For each of these group meals, will individuals be able to use a credit card to pay or will each person be required to have the appropriate local money to pay?
Local currency please. The restaurants have specified they prefer just a couple of checks at most.
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Crystal Lotus (dim sum) Lunch:
We have a set menu for the food, HK$271 (before drinks). Drink prices cannot be found, but I would estimate HK$80 for drinks like soft drink/tea/beer. We will take the total at the end of the meal and divide by the number there.
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Country Kitchen Dinner:
We have 4 tables (7-8 per table); I can request a check for each table. Each table will be responsible for their check. I think the best way to do this is just divide the check evenly by the # of guests per table rather than passing it around trying to determine everyone's individual responsibility. If anyone prefers a different way, let me know.
Each table will have 1 Peking Duck. Everything else is a la carte. While I normally would recommend starters, the ones at CK do not sound appetizing - tripe, fungus, chilled jellyfish. So, I suggest we skip starters. Each table could pick 1-2 meat dishes and 1-2 vegetable dishes per table and share those with the Peking Duck, and we finish with everyone getting their own noodles and sauce as that is what they are kind of known for. Or if you don't want noodles, choose a meat/fish dish.
Here are just a few examples of the meats/veggies they offer: Shunyi Farm Gong Bao Chicken, Sizzling Beef, Snow Dragon Beef with Sugar Soy Sauce, Country Kitchen Roasted Chicken, French Beans, Baby Cabbage, Okra, Potatoes.
Alternatively, if that sounds like too much food, we could start with the duck and then everyone just order individual noodles & sauce or a meat dish.
If I could get some feedback on what everyone feels would work well for our group, I can come up with a rough estimation of cost.
