Thai diner faces $29,770 lawsuit after calling $7.74 plate of basil rice expensive

VNExpress - Oct 23, 2026

A Thai man says a food shop at a Bangkok hospital is seeking 1 million baht (US$29,770) in damages from him over a Facebook video complaining that its chicken basil rice cost 260 baht ($7.74).

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