Both Barack Obama and Lee Hsien Loong eat with the common folks - but differently

The picture of Anthony Bourdain treating American President Barack Obama to a cheap $6 meal in Vietnam has set social media abuzz.

The President's chopstick skills are on point . #buncha #hanoi

A photo posted by anthonybourdain (@anthonybourdain) on May 23, 2016 at 7:22am PDT

This was what the crowd looked like outside the Vietnamese cafe in which Obama and Bourdain ate. Like Bourdain, our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong too likes to treat famous personalities to a good meal at food outlets where the common man eats. Not too long ago, he treated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indian restaurant Komala Vilas, and this is what the crowd outside the restaurant looked like. [caption id="attachment_50782" align="aligncenter" width="500"] picture: TNP[/caption] But unlike Obama who is surrounded by common folks as he wolfs down the $6 meal, our PM is surrounded by... [caption id="attachment_50784" align="aligncenter" width="620"] from one angle - servers and security[/caption] [caption id="attachment_50783" align="aligncenter" width="650"] from another angle - empty tables[/caption] [caption id="attachment_50785" align="aligncenter" width="450"] from yet another - Minister Ong Ye Kung[/caption] And then when he goes out to eat at hawker centres... [caption id="attachment_50786" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Person who took picture said PM was “swarmed with guards” while he lined up to place his order.[/caption]