New York: In a security drill that would put the world’s top leaders to shame, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev turned a simple dinner with his close family into an event as his people scrutinised every food until the last detail.
Arriving for dinner at a Soho restaurant in Manhattan, Nazarbayev demanded waiters be replaced by his own lackeys, his dishes be disinfected with vodka and a doctor test every morsel of food for danger, sources said. Worried about his safety, he even garrisoned the place with his guards. A paper reported saying, “He had eight people from the (US) Secret Service inside the restaurant. As well as 15 to 20 people from his own security detail. Outside the restaurant it was insane.” The 75 year old even had his food tested by an underling. “He had is personal doctor go into the kitchen, as well, to test all the food,” said a spy. The said doctor inspected the Mamo fare by placing it “into little tubes”, then relayed the results to the president’s staff in the dining room through “an earpiece”. The meal, which comprised of truffled pizza, penne with lobster, a burger and roast chicken, was delivered to the president by his own “personal servants,” a source said.
The whole charade did not go down well with other diners in the restaurant. The Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan wasn’t available for comment.
