Forget bananas, 2 boiled eggs can cost you Rs 1,700


New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS): If you thought two bananas at Chandigarh's JW Marriott Hotel for Rs 442 was extremely exorbitant, think again.

Two boiled eggs at high-end Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai has cost a Twitter user Rs 1,700.

After actor Rahul Bose's banana controversy that resulted in a Rs 25,000 fine on JW Marriott hotel by the Excise and Taxation Department of Chandigarh, Twitter user Kartik Dhar has posted a bill with the caption: "2 eggs for Rs 1700 at the @FourSeasons Mumbai.

He tagged Rahul Bose with the caption saying, "Bhai Aandolan Karein (Shall we protest)?"

Even two omelettes were charged at the same price in the bill posted by Dhar, author of "All The Queen's Men".

The hotel was yet to issue a statement on this.

"Is ande ke sath Sona bhi nikla hai kya (Did the hen hatch gold with the eggs)?" posted one user.

Another posted on Dhar's tweet: "Chicken must be from very rich family..."

Last month, after Bollywood actor Bose highlighted how the JW Marriott Hotel in Chandigarh billed him a staggering Rs 442, including GST, for just two bananas, the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) said the hotel did nothing "illegal".

"Unlike a retail store where bananas can be purchased at market price, a hotel offers service, quality, plate, cutlery, accompaniment, sanitized fruit, ambience and luxury, and not the commodity alone. A coffee available at Rs 10 at a roadside stall could be served at Rs 250 in a luxury hotel," Kohli had explained.

The Chandigarh Excise and Taxation Department had served a show-cause notice to the hotel and slapped a Rs 25,000 penalty for levying GST on the two bananas, violating the provisions of its HSN/Chapter 803.

  

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  • Anil, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 11 2019

    Must be golden eggs !!!

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 11 2019

    It is our duty to confirm the rate before ordering any item in star hotels. No body is forced you to eat . I think what Chandigarh tax departments have done wrong . For a Dosa in Tajmahal hotel or sagar Ratna hotel in Mangalore cost nearly around 50 - 60 rupees. But at Janatha hotel in Gurpur, it cost only Rs10. Rate according to the standard. In education field also different fees in different schools and Government schools it is free. No body can demand free education in good schools. Foolish mentality.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, India

    Sun, Aug 11 2019

    In the same way all shops of every airport should be punished for excessive rate of items especially for tea, coffee and sandwiches...

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  • Afridi Shah, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 11 2019

    At this rate, chicken biryani would cost atleast 25,000 RS.... not for us kudla people.. for us bangude fry with rice will do wonders

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  • YOGI THUNTA, MANGALURU - NEAR PUMPWELL CIRCLE

    Sun, Aug 11 2019

    Guys ! you choose to stay in a Five Star Hotel for a status symbol ! if not you would have opted for PUNJABI DHABA which you can get anything cheaper where there is no states symbol, hygiene, ambiance, serving with smile called hospitality, neat and clean toilets, pure drinking water etc etc ...

    No show off please ! next time stay in LODGE which charge you 450 and eggs may be 25 RS. enjoy it all the way and post it INSTRGRAM and TWITTER with selfie of that unhygienic ambiance along with that receptionist who is always chewing PAAN

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