It's Just a S$1,000 Lunch

Singapore

YOUR doe-eyed Korean dream girl might be within closer reach than you think. If you have S$10,000 in your bank account and a hole in your heart, there is a chance that It's Just Lunch Asia, a matchmaking firm, will ask your favourite actress out on a date for you.

Anisa Hassan is doing just that for a client - one of the 28 members of her agency's new service, the Men's Elite Club.

"He was like, 'I know her from this movie and that movie, and she has all the attributes that I'm looking for . . .' He's from a Scandinavian country . . . he likes only Asian women, specifically from Korea," Ms Anisa says.

"And he says, 'Can you broach this meeting for me, even if it's just for lunch?'"

To be sure, this client is an outlier even in the agency's new universe of premium dating. The club which was started about a year ago charges S$10,000 for 10 guaranteed dates with women - regular ones who are unlikely to be movie stars - within 12 mon…