I stared with disbelief at the message on my mobile, it read, “Game for some Lebanese food on Sunday?”
Lebanese food and Chennai?!?
The combination sounded like Indian president and real power. Never the less, knowing the sender of that message very well, I responded “yes” with doubts in my mind. For whenever I tried eating anything exotic in Chennai, I had ended up searching in vain and stuffing myself at a local Chettinad joint. The power of Chettinad food culture is so overwhelming that even pizzas and burgers come in Chettinad variety here.
It took us quite sometime to locate the place, but finally we found it, on the road opposite IIT (Gandhi Mandapam Road) before the bridge on Adyar river. “Cedars – a multi cuisine Mediterranean restaurant” the title read. Hmm..
I was pleasantly surprised to find the place to be quite spacious and big. The walls are decorated with photographs from Lebanon and other Mediterranean countries. The décor itself is simple and charming. Smooth and unobtrusive Arabian music filled the air.
We settled down and started going through the exhaustive menu, lots of options for authentic Italian, Lebanese food are there. A waiter presented himself before us and asked us what we would like to have. We were surprised again to find that he is speaking good English and capable of explaining various dishes / beverages to us.
We started out with HumMus, a chickpea paste made by adding lemon and ginger garlic juices along with pita bread. We also ordered few drinks to go with it, most of them are house specialties like a date syrup or a refreshing lemon/mint juice. The waiter has been kind enough to explain each dish as he bought along.
I have learnt that the food doesn’t make you heavy since they don’t use oil or creams. It made of olive oil.
After the starters we ordered an exotic kebab based dish and some rice. We were told that they have hookah as well, since neither of us smoke we let it go. Despite being a little high on the cost, the place proved to be worth every bit,
All in all it was wonderful experience, for once I didn’t have to share the table with another party or raise my voice for some Sambhar.
Going there: Cedars is on Gandhi Mandapam Road, on the left side if you are coming from Anna university / IIT.
Must Haves: Jelab / Mint Dew / Shawarma / HumMus / Hookah if you like
Related Links: The world on a platter, Eating the Lebanese Way, Lebanese Cuisine (Wiki page with cross links to other foods/beverages), the image is from Hindu
Also Read: Date with my plate, Lessons in Pricing from Murugan Idli Shop, Best Eatouts in Mumbai
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Ciao Hui,
Collecting Excel tricks under the title “Notable Excel Websites (Non-MVP) Edition” is a brilliant idea…
Thank you in the name of all The FrankensTeam.
On our site there is a box with a picture and text highlighting:
This is a no-MVP site
we think ourselves “bad boys” a bit 🙂
For those who would like to know why our site is a no-MVP site, enough to click on the link:
http://goo.gl/lxDszY
Thank you again!
Thanks a lot
I really enjoyed this (newsletter). I must admit that I rarely read an Excel newsletter (and I subscribe to quite a few) all the way though, but this grabbed my attention and before I realized it, I was engrossed in it. I must also admit that most of this I don’t understand, yet. But, it excites me when I do learn something new in Excel. I can’t wait to see how much of this I can implement into my (constantly-evolving) ‘House Budget’ & ‘Family Medical’ worksheets that I have developed over the past few years! I sure hope to see more of these type of newsletters in the future! Thanks!
Thanks for doing this Hui! I appreciate being included.
I like Tom’s tip a lot. I posted about a tool I wrote to automate this at http://yoursumbuddy.com/tables-edit-query-dialog/
EXCELLENT !
Hui, This post is Superb! More over I have always been a fan of Roberto’s work and have learnt a lot from him.
Here are some of my recent contributions
1. Customising markers in a chart – http://www.goodly.co.in/customize-markers-in-a-chart/
2. Charting Hacks to work faster – http://www.goodly.co.in/5-charting-hacks-to-help-you-work-faster/
3. 7 Date formulas to make life easy – http://www.goodly.co.in/date-formulas-in-excel/
4. Customised scrollbar using VBA – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
5. Adding Direct Legends – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
Hope everyone enjoys!
I like the Excel Ninja Menus.
1. Select a cell or range then move till the 4-way cross appears. Right-Click and drag the selection to another place in the worksheet then, like a ninja, a menu full of skills and throwing stars pops up allowing me to do all kinds of awesomeness.
2. When you click the fill box on a Date and right click and drag it down, a lot of amazing Date options pop up.
I also brand my Excel to remind myself that I’m awesome. In my personal macro workbook I place the following code.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.Caption = “SuperKrishna’s Awesomeness”
End Sub
My favorite tip goes along with #17. If you try to copy subtotaled data (and in earlier Excel versions filtered data),when you paste it all the data displays instead of just the summarized data.
To get around this, select your summarized data, click on Find and Select tab and then select Go to Special. Click Visible cells Only and click OK. Now paste and you will see that only the summarized data has been copied.
You can also go CTRL+G and then click the Special icon at the bottom of the dialog box.
What a great idea, Chandoo! I’d love to be included in your next edition:) Perhaps a VBA exclusive version?
@Ryan
I will review this concept about 6 months out from the original post and be sure to keep your site in mind
Hui…
That sounds great, Hui:) I just realized I gave credit to Chandoo for the idea and I should have attributed it to you.
Sorry about that!