Hibachi King Begins its Reign
01.09.11
As we entered Hibachi Ruler, a recently opened restaurant on Lancaster Avenue, we were, admittedly, a bit let down at the seating options. The clean, modern dining district inside, with six dark tables, grey tile floors and glum-brown walls, was as far as diners were allowed into the restaurant.
A cordial server stood behind a small counter with red printed curtains that hung halfway down. We asked if there were tables in the caboose area, which was still visible, where we could sit by the hibachi, since we were expecting dinner and a show. Although we could see cooks at trade, she said that there was too much smoke, dust and cleaning with the tableside dining. We took a holograph menu to a table in the front area to make our choices.
We placed our layout at the counter, and added a bottle of water from the refrigerated envelope of soft drinks. While we were inspecting the beautiful carved bamboo utensil holder on the provender filled with small paper napkins, chopsticks and chintzy utensils, the server brought us miso soup and a salad that were included with our entrees.
Source: Patch.com
Meet the real green card holders
10.09.11
Of R300 per month, to a debris-loving retired rubber technologist in south Mumbai, families from all walks of spirit across the country are making all sorts of changes to their homes and their lifestyles to lessen their carbon footprint.
Often, they’re unfairly dismissed as health- and eco-minded hippies. Depending on your aim of environmental friendliness, you could see them that way too. But these people have a certain vision of soul and they do their best to live by that vision. Read on to see how and why these families reuse-diminish-recycle, and why you don’t necessarily have to waste the green in your wallet to be ‘na’.
A man of the elements Sanjay Bhalla, an engineer in Delhi with a passion for solar vivacity – think street lights and heaters – makes a duty out of it
Delhi
From the rooftop of his home in Nizamuddin, you can see the dome of Humayun’s crypt. The same rooftop where Sanjay Bhalla, a self-proclaimed solar follower,
Source: Hindustan Times