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Kapila Mohotti

Kapila Mohotti is the Food and Beverage Manager at the Hilton Colombo

– Compiled by Ashwini Vethakan

Stuff of Dreams

Q: If you could pick a superpower, what would it be?
A: Invisibility – I’d like to listen in on world leaders

Q: What would your dream holiday be?
A: Bumping heads with artistic folk at an artistes’ retreat

Q: Say you had access to a time machine – when and where would you go?
A: To right after a major war since the last thing I would want is to be conscripted

Q: Which fictional character would be the most exciting to meet in real life?
A: The sarcastic talking rabbit Bugs Bunny

Q: If you could have any three people over for dinner, who would they be?
A: Gordon Ramsay, Dave Chappelle and Ed Sheeran

This and That

Q: What are you most passionate about?
A: My family

Q: Which three words would best describe you?
A: Laid-back, mentor and Sri Lankan

Q: What was the last gift you gave someone?
A: A Valentine’s Day gift – ‘a happy wife means a happy life’

Q: Any pet peeves?
A: Having to call customer service a million times to tell them that my satellite TV isn’t working

Q: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received?
A: People are rich because they save 50 percent of their net earnings and spend 25 percent of it lavishly – do the math

Q: Are you more of a hunter or gatherer?
A: A hunter, I think

Favourite Things

Q: Favourite cocktail or beverage…
A: Single malt Scotch whisky (Lagavulin)

Q: And your favourite cuisine…
A: Sri Lankan

Q: Do you have a favoured genre of movies?
A: Drama – The Shawshank Redemption was ‘the bomb’

Q: What would be a good theme song for your life?
A: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses

Deep and Meaningful

Q: Who would play you in the movie of your life?
A: Denzel Washington

Q: What are you most comfortable in?
A: T-shirt and jeans

Q: Three things you’d be lost without…
A: My wife, son and collection of wines

Q: What would you like life to be in 20 years?
A: Me on a boat with my wife and son, as well as some wine, cheese and snacks – as we cruise along a river

Q: A little-known fact about you…
A: I can’t wash my eyes with soap nor can I count the number of hairs I have on my head