Must be the dried octopus w/chili sauce, fruit assortments and noodle soups at the Korean "room salons". The tidbits come free, but the scotch that is part of the package has a tag of some 200+$ per bottle in the upmarket joints. And on a Big Deal night, there are going to be lots of bottles...

http://english.chosun.com/cgi-bin/pr...d=200107090270

From the article:

"I remember another Westerner who deplored Korean business entertainment culture. He was invited by a Korean business partner to eat Kalbi and drink So-ju at a Korean restaurant. Following dinner, he was led to a Dan-lan Jujum, a karaoke with girls. He was shocked that all the Korean colleagues sang good songs and someone sang a wonderful English song. However, the entertainment did not stop at the second round. He was also invited to a third round--the so-called room salon. He quickly realized that the real night of entertainment was just beginning.

First of all, the drinking custom was completely different. The various forms of bomb wine or "Poke-tang" (Depth-charge [UK] Boilermaker [US]), which is composed of strong alcohol like whiskey and beer were introduced to him. Despite him saying he could not drink much, they pressed him to drink with the popular expression "Do in Rome as the Romans do." They seemed to think that he was capable of paying the third round as he represented a big multi-national company. Seeing the bill there, he was shocked at the astronomical amount. Knowing that his company would not pay for that huge amount, he had to pay for that night's entertainment, as much as one month salary, from his pocket. "

Poor sod, hope not a FT member.