Johnny Depp’s ‘US$62,000 bill’ at UK Indian restaurant after winning Amber Heard defamation case spotlights Hollywood’s curry mania
- The Pirates of the Caribbean star recently racked up a five-figure bill for Indian food at Birmingham’s Varanasi restaurant
- Celebrities love chicken tikka masala, samosas and idlis, along with modern creations that are not as spicy as traditional morsels, which many spice-averse diners found too hot to handle
Johnny Depp recently reportedly racked up a bill of US$62,000 for Indian food, bringing to the fore the popularity of the cuisine among Hollywood A-listers.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 59, docked at Varanasi, an Indian restaurant in Birmingham, England, with 20 other people and his friend, guitarist Jeff Beck, 77.
The actor had earlier performed with Beck at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall as part of a series of surprise UK gigs.
But the 350-seater outlet, which describes itself as a “spectacle of opulent surroundings”, is just one among several Indian restaurants worldwide that have a celebrity clientele known to spend thousands in a single receipt for piquant chaat to deep fried samosas, unctuous dal makhni, flavour-charged chole bhature, crisp naans and more.