If Kanye West were to walk into the British Raj's dining room
and order dinner, it would cost the rapper about $17.50. But since
the restaurant is delivering -- from Wales to New York -- it's
going to cost a bit more.
For a feast of onion bhajees, chapati breads, biryanis, pappadums,
a specially prepared fish dish and vegetables on the side, the bill
will top $3,900, plus travel and accommodation for the restaurant's
head chef.
The meal was requested for West and seven guests by a music
promotion company, the restaurant said Sunday. The company had
previously ordered food from the restaurant near Cardiff, Wales,
for an after-show party for a Snoop Dogg concert in London.
But this is different. Normally, they don't deliver outside a
3-mile radius of the restaurant, which is about 150 miles west of
London. The meal will be prepared, cooled, shrink-wrapped and
packed in dry ice in the British Raj's kitchens and -- along with
head chef Kaysor Ahmed -- will be helicoptered from Wales to
London's Heathrow Airport on Tuesday.
From there, the chef is to hop a flight to New York -- monitoring
the food's temperature all the way -- clear customs, and head for
Manhattan, where the meal is to be served during a meeting
Wednesday.
The fee was arrived at by estimating the restaurant's takings for
two evenings, the time Ahmed will be away, Mohammed said.
