<p class="title">A patron's revelation of being charged Rs 850 per boiled egg, excluding taxes, at a luxury hotel in the financial capital led to a social media furore on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It comes days after actor Rahul Bose had complained about paying Rs 442 for two bananas in a Chandigarh hotel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After paying Rs 1,700 for two boiled eggs and a goods and services tax at 18 per cent at Central Mumbai's Four Seasons Hotel, author-photographer Karik Dhar tweeted out a picture of his bill, further fuelling chatter on how star hotels charge for common items.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tagging Bose in his tweet first posted on Saturday, Dhar asked if they should launch a protest on the subject.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dhar's message on the micro-blogging site was retweeted or shared by 1,200 users and there were hundreds of comments on the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bill copy shared by Dhar showed omelets are also priced at the same Rs 850, while a Diet Coke goes for Rs 260 in the hotel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Not all the users were amused by the sum charged by the hotel, and a few also advised Dhar to be careful in the future and order only after reading the menu wherein the price will be listed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A hotel spokesperson could not be reached for comments immediately.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It can be recalled that following the controversy over price of bananas involving Bose, the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) had justified the high price.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"a hotel offers service, quality, plate, cutlery, accompaniment, sanitised fruit, ambiance and luxury and not the commodity alone," FHRAI vice president Gurbaxish Singh Kohli had said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had added that while a coffee is available at Rs 10 on a roadside stall, the same could be served at Rs 250 in a luxury hotel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It can be noted that eggs are a favourite snack in the financial capital, and hawkers dot every neighbourhood and business district, selling the protein source for a small fraction of the price charged by the hotel.</p>
<p class="title">A patron's revelation of being charged Rs 850 per boiled egg, excluding taxes, at a luxury hotel in the financial capital led to a social media furore on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It comes days after actor Rahul Bose had complained about paying Rs 442 for two bananas in a Chandigarh hotel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After paying Rs 1,700 for two boiled eggs and a goods and services tax at 18 per cent at Central Mumbai's Four Seasons Hotel, author-photographer Karik Dhar tweeted out a picture of his bill, further fuelling chatter on how star hotels charge for common items.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tagging Bose in his tweet first posted on Saturday, Dhar asked if they should launch a protest on the subject.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dhar's message on the micro-blogging site was retweeted or shared by 1,200 users and there were hundreds of comments on the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bill copy shared by Dhar showed omelets are also priced at the same Rs 850, while a Diet Coke goes for Rs 260 in the hotel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Not all the users were amused by the sum charged by the hotel, and a few also advised Dhar to be careful in the future and order only after reading the menu wherein the price will be listed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A hotel spokesperson could not be reached for comments immediately.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It can be recalled that following the controversy over price of bananas involving Bose, the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) had justified the high price.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"a hotel offers service, quality, plate, cutlery, accompaniment, sanitised fruit, ambiance and luxury and not the commodity alone," FHRAI vice president Gurbaxish Singh Kohli had said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had added that while a coffee is available at Rs 10 on a roadside stall, the same could be served at Rs 250 in a luxury hotel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It can be noted that eggs are a favourite snack in the financial capital, and hawkers dot every neighbourhood and business district, selling the protein source for a small fraction of the price charged by the hotel.</p>