Hi Stacy,

I read about the prawn story on the BBC news a few weeks ago and thought it was a terrible thing for the owner of the restaurant to do!  He must have been really desperate for money to be so cruel to a diner. It will definitely put people off going there!

Below is a correction to your entry - I hope this is helpful to you.

Becky : )

The exoribtant exorbitant pricing during vacation in China

Many tourists complained about the exorbitant pricing during the week-long National Day, which finished on Wendesday. A diner said he ordered a prawn dish priced 38 RMB but he nearly pulled on a muscle when he was asked to for 1520RMB because the price was per prawn, a which was stated in small print on the bottom of the menu.
The man immediately sought intervention for from the government but to no avail. He reported the incident on Weibo (China's equivalent to Tiwtter) attracting huge attention. With China 's broadcast devoting prime time to the scandal, Chinese tourists routinely comlained about it on the Internet.
In my view, it is not honorable for a city to behave like this.  Misleading diners on the price of seafood to make the illeagal money,which will gradually make a restaurant lose it's reputations  - tourists even wouldn't like to visit there again. So the initial work for the city is promoting their reputations by government supervising. If there's no longer have overpriced eateries, the city will attract more visitors.