
It's funny that Indian food is so pricey. Don't see any reason for it
to be. It's not like the ingredients are any more expensive than
ingredients for other cuisines. That's why I never have India a la
carte. Buffets or not at all.
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mary
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response 31 of 163:
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Jul 15 19:19 UTC 2003 |
I like both Shalimar and Raji Rani, but I think I've only been to about
four or five Indian restaurants, total, and all within the last ten years.
In general I think the portions at Indian restaurants are more in line
with what's healthy and reasonable than what you'll get served at say,
Outback. If you order a meat dish you get a little meat (maybe 4 or five
small pieces) in a moderate amount of sauce. At first I too thought of
the sauce more as spicy gravy but now I like the way it's much thinner
than that. It's not something you serve on top of rice but rather a
highly seasoned liquid that is absorbed by the accompanying rice. There
is a difference.
Too, the service is often slower at Indian restaurants. I've come to
appreciate that as forcing you to dine over time as opposed to flushing it
down.
I'm also charmed by the somewhat less friendly waitstaff. It's not
outright rude but it's not, "Hi, guys. I'm Bambie and I'll be
serving you tonight." Indian waitstaff aren't Bambies.
I was exposed to Indian food by my son, who found it while attending MSU.
So I consider the cuisine an unanticipated dividend, if you will, of a
$60,000 growth and development fund. ;-)
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furs
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response 32 of 163:
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Jul 15 19:33 UTC 2003 |
Raja Rani is the Chi Chi's of Indian food.
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slynne
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response 33 of 163:
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Jul 15 21:17 UTC 2003 |
mmmm I like Raja Rani! But then, I like Chi Chi's too ;)
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jaklumen
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response 34 of 163:
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Jul 16 01:12 UTC 2003 |
resp:31 I think I understand-- I'm not sure I'd say 'less friendly'--
maybe 'more subdued'. At least, this has been my experience. Works
for me. I tend to love quiet, cozy restaurants that aren't too
crowded and if the staff is rather calm and less... intense, it's
rather nice.
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other
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response 35 of 163:
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Jul 16 02:25 UTC 2003 |
Shalimar lunch buffet. Dig it.
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mynxcat
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response 36 of 163:
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Jul 16 12:26 UTC 2003 |
I think it was Shalimar I went to. They're ras malais are a shame, not what
ras malai should be. The food was sub-standard. Not the worst I've had, but
pretty close
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