Comments on: Seattle: Cedars Restaurant on Brooklyn

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:41:45 +0000

There’s a new South Indian restaurant in town (West Broadway btwn Oak and Laurel) called Saravana Bhavan. Strictly vegetarian, and South Indian instead of the northern (Moghul) Indian cuisine popular in Vancouver.

Good food, very reasonable prices. Friendly staff, nice decor and room. Highly recommended :-)

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:02:10 +0000

Or she’s thinking: “Hmm that must be Ben of the famous Chowtimes …. I need to get his autograph !”

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:52:29 +0000

The naan looks so yummy!

The woman in green in the first pic looks mad like she’s thinking “why are you pointing that camera at me!” :)

By: RobynT

RobynT — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:28:51 +0000

yum… i think i had that relish served with papadum or some other bread-like thing. it was more fragile than naan. not sure if that is the same thing, but it looks kind of similar.

By: Rukya, London

Rukya, London — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:24 +0000

The condiment is called ‘achar’, which is basically Indian-style pickles. Unlike achars, chutneys are usually something you can eat alone.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:47 +0000

Now I’m craving some Indian food. Too good! I’m glad you loved Cedar’s though. It’s one of my favorite restaurants.

I don’t know if I mentioned this or if you want to even know but the tips that you give don’t go to the waiters/waitresses/servers. Instead, they just get a higher wage. I’m not quite too sure where the tips go though.

The chicken dish is Tandoori Chicken Tikka. If you guys ever go back to Cedar’s again, make sure you try the Mango Lassi.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:06:05 +0000

“…so little ethnic population…”

I’m suprised how you used the word “ethnic” in a sentence - don’t you mean “so little ethnic minority population”?

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:56:29 +0000

Hehe, I’ve sat at the very exact table you guys sat at twice :-)

Cedars is solid indeed.

Seattle’s ethnic mix is no less than that of Metro Vancouver, it’s just that the population is more spread out geographically and the “faces” of ethnic communities may not be as obvious or densely located as the neighbourhoods here.

There’s another small Indian restaurant (forget name) on University Way around 52 Ave(?) near the old school building that serves very decent lunch buffets for around $7. I ate there at least ten times :-D

By: Erick

Erick — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:16:18 +0000

Thanks for this review. Now, we have another Indian restaurant to try besides Naan N’ Curry. Wish our kids like Indian food like yours.