Having your cake and paying for it

Corkage charge, yes, but have you ever heard of a cakeage charge? The 'Milk the public for everything it's worth' award this week has to go to Tutta Luna, the small Lan Kwai Fong eatery.

Never has a surprise birthday party turned into such a commercial debacle, a Backbites reader can reveal.

A group of 27 had wined and dined, quite respectably, on a week night.

However, their healthy appetites were not enough to fill the coffers of the eatery, who demanded a $10 charge per slice.

All for the laborious task of slicing the cake.

We can assume it is only a matter of time before there is a 'parcelage' levy to open presents.