Wok of Fame: Chinese Diner's 24-Karat Hotpot Creates Buzz

A clip from southern China has gone viral where a woman prepares and feeds herself from a hotpot bowl made of pure gold worth 700,000 yuan (about ₹8.1 lakh). The 1-kilogram pot was tailor-made for one of the clients of the woman's gold and jewelry store in Shuibei. The advertorial clip has attracted a mix of amazement and dismay among social media followers. Comments varied from admiration of the rich's quirky expenditure to concerns about possible harm to the valuable vessel. The owner of the shop said he had received a repeat order for a 500-gram gold hotpot, indicating an emerging trend of high-end dining in China.
Source: News24