BUSAN, Friday 4 June 2010 (AFP) - Sea bass, beef ribs and traditional Korean dishes will play their part in shoring up a fragile global recovery Friday as ministers of world's top economies meet over a three-course dinner.

With the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe forcing countries there to trim the fiscal pork, ministers in Korea will face an array of waistline-expanding delicacies, heapings of Korean "bibimbap" rice and succulent beef ribs.

The officials won't drink a formal toast in the name of austerity, but they will have access to some "accompanying wine" and rice wine, a G20 spokeswoman told reporters.

With finance ministers and central bankers secluded in a heavily-guarded hotel, reporters were unable to confirm what the topic of dinnertime conversation might be.

"I'm not able to talk much about the agenda or things like that," the spokeswoman said.