International   

Banquet for the super-rich

Ian MacKinnon

Foodies fly into Bangkok for $29,000-a-head banquet

Bangkok: Not everyone can say they spent a million on a meal. But this weekend a lucky few with deep enough pockets will ascend to a luxurious Bangkok hotel's 65th floor and scale the culinary heights.

The million in question is in Thai baht. But at around Rs.12.75 lakh (about $29,000) a head, not including service charges and tax, that is still the kind of restaurant bill that buys a lot of bragging rights. It also buys some of the world's finest, freshest and most tantalising ingredients specially flown in from 35 cities around the world.

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Suicide attack at Islamabad airport
Sri Lankan planes hit LTTE base
Iranian diplomat abducted in Iraq
Work at shrine triggers tension
Ranil lashes out at Rajapaksa regime
Two astronauts and an American dream
Banquet for the super-rich
Peace talks in Somalia
Giuliani may join race
Pakistan for early meeting on Siachen
"Joint study group" talks

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu