Cause of death in-cafe-coronary is -

Reff: Text book of forensic medicine & Toxicology 6th edition pg: 112 Cafe coronary * Impaction of food in the sensitive larynx causes sudden death due to cardiac arrest. * Healthy intoxicated person in hotel while eating suddenly turns blue,coughs violently-collapses and dies. * At autopsy a large food bolus seen in the respiratory tract-larynx obstructing air passage. * Signs of chocking are absent because of high blood alcohol which inhibits the gag reflex. * Post-moem appearance-the foreign body is embedded in a thick mucus in the trachea.