Salt Bae Feeds Vietnam’s Communist Minister With More Than $ 1,100 Gold-Plated Steak | VIDEO

To Lam, a Vietnamese minister, was fed by the chef himself Nusret Gokce, better known as Salt Bae, with a gold-plated steak at his London restaurant, according to a video posted on social media. The fact has been harshly criticized in Vietnam.

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According to the images, the Minister of Public Security, General To Lam, went to dinner in the expensive and famous restaurant Nusr-et From london.

Critics question the choice of venue, where a plate of meat costs more than the minister’s monthly salary in Vietnam.

SIGHT: They ate at the Salt Bae restaurant and the service alone cost thousands of dollars

The video appeared first on the account of TikTok of Salt Bae but was reportedly removed after attracting media attention. However, this has continued to circulate thanks to the fact that other users of social networks made captures and copies of the recording.

Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security To Lam was cooked and fed by Salt Bae with gold-plated beef worth up to VND 45 million/piece in one of his restaurants in London. At the same table with Mr. To Lam was the Chief of Office of the Ministry of Public Security To An Xo. pic.twitter.com/hGZZqGbJZr

— Duy Binh (@DuyBnh61157516) November 5, 2021

According to the BBC, the restaurant in the upscale London Borough of Knightsbridge It has made headlines for its expensive menu. For instance, gold-covered steak ranges from £ 850 to £ 1,500 ($ 1,140 to $ 2,015). And that’s without drinks, or side dishes. Also, the service charge is 15% of the bill.

SIGHT: Salt Bae is looking for a chef for a restaurant where he charges almost $ 2,000 for a steak, but will only pay $ 16 an hour

The video was posted on November 3 to the 11 million followers of TikTok from Salt Bae. The images show the chef personally preparing meat dishes in front of the Vietnamese delegation and then giving the general a piece of meat in the mouth. To Lam.

The video also shows ministry spokesperson To An Xo sitting next to Lam.

Salt Bae prepares food for Vietnamese officials. (Video capture / TikTok).

According to the BBC, human rights activist Hoang Dung was one of the first people to post the images on his personal Facebook page and wondered why a business dinner had to be held at such an expensive restaurant.

Many social media users denounced the opulent food and compared it to poverty in Vietnam.

“My tax money has been used for luxury”a person told Radio Free Asia.

“Vietnam is still poor, but the minister enjoys so much extravagance in a luxurious place,” wrote Facebook user Mung Tin Ngo.

Nguyen Huu Truong said: Where did you get the money from? Your annual salary cannot afford that meal! “.

Others defended the diners, noting that they are entitled to an allowance for expenses during their business trips.

The Vietnamese citizen earns an average of $ 230 per month, according to the General Statistics Office.

The cost of what was consumed by the Vietnamese delegation was not reported. Nor has the minister commented on the matter.

The millionaire account

A few weeks ago, the astronomer told the London restaurant of Salt Bae went viral on social media. A group of people who went to eat expressed their disgust at the high price of the dinner, which was around 37,000 pounds sterling ($ 51,000), and shared that annoyance on the internet.

What angered them the most was the excessive cost of the table service, which came to 5,000 pounds ($ 6,900).

There is no information on how many diners were, but in detail it can be seen that they ordered a Golden Tomahawk, worth 850 pounds (1,200 dollars).

Too ordered 16 servings of a house special Baklava and four Golden Baklavas with a few servings of French fries that came out just over 600 pounds ($ 824).

But what drove the price of dinner to the sky was the cost of the drink. Nusr-Et’s diners ordered a bottle of the 1996 Chateau Petrus French wine, which came out about 9,100 pounds ($ 12,500) and two more bottles of the same wine, from 2003, which in total cost 19,900 pounds ($ 27,000).

This was the millionaire bill. (Photo: Private archive).

By the end of the mealCustomers toasted with a Dom Perignon rosé champagne, at a cost of 1,620 pounds ($ 2,200).

That means that in total they spent 30,620 pounds just on alcoholic beverages, which in dollars would be 42,000.

The excessive final price was also fed by an element that many users of social networks considered abusive: the table service.

In total, the price of the dinner was 32,194 pounds ($ 44,250) but to this was added 15% for “table service.” That is, about 4,829 more pounds (6,600 dollars).

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