Thais rise to bottomless popcorn challenge

DOZENS of Thais showed up with steel vats, cardboard boxes and all sizes of plastic containers to a mall in central Bangkok after a cinema offered “all you can eat” popcorn for 199 baht (RM25).

Pipat Lorsubkong, 39, said he was taking home about 57 litres worth of the salty snack in a huge buffet-style dish as he took part in the stunt on Monday to challenge customers to come up with quirky container ideas.

“I’m planning to share it with my family and friends,” he said as cinema workers shovelled the popcorn into buckets and boxes.

For what would have been the price of a movie ticket, customers also got bottomless soda refills to help slake what many expected would be a vengeful thirst from eating all that popcorn. — Reuters

Let’s get poppin’: People carrying steel vats, cardboard boxes and plastic storage containers as they queue during the ‘all you can eat’ popcorn campaign in front of a cinema in bangkok. — reuters