Need an explosive, flavourful bite-sized starters and mains? then, this place is the one you need to waddle in. My favourite is the Arabic Chicken dum biryani’s masala-rice, it has a unique flavour, one morsel of it and your tastebuds are delighted 😋
The Shishtaouk hummus pita starters are yum! The hummus served is fresh. And the Lamb mandi, the rice served was as usual taste but not dry. The meat in it wasn’t tender enough but it had flavour, musta been cooked in some special arabian gravy.
The restaurant should have been in closed doors but not an open seating kinda theme, but that’s just me who don’t dig into open seating themes as flies and mosquitoes irks me.
The food was good - well cooked, spicy (unexpected but pleasant), and yum. Had the grilled chicken and hummus delivered and it tasted just as good as it would have tasted at the restaurant. However, I expected a larger serving for the price, and the pita should have been softer.
I've ordered chicken mandi via ZOMATO, called the restaurant and specifically told to not to add chicken leg in the mandi, which they accepted. My mouth is just watering writing review. The best I've had till date. Better than I had in Dubai too. Amazing flavor of Rice, juicy chicken. Soulful Mandi.
Excellent hospitality, comfortable for couples and partys. Food was great we can enjoy all types of arabian dishes
I’ve been visiting this place since quite a while and trust me this has been my favourite weekend hang out place the food is amazing and this place feels like you’re in an arab country. Don’t fall for the negative reviews the staff and the food also the ambience everything is top notch here! Just visit this place once and you’ll definitely come back again and again!
An hidden excellent place to explore for food lovers an calm cool place to spend all over desert atmosphere with Middle East paintings on walls most lovable is camel in centre we ordered lamb kofta along with mutton raan as suggested by staff which are perfect in taste and quantity we were 5 members all done with heavy raan in main course we ordered lamb Mandi mutton pieces were soft and juicy rice was authentic in taste we are about to pay bill but want to taste desert requested by manager so ordered paan shot phirni which is excellent as it tasted paan flavor to give feeling of complete dinner it has become one of my favorite place in Hyd will visit soon again
We visited these place with friends as suggested by one of my colleagues as we enter we went into a different atmosphere of desert with camel in the middle all over middle East paintings coming to food shawarma an authentic taste not tasted like these before in Hyderabad as we r 6 we ordered a new dish sikanderi raan as suggested by manager it's mutton raan perfectly cooked and tasted as well last we had chicken special Mandi which is authentic in taste we r fully satisfied with food want to visit again with family
Be polite and friendly, this is a place for party's, and meetings, I love the food,staff also very close finally love the weather
Not because they asked for review, this place is really good and especially waiter(Ranjith das) is very obedient and well known abt the food wt he is serving.
A fine example of a specific kind of restaurant. It can be delicious food with excellent staff service. You may think about coming again if you wish to taste a particular kind of cuisine. ... Staff always ready to help, extreme cleanliness, posh atmosphere and delicious food with perfect.👌
The food was very nice.especially shistouk hummus pita was amazing .good ambience and good staff . Try the arbian biryani it was very nice .all is good so pls visit that place I
5 star rating for the ambience . Very nice place for Mandi fans
There setup will be totally Arabian entrance covered with sand that was nice
Food was very nice I had pizza that was very nice . Krishna suggested very tasty food in the menu. The best place for families I love that place.....
Place is quite and peaceful.it makes you feel away from town. Snacks was very good
Price . Normal
Service . Very spped and polite staff
Totally all is well
We are visiting the date for dinner yesterday night it was very nice place and ambience food was very good Mandi is good and falafel humms pita is authentic dish I love that veg starter and Arabian dish is chicken chelow kebab very nice taste so I suggested to u friends pls visit the place.it best place for couples and families and birthday parties and private parties . Service is very nice and polite staff . Krishna is best service boy in the date restarnat .
As DATE, is always one of my favorite restaurants.. visited with my friends. Had a new vibe with beautiful theme paintings..
Delighted to see the updated menu with Indian starters & curries ..
Ordered few new adds on like chicken wings, Tikka, Cydia kebab. along with rotis and planner lababdar curries along with traditional lamb mandis. Felt like having a feast with friends ..
Definitely recommend the place to visit with friends and family.. as kids love playing in sand along with camel( statuette)
Nice Food in Hyderabad with good Ambience.
Amazing place for Biryani.. best in the city
Visited a short while ago good Ambience , joy for your tasty pores.. mind peace place...
Calm Place, Vibrantful & Reasonable!!
One of the best peacefull place, private space with good amenities,food,staff are good in serving everyone should must try biryani and the sitting place is good and live music. best hang out place
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More than the taste you will like the variety of cuisines belonging to Middle east they serve. And the place resembles The middle east environment.
New management and food quality is awesome now.. ordered mutton mandi and the meat was tender and delicious.. 5 🌟 service
The food is scrumptious and the drinks are blended so well. The ambience here is chill and relaxed with an Arabian night vibe. I would like to visit it more often.
This is the best Mandi place I had been to in Hyderabad. Has tried Fish/Chicken Mandi here and both were finger licking good. Chicken shishtouk the serve in starter is one of the best kebabs I ate till now.
Good Food, good ambience and good service, staff were courteous. All the Arabian food fans Give it a try for sure.
Especially wraps were a definite try food
Excellent food
Planning to visit again and again along with the family.. Especially non veg items are delicious and very tasty to eat well..
Amazing Food and Service, i don't want to comment on the ambience which you can check in pictures from other reviews.
Try the Arabian Briyani it tastes really good and so do all their kebabs.
Loved the Mandi as well. Definitely try it. Rates are very reasonable.
Must try Baster Chicken fingers!
Service 4/5
Food 5/5
Value for Money 5/5
A wonderful Arabian experience starting with the food, ambience and the playlist that was being played. Wonderful and courteous staff. The quantity of the food might be a bit less but the taste, behaviour of staff and the overall feel makes up for it big time.😁
This place is actually in middle of no where. We went into a lane besides 100 feed road.
The ambiance , the desert setup is good. It's was a fun. The food is great
The ambience is nice with dim lights and Sandy track , you will feel like in desert place.
Coming to food , I ordered Lamb on a bed of hummus, shishtaouk hummas pita and Mandi with Bbq chicken.
Shishtaouk and Mandi were awesome.
Place is quite and peaceful. It makes you feel away from town. The sause with the biryani was pretty good.
Price: normal
Food experience: Average
Ambience: peaceful
Huzaifa Ahmed | Adventures.of.kitchen
+4
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I have been to this place few days backs with my friends for dinner & to try iftaar menu !!
The ambiance are simple decent and it's best part about this place is they have theme of desert ! They have 3 seating section one is ac / non seating & another one low seating Arab style.
We have ordered the Mocktails :
> Mango dream
>Cranberry
>Miami
This all three was amazing & it was totally refreshing!
Let's get started with appetizer
>chicken jujeh kebab
>Harrisa chicken skewers
>Veg cigar rolls
>charmula basted cottage cheese
This all appetizer was really good in taste & prefectly fried & well cooked . CHICKEN JUJEH KEBAB was juicy well cooked & prefectly marinated with spices . HARRISA CHICKEN SKEWERS was a really amazing taste . Veg cigar rolls & charmula basted cottage cheese this both was so amazing yummy & well fried it has Churchy .
In main course we order from the Ramadan special menu .
> Chicken Mandi platter
>Chicken biryani platter
> Shawarma
Chicken Mandi platter was amazing !
Chicken biryani platter need improvement in briyani rice .
Shawarma was amazing & served with hummus & pita bread !!
I recommend you to visit this restaurant with family and friend. Here staff is so friendly and kind .
Overall rating: 4/5
A few days back I was here at the Date restaurant which as one can guess from the name itself serves Middle Eastern Cuisine. As you enter the restaurant premises one is literally taken to a Middle Eastern Desert Safari kind of ambience. They have sand filled garden with a realistic camel statue. And it's through small paved walkways through the sand that we are lead to the seating areas. They have many different seating options to choose from. One is the classic Mandi style low seating with chandeliers & velvety curtains. The other is the normal modern seating with air conditioning. And the last is the seating from where you can catch live your favorite game on a huge live screen.
Coming to the food lets see what all we had!!
We started with Tomato & Basil soup was super tangy and a bit disappointing. Choice of cream soup was more subtle and creamy compared to the tangy tomato soup. Fattoush chicken salad is a bread salad which had fried bread pieces in it. The salad was not the best I've had. Feta Olive dip lacked the rich flavours of cheese and tasted mostly of hung curd only.
After these we moved on to the starters. Veg cigar rolls were really nice. They were crisp on the outside and cheesy on the inside. Harrissa Chicken Skewers was out next try and I loved it. It is basically chicken marinated in Harissa sauce or a chilli pepper sauce and grilled to perfection. Cottage Sheesh Kebab was good but it could have been more flavourful as it felt a bit mild for my taste.
Charmula Basted Fish Fingers served with potato wedges was also pretty decent. The fish could have more seasoning but the wedges were just perfect. Chicken Cydia Kebab was amazing and I strongly recommend this dish. It is spiced hung curd marinated chicken which is then grilled.
Next we tried their pizza. The one we had was the Turkish Chicken pizza. It was okay. The heart of the dish is the dip it is served with without which the pizza is pretty bland. They use pita bread as the pizza base. We also tried their BBQ chicken Mandi. It was pretty good especially the Mandi rice. But the chicken contrary to the name of the dish was normal fried chicken and not BBQ.
One does need some moctails to wash down all the food. We tried Ocean Blue, Strawberry Splash, Miami Breeze and Virgin Mojito. All were good but the best has to be the Virgin Mojito as always.
For dessert we had Baklava and Pan shot Phirni. The pan shot phirni was really good while the Baklava was decent but not the best I've had.
Best place and decent Ambiance.
Polite and good Service provided.
Time spent well.
Kuddos to the Restaurant and the team.
Love to visit again.
The moment you step in this restaurant you will definitely feel the middle eastern vibe. The outside area is completely covered with sand and cute floor lighting with a camel statue as the center of attraction.
I was here to try out their ramzan iftar special menu. We tried the biryani with various starters including barmula basted chicken, chicken 65, tawa roti and phirni. All the starters were quite decent, the biryani needs to be worked on a little. But for the price they are offering, i cant complain.
We also tried their mandi which was good too. They also offer shawarma with chicken 65, hummus and pita bread and a dessert for 199 INR also. Quite reasonable I must say. We did order some starters like harissa chicken and chicken jujeh kebab which were good. Mango mocktail was my favorite followed by strawberry splash.
The place is really lit in the night. A nice place to visit with your family.
Date is an Arabian restaurant with a beautiful ambience of sand and lights.
Moving to the food ordered for
Veg Cigar Rolls: It's a mix of vegetable cooked with borac spice and rolled into filo pastry served with mint mayo
Charumula Basted Cottage Cheese: it's Paneer fingers with crispy coating
Chicken Jujeh Kebab: This is charcoal grilled, and chicken is marinated with curd and saffron.
Harissa Chicken Skewers: Flavoured with red chilli, vinegar, cumin and garlic.
Also tried their iftar menu which has a combo of mandi/biryani, starter, dessert.
Mandi rice was decent but biryani on the other hands needs to be worked on.
Loved Their shawarma and their pita bread with dips this combo for 199 is a bomb you should never miss. Though it's only available for this month.
Tried their mocktails too, loved their Mango Dream white the other were too sweet and need to be worked on.
Date- having a habit of visiting newly opened restaurant, visited this restaurant last year in the month of april, being heard about this restaurant in recent times , i have decided to visit this restaurant again. So visted here during Ramadan days, last week.
Easy to locate, or may be as i visited here before, it was easy to locate.
Date - The Middle Eastern restaurant, this would be seen from a distance, with a board on heights making attractive with lights.
The lane which takes us to restaurant is fully decorated with lights. Lights in the darkness, the best combination to attract anyone.
Soon as we enter the restaurant, we will notice a Camel 🐫 at the centre. Restaurant is a theme based, which gives us, DESSERT feel. Ground has sand all over the pathway heading to different seating arrangements. Restaurant has got both indoor and outdoor seating (ipl screening).
On my first vist to here, i have experienced seating outdoor, so this time it was indoor seating to be experienced.
Mocktails(summer essentials)
Sunrise.
Miami.
Cranberry mint cooler.
Mango dream.
Strawberry splash.
Miami is something unique here. With 3layers of juice.
Food👇🏼
Veg Cigar Rolls : this is served with sauce, and salad 🥗. Cigar roll has all Veggies added and deep fried.
Charmula basted cottage cheese: This is something which is must try here. And i have personally liked it.
Veg biryani: needs improvement. As restaurant is more focused on non vegetarian. It didn't expect my veg biryani to be that great. So yeah, it was not a disappointment.
Iftaar menu is available from 6:30pm , which is 199rs +gst.
First thing that comes to mind is the ambience it gives u vibes of desert and inside u go seating too is very colorful 5 for that l, food we tried kebabs which were good mandi too was OK service was a bit slow but they tried their best overall u can go for ambience
Amazing food.!! My friends from the US had visited India and we came to this place as I know the food is authentic middle eastern food.. which was exactly what my friends wanted to try.
We started off with Shushtaouk Chicken with Hummus and Pita Bread... The chicken was perfectly grilled n had the right balance of grill-tenderness-juicy. The hummus and pita bread was perfect. I am foodie and I would recommend everyone to try this dish. I'll be going there often to try more dishes. Oh and my friends lost their minds tripping on that delicious chicken and ended up ordering the same dish two more times.
5 star for the ambience a quiet place to eat Chicken Mandi
There is all sand in the entrance
Nice place to visit for dinners because of its ambience
It's awesome, the place is very quiet, actually I ever eat this kind of food it's really delicious .. It's really superb. Néed to visit again an again..
Food is very delicious and tasty. Looking forward to come again and again . Also will invite my frnds next time......Every peron love this food.
Good taste of food with great serving, i will always prefer this restaurant, go and have the taste here, every time i will go and have the food here
Nice food friendly environment. Looking forward to come once again. Good items excellent taste.
Planning to go with family and friends next time
Good food, good place, nice environment, polite people and good management. I will visit again very soon. Thank u rajeev for referring this place.
Been there for a get-together with my childhood friends along with kids. Ambience was very pleasant. Kids loved the place.
Food was very nice. Especially veg cigar rolls and veg mandi. The taste of raitha was very good. My child loved the cigar rolls. Mocktails were also too good.
Nice place to hang out with friends and family.
Food and place was very good and pleasant. I recommend this restaurant. Very tasty food. This will be one of my favorite restaurant from now onwards.
Superb ambience to spend time with family and friends, having authentic food and enjoying IPL is the best thing here. Without pan shot it is not finished.
Perfect place for middle east food. Unique ambience. Recommend for people who workout and want good appetisers. Friendly staff . Decent portioned and rightly priced
We went at 11:30PM after a tired and boring day, But the food over there just complete our day with such a nice dinner.
We had 2 mini chicken one is of tandoori chicken mandi and another one is barbeque chicken mandi.
The service is very nice over there.
Ambience is lively place with a projector running music on the screen.
Cool breeze and songs are the best combo over there.
Good place to hangout. Loved shishtouk hummus pita. Lamb pita sandwich was awesome. Good ambience. Don't miss it. I went during night time. Parking was good.
Good place. Well decorated. Good ambience. Polite people. Initially were skeptical about the place. Looking at good reviews at Zomato went there. Loved it. Food was tasty. My children too enjoyed the food. Lamb pita bread was awesome. Go for it. U wont regret.
Really a great place to visit. Good ambience. Tasty food. What else u need. Harrisa chicken and lamb pita sandwich are my favourite items. This place surprises me every time I visit. Loved it totally
Ambience -5/5
Food-5/5
Cost-5/5
The best is sheek kabab, hummus,sweet pan phirni,their mock tails and ambience is at it’s best
I strongly recommend this place
Date - A Middle East Food Affair, located in Madhapur; is a casual dining restaurant with a perfect ambiance for those who want to experience Middle Eastern food in one place. True to its name, this restaurant is built to showcase its Middle East theme. It is built in a huge place and brought up proper dessert feels with sand all over the ground and pathways leading to their different seating arrangements. In the center, there is a huge camel statue, which stands as a center of attraction. There are three types of seating arrangements; one is a proper Middle East style seating on the floor with heavy curtains draped all over., next is the outdoor seating with normal tables and benches set up. People can enjoy IPL live screening if they opt to sit outside. Next is the casual indoor dining place.
It offers delicious Arabian and Lebanese dishes with a wide variety of options.
Lahm Kofta : It is ground meat flavored with herbs, spices, and other ingredients. Soft and Juicy, and is served with salad and Pita Bread.
Lahm Kobideh Kebab: Tender and delicious kebab, served with Tomato flavored dip.
Chicken Peri Peri: Chicken was little undercooked and salt was on the higher side.
Chicken Joojeh Kebab: Chicken pieces are smothered in a delicious saffron chicken kabab marinade. Flavourful!!
Lamb Sambsuik: Chunks of perfectly cooked spiced up mutton, circled by hummus and Pita bread. I personally like it
Pita Bread with a platter of four different dips like Hummus, Garlic Mayonnaise, tahini sauce, and Baba Ganoush. Loved all of them.
Lamb Chello Kebab: It is a Persian dish with aromatic saffron rice, flavored with butter, served along with ground meat kebab .
Lahm mandi: A bit disappointed with this, as the rice lacks flavor. But the mutton pieces were extremely tender and flavourful .
Vegetable Biriyani is clearly a high quality dish.The rice is perfectly seasoned and didnot miss the authentic taste of any vegetable .Perfect dish for vegetarians......
Cigar rolls are crisp with a perfect combination of sausage .A must have at date.....
Date restaurant is a place which serves authentic middle East cuisine and ambience will give you perfect desert feels. Whole set up will make you feel like you aren't in Hyderabad. They do have indoor and outdoor seating. The temperature in Hyderabad will not show any mercy, I would prefer indoor seating only.
When it comes to food we started with
Chicken peri peri: Chicken was lil chewy and the peri peri sause flavour was not very well mixed.
Lahm kofta : I really liked it. Perfect mixture of Arabian and Indian spices.
Lamb kobideh kebab: kebab was tender and flavourful. Served with garlic and tangy tip. Taste was good.
Chicken jujeh kebab: Small chicken pieces, well marinated in the yogurt based marination sauce. Chicken was grilled and it was soft inside.
Lamb sambsuik: lamb pieces surrounded by hummus and pita bread. Was not very happy with the lamb. Taste was not that great.
Pita Bread was served with four different dips (Hummus, Garlic Mayonnaise, tahini sauce and Baba Ganoush) the pita bread was a little bit thick but soft from inside.
Lamb chello kebab: Flavoured rice with kebab. Rice was cooked in meat stock and the flavour was just perfect.
Shawarma: Shawarma was very juicy and really like the filling.
Lahm mandi: last week when I had this mandi was so impressed and wanted to try once again. But this time was lil disappointed with the rice. Was very dry and the pieces were not very juicy.
Lakshmi Narayana Vitta
+5
I have enjoyed my get together Lunch party at Date Restaurant. We had amazing time with my friends and their kids in a separate dining room with privacy. The main attraction of Date is the Camel (Idol) at the entrance in the sand which make us feel like we are in dessert. I liked the Veg Cigar Roll, Falafel and Hummas with Pita, Veg Mandi & Baklawa. Overall the experience was really good.
Hayavadan Rao / The DeccanFoodie
+4
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From the past few years the number of restaurants that serve middle Eastern cusine has been increasing. Have been here with a group of friends. The ambiance of the restaurant Date is different when compared to the other restaurants . It's a spacious place and has three different types of places to sit. One being a typical way where we can sit on beds and eat food on low rise tables. The centre of attraction is the camel that you see when you enter the restaurant. The food is also good. My personal favorite veg Cigar Rolls and the churmula basted cottage cheese. They have a separate menu for the mocktails also. The only disappointing part is the service. Overall the experience was really good ! Date pe date ku Saab jasakte be it with family or friends !
Date restaurant
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Are you looking for a middle east cuisine in and around madhapur along with some different style of ambience... then this is the place where u should reach along with ur friends....
Ambience -
The place is little away from the main road...As soon as u enter u can see a different atmosphere as this place has different types of sitting arrangements... It has outdoor seating which is similar to dhaba style, they even have mandi sitting and indoor sitting.The place has dessert style feeling.
Food -
Food is the main important part of any restaurant... So we had the following items over here and we gonna share our response regarding the food
Soups-
Chicken cream Soup
- White cream soup along with chicken gave it a simple texture and is very tasty.
Roasted tomato n basil soup - Tomatoes roasted and made into soup and adding basil to this gave a different flavor and is perfect.
Salads -
Fattoush chicken salad
- Chicken boiled pieces along with some veggies like capsicum,cabbage,tomato,onion along with nachos and salsa is the best thing to have.
Feta olive dip with pita bread
- Pita bread served along with yogurt mixed with olive oil and feta cheese.
Starters -
Veg cigar rolls
- The veggies rolled in a sheet of dough made of all purpose flour and they are in the size of cigars and are very crisp.
Cottage shish kebab -
Cottage cheese is nothing but paneer which is grilled along with bell peppers and served with mint flavored sauce.
Harrissa chicken skewers
- The harrissa chicken skewers are the chicken marinated with harrissa sauce and then grilled which was too good in taste.
Charmula basted fish finger - The fish fingers are served along with potato wedges and mayo flavored with tomato and which is a perfect combo for this.
Chicken cydia kebab
- Chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and grilled and then served along with mayo and sauce.
Pizza-
Turkish chicken pizza
- This pizza has pita bread as base and is very thin. Th toppings are veggies and chicken pieces which are cut in the shape of fries and the cheese was perfectly spread.
Main course -
Arabian bbq chicken mandi
- The mandi is served with the bbq flavored chicken pieces and is topped along with cucumber,fried onions,fried kismis,onion and boiled egg sliced into two.They even serve mayo and two types of gravies which makes it even tastier.
Drinks-
Strawberry splash
Ocean blue
Miami breeze
Virgin mojito
Desserts-
Baklava -
Baklava is a turkish dessert which is stuffed with nuts sweetened with sugar syrup and honey and this is the one which you should try.
Pan shot phirni - Phirni is a dessert which is made of grounded rice and this phirni along with pan flavor is something new to try.
Staff and service -
The staff and the service was good.They are very helpful.
A place with great potential. A well designed corner with all the elements to make it a fun eatery. With quite a few seating options you can make yourself comfortable anywhere. The dingy lighting in some of the areas give a dessert dhaba feel
The menu is Arab and continental. The food wasn’t quite as impressive as the menu. My favourites were the lamb on a bed of hummus. The slightly chewey lamb with pine nuts flavoured with mild Arabic spices and served with fresh pita and hummus was quite nice. The dip platter was another crowd pleaser. The lamb kubideh was also rather decent. The chello Kebab with saffron rice was rather dry, but was still decent. The baklava wasn’t as fresh as I’d hoped. The outer filo pastry was soft and lent a soggy pastry feel.
Prices are decent. Service is decent. Not too crowded with customers tricking in steadily. I’d pay them a visit if I was in the area
A sandy middle eastern corner in Madhapur that aims for an Arab experience. Complete with middle eastern menu, Arab seating and a camel figure smack in the middle of it all.
Although not a fancy place this simple eatery offers both indoor and outdoor, table and floor seating options. A projector adds to the experience especially when you don’t want to miss out on your favourite sports.
The food although not authentic is decent. my favourites from the menu were the dip platter and the lamb kubideh. I was thrown off by the red colour of the Kebabs but the subtleness of the spices had me appreciating the meaty taste which captured the essence of Mediterranean cuisine.
Plating is definitely not their forte and quite a few items were a hit and a miss. The feta cheese and olive dip was quite impressive. The creamy dip tasting strongly of feta perfectly complimented the soft pita breads. The baba ganoush was another hit. Personally not a fan of egg plant but the date made it magical. The hummus was impeccable and made to my favourites
To sum it up date is a quiet place, great for romantic dinners and cosy evenings. Service is decent and so is the price. Bonus: They have Zomato Gold
Food is amazing.
Ambiance ; I liked it as it really gives you the feel of arabic city.
Service is also good. Hygiene is also good.
Match on low volume can be enjoyed.
Recommended: visit after 6 PM you will definately agree with all of above.
I have tried below and trust me they all are really good.
Falafal wrap
Fattoush Salad,
Hummus with Pita bread
Dips; Hummus,Garlic, Cacik(my fav)
Baba Ganoush
Hummus dips are something which you may not like at every ME restaurant and this one has passed in my list with high score.
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