Originally Posted by
jiejie
I would put $60 USD dinners (for 1 person) at my upper end for Beijing dining,
I shoot for $20 dinners myself, which frees up $20 for lunch plus other expenses (e.g. transportation and spas), and allows me to splurge on Friday and Saturday, plus Sunday brunch (I'm saving $10 per day from my $50/day budget).
HK and SH are both much more expensive.