Final tally

After all the dust have settled from last night's dinner party, I finally calculated out the expense for the night.

1) Ingredients for soup - RMB$85.00
- Onions
- creams
- potatoes
- carrots
- pumpkins
2) Sweet wine - RMB$250
3) Bay leaves - RMB$84.00
4) Thyme - RMB$66.00
5) Black Pepper - RMB$35.00
6) Butter - RMB$40.00
7) Baggette - RMB$9.00
8) Whole wheat buns - RMB$32.00
9) Greens - RMB$65.00
10) Taxi fare (round trip) - RMB$117.00
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Total: RMB$783.00

Calories count: Too too much with the Western style recipe!

That's funny as this amount to at least a month and a half of our eating budget if not more. Haha... Seems this is not a cheap social event for us.

Ummm.... Should we join as substitutes? Well, maybe. Last night's crowd was funny as there were mostly Americans. One of the wives asked Audrey "so you have Chinese friends?". Iron-wife just chuckled a bit.