Johnny Depp's '£50k splurge at a Birmingham curry house' after victory against Amber Heard

express.co.uk:

Johnny Depp, 58, had been in the city to perform onstage with Jeff Beck when the actor and his entourage visited the chic restaurant Varanasi for exclusive use.

A spokesman for the restaurant revealed that "money was no issue" for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor.Johnny arrived with musician Jeff, 77, and a team of around 20 other people, who took over the restaurant after it closed its doors to the public to accommodate them.Seeming to be in a celebratory mood, Johnny and his entourage enjoyed Rose champagne at an estimated cost of £7,500 per bottle.It is believed that the cost of hiring out the venue for private use could cost up to £30,000.However, the portion of the bill for food, which included chicken tikka masala and king prawn bhuna, was comparatively modest.The restaurant's Operations Director, Mohammed Hussain, described his celebrity client as a "lovely, down to earth bloke"."We had a call out of the blue on Sunday afternoon saying that Johnny Depp wanted to come to eat with a group of people," he explained."I was shocked and at first, I thought it might have been a wind up," he continued to Mail Online."But then his security team arrived, checked out the restaurant and we let them have the whole place because we were concerned that he might be bothered by other diners."His team prepared a banquet for them, along with cocktails and champagne.They were offered starters including shish kebabs and tandoori king prawns, followed by a main course of butter chicken, paneer tikka masala, lamb karahi and king prawn bhuna.Johnny reportedly opted for a non-traditional dessert after polishing off his main course - panna cotta and cheesecake.The restaurant staff also "made sure not to make [the food] too spicy", in case.