There is a cost of living crisis but King Charles continues to his duty by attending State Banquets. This is third in recent months the other two being in France and Kenya(where the menus were similar-ruling class food being much the same the world over).
Usually The Times publishes a menu but it hasnt on this occasion so we will have to make to do with theBBC report which is below
BBC Report
There was a full turn-out at the state banquet in the Buckingham Palace ballroom, with the South Korean guests greeted by the King, Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
South Korea’s most famous son, Son Heung-min, the Spurs footballer, wasn’t there, but K-pop girl band Blackpink were among the guests.
Lord Cameron, returning to front-line politics as foreign secretary, was sitting a couple of places from Princess Anne.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey were among the guests, facing elaborate table settings with six different wine glasses and a line-up of silver-gilt cutlery.
The menu, written in French, included poached eggs, pheasant and a mango ice cream bombe.
Wines included a 1989 Château Mouton-Rothschild and Camel Valley from Cornwall.
These are opulent occasions, with diplomacy fuelled by fine dining, using a 19th-Century dinner service with more than 4,000 pieces.
Pheasant and a mango ice cream bombe sounds revolting.