Is bigger really better? Maybe, maybe not. But in some cases it can really be impressive. Take this humungous dining table I stumbled upon at a blog called Spluch. An example of your typical bistro area tables it sure isn’t. Exhibited at the 5^th International Hospitality Equipment and Supplies Fair (HOSFAIR) in Guangzhou, China in June 2007, it has a table top that measures 25 meters in diameter, more than enough to accommodate as much as 25 people.

The table is constructed from fine hardwood. Its Chinese origins are evident in the elaborate woodwork, which features carved dragons and phoenixes. At the center of the table is a rotating disk, a characteristic of tables in most Chinese restaurants. Dishes are placed on the disk, which diners rotate to access the food they like – no need to ask someone else to “please pass the chop suey or the mu shu pork.”

And at the center of the rotating disk at the center of the table is a miniature garden. This piece of inedible greenery features miniature musical fountains whose actions move in time to music coming from a built-in MP3 player. If guests ever run out of a topic for conversation, that – and the table itself – is a good substitute. It isn’t every day that a restaurant-goer gets the chance to eat on a dining table of such grand proportions and extravagant features.

And extravagant it surely is. The table reportedly cost $20,000 to make. Understandably, it isn’t something that your regular homeowner will purchase to grace their apartments or residences. No, it’s the luxury hotels and restaurants, both in China and in other countries, that are the target markets for this table. Kind of gives the phrase “go large” another meaning.