Expensive

Did a buffet lunch at the Leela hotel here, my hotel. Wow. The lunch was 1,400 INR about CAD 33.5. Then there was a VAT of 12.5%. I had a craving for my Gin Martini. Two Martinis later. The total bill was 2,825 INR. I looked closely, there was a VAT of 25% for "foreign liquor". What? I don't remember seeing that in Bangalore. So the taxes and my two Martinis equal to one buffet. No wonder liquid diet really make people thin.