Restaurants Details - Polling Needed - Lengthy mail, forgive me!! :)

[Arun Sivakumar.M]

Hi Frns,

 

Yesterday evening I've been roaming around to check some of the restaurants around British Council for our Farewell. I believe I've covered most of the Veg Restaurants avail there. Let me give u details of the restaurants, we all can decide based on that.

 

1. Dhabba Express / Sachin ka Dhabba - Nungambakkam

   

    Lunch Plan: Unlimited Veg Buffet

    Buffet Menu (Unlimited):

    1. Two Types of Veg Salad

    2. One Raitha

    3. Two Types of Bread (Mostly Roti & Naan, at times kulcha/paratta)

    4. Two Types of Veg Curries

    5. One Dhaal item

    6. One Veg Pulao / Veg Fried Rice (This might be of diff veg recipes)

    7. Noodles - One type

    8. Macroni - One type

    9. One Chinese Side Dish (Gravy kind)

    10. Curd Rice

    11. Hot & Sweet Jilebi

     Cost: Rs.90/- per head

     Ambience: Punjabi Style - Good & Spacious

     Duration: We've to be there by around 12.30 - 1.00pm and we can spend about 1.5hours, to the max 2 hours

     Others: After Lunch we can have Lassi or Masala Pepsi or even Ice cream or Milk Shakes each would cost from Rs.25-30/-.

                 So at Rs.120/- per head we can have a very good lunch.

                 Apart from the buffet menu we can also order other veg items at seperate cost

     Comments: I've been to this place many times with my friends (mostly 8-9ppl) for dinner. It was seriously good and worth for 90 bucks. Sometimes one of the breads - Naan wont taste that good (Roti will be good), but rest of the items will be good and the Hot & Sweet Jilebi was that buffet's very special item, I'm sure u won't stop eating. Also Punjabi's Lassi and Masala pepsi are some of the best drinks avail there.

 

2.  Punjabi Dhabba - Mount Road  

 

     Lunch Plan: Unlimited veg Buffet

     Buffet Menu:

     1. Mineral Water (Ltd - 1/person)

     2. Pappad

     3. One Raitha 

     4. Two types of veg curries

     5. One Dhaal item

     6. Tandoori Rotis 

     7. White Rice        

     8. Lassi or Matta (Ltd - 1/person)

     Cost: Rs.150/- per head

     Ambience: Low Lighting was good, but small. On the whole its Ok & Compact.

     Duration: We've to be there by 12.30pm and we can be there for only one hour to the max (Owner Requested).

     Others: Even we can go for Thali Meal which has same menu but all items are limited for Rs.100/- per head excluding Lassi.

                 And not much varities available.

      Comments: I haven't tasted here but heard it would be tasting good, but seems to be costlier for what they are giving. Though it is small, tables will arranged for 14 but for very short time(1 hr)

 

3. Asli Punjabi Rasoi (Veg) - Ethiraj Salai(Near Ethiraj College)

 

   Lunch Plan: Order n get served (No Buffet)

   Menu: Restaurant owner gave me some idea abt the menu we can order for 14, I'll list it out below:

    7 Soups - served 1/2 (each Rs.40) - Rs.280

    4 Starter Dishes (Avg Rs.80/dish) - Rs.320

    7 Gravies (Avg Rs.75/Gravy)        - Rs. 525

   15 Butter Naans (Each Rs.22)     - Rs.330

    5 Rice/Pulao/Noodles Items (Each Rs.60) - Rs.300

   14 Lassi/Milk Shakes/Juices (Avg Rs.25/item) - Rs. 350

   Total Cost: Rs.2105/- i.e. Rs.150/- per head

   Ambience: Good but small. Tables will be arranged for 14

   Duration: We can be there by around 12.30 to 1.00pm and can be there to the max 2 - 2.5 hours.

   Comments: Sorry guys after discussing abt the menu with the owner, immediately I sat there and had my dinner, the taste was average. But for that cost we're getting more items and more time, other dishes might be good but not sure, so its your choice.

 

4. Madapalli (Authentic Pure Veg Restaurant) - Ethiraj Salai(Near Ethiraj College)

 

  Lunch Plan: Order n get served (No Buffet)

  Menu: I'll list out the menu available for lunch

  1. Madapalli Special Combo (Sweet, Variety Rice, Kadhambha Sadham,

       Thair Sadham, Rice, Rasam, Poriyal, Vadaams, Pickle)   -  Rs.55/-

  2. Executive Lunch Combo (Sweet, Sundal, Vegetable Rice, Chapatti, Gravy, Thair Sadham, Raitha, Pickle) - Rs.55/-

  3. Special Combo(Fruit salad, Chappati, Roti, Gravy, Veg Rice - 1cup, Raitha, Curd rice, Lime mint cooler) - Rs.75/-

  4. Chappatti Items - Surul Chappathi, Aloo Chapati, Panneer Chappathi, Dhaal Chappathi.

  Cost: Here it depends on what you order, but on an average it would cost around Rs.120/- per head.

  Ambience: The whole restaurant is in our traditional south indian set, so the ambience is good, clean & neat, but seriously very small.

  Duration: I think we can spend only 1 hour there.

  Others: There are also some more traditional items like kaaram & sweet kozhukattai, kuzhi paniyaram, aappam & coconut milk, but it'll be available only by 3pm. So later we go, better we taste.

 Comments: Speciality here is that the items in the lunch combo are served in a Hygienic leaf cups, the one which is given in temples for prasadham :-) . Though it is small, the restaurant ppl told they can accomodate 14 in one table but not sure. But I like the place.

 

5. Sangeetha- Ethiraj Salai(Near Ethiraj College)

 

  Lunch Plan: Order n get served (No Buffet)

  Menu & Cost: I hope most of us would know the dish items available & its cost in Sangeetha. On an avg the bill would be around Rs.2000-2200/- for 14ppl i.e., Rs.150-170/- per head.

  Ambience: Again most of us would know this, its good and spacious.

  Duration: We can stay here for abt 1-1.5hrs I believe. We can get the seats if we come earlier like 12.30pm otherwise we've to wait for getting the seats.

 Comments: Everything is good but its a bit costlier than others.

 

Guys, these are the details I've collected yesterday, so please think n tell abt it.

 

Please dont get confused with the names of the first three restaurants as all are punjabi restaurants.

 

Except Dhabba Express, for all the restaurants we need to confirm by Saturday(11-09-2010) Afternoon for booking.

 

And again except for Dhabba Express I need your attendance confirmation as we need to book, also the cost is divided assuming the count as 14 heads. But I dont want to miss u guys neither would all, so pls come without fail.

 

Please reply at the earliest.

 

Thank you.

 

Regards,

Arun Siva

 

 

[Arun Sivakumar.M]

My opinion is to go for Dhabba Express, Nungambakkam and I can guarantee you that we can have some good time over there.

 

And I'm sorry guys, I've tried hard in various ways to get our batchmate Vikram's contact details, but couldn't. So we'll be missing him for the farewell lunch.

Regards,

Arun Siva

[raji raji]

my opinion is dhabba express!!! nungabakkam

[Aravind Padmanabhan]

lets go 2 dhaba xpress

[gayathri srinivasan]

4 me too dhaba express

[kala balasubramanian]

hi friends,
sunday -my nephew's marriage function 9.00am to 10.30 am.
so i can't attend this program.
best wishes for happy memorable time.
kala.b

[Arun Sivakumar.M]

Hi Kala Mam,

 

You can join us by 12.30 or 1.00pm (thats when we actually start) after attending your nephew's wedding. But please don't fail to come Madam. We can't finish our farewell lunch without you saying 'BINGO', Madam. We dont wanna miss u, so please come.

 

My Best Wishes for ur Nephew's Wedding.

 

Regards,

Arun Siva

[joicy smiles]

im also ok with that restaurant ma

[Arun Sivakumar.M]

Hi Guys,

 

Thank you very much. We'll plan our Farewell lunch in Dhabba Express, as most of us opted for it. Please find the address of the restaurant below:

 

Dhabba Express

No 112 Eldorado Building 1st Floor, Opp To Pizza Corner, Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600034

Friends, please be there by 12.30pm and guys I dont wanna miss anyone, so all please come without fail. Even the friends who said that they cannot turn up, please try to come.

 

Come On Guys Lets Rock On!!

 

Thanks & Regards,

Arun Siva

[Vijay S]

dhaba wil be fine....

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Arun Sivakumar.M <arun...@arunsiva.com> wrote:

[SriMani]

ok guys, lets rock the party!