5 star hotels that don't serve shark fin soup

Can you recomend any?

5 star hotels that don't serve shark fin soup

I maybe wrong but this sounds like a 5 star hotel in the US that don%26#39;t serve hamburgers or steaks.

5 star hotels that don't serve shark fin soup

It%26#39;s not the same with steaks.Anyway if it wasn%26#39;t for business trip i will never visit China not only for shark fin soups but for many other reasons.

I%26#39;ll be there for 3 days on May and i will have two business dinners with some persons and i just don%26#39;t want to give my money to restaurants that serve that plate.

If you have such a strong conviction (and I respect that), then don%26#39;t go to a Chinese restaurant. There are plenty of western and international restaurants throughout Hong Kong.

Yeah all 5 star hotels have western restaurants.

Just about all hotels that have Chinese restaurants serve Shark%26#39;s Fin Soup as it%26#39;s a high margin money-maker. You would have to go Western (but then you may ask about veal or foie gras...)

As much as I can understand the reason to be ';against'; restaurants/hotels that serve ';shark fin'; as a menu item for animal rights and environmental...etc. reasons..... I somehow feel, you also need to respect and understand the ';culture'; and ';traditions'; of the area/region you are visiting as a ';guest/tourist';.

All 5 star hotels are rated and ranked here as 5 stars have their reasons, and one of them would be having a decent chinese restaurant that serves fine dining chinese items. Whether the ';shark fin'; they serve is really good or authentic or not, without this item on their menu, they wouldn%26#39;t be consider a 5 star hotel restaurant.

You certainly have your personal right, and freedom to NOT eat it, and refuse to even DINE in a hotel or live in that hotel that has it. My point is, it%26#39;s part of the many years of culture, it%26#39;s still very popular, and if you feel this strongly about it, be prepared for many other surprises.

Many restaurants here serve dim sum, and dishes with shark fin as its garnish too or part of the ingredient. This sets apart the fine dining menu items, and the class of the restaurant apart of the ';casual'; and more affordable restaurants.

I have visited many countries and cities where I do not agree with their practices, cultures, beliefs and foods that they eat locally. I think you just have to stay true to yourself, don%26#39;t try too hard to AVOID it, it%26#39;s not YOU that is doing it or eating it.

It%26#39;s no different than religion, respect mutually.

Just my opinion.

There are plenty of western and international restaurants throughout Hong Kong.

Thank you.that%26#39;s what i%26#39;ll do.As for traditions we all have to know that the world is not the same as it used to be years ago.So if some creatures have real danger we have to adopt some traditions.

I think it is kind of strange and a bit rude to go on a Hong Kong appreciation message board and mention the fact that you would never visit China if you didn%26#39;t have to. That comment has no place - especially if you are asking people for advice.

It would be like me going to a Greece appreciation message board and saying ';help me with this question about Crete - I need to know, but please understand that I am visiting Greece because I have to - I wouldn%26#39;t want to go there if I had a choice...';

What kind of answers do you think I would get to my question?

It would have been much better if you had just asked your original question without having to add all the garbage to it.

I have to agree with the post of Anyquestions. There are sides to many issues so it%26#39;s best to leave those alone on a travel board.

The list goes on...foie gras, veal, chicken farms...even corn, which is grown by fertilizer that requires large input of fossil fuels, which in turn, pollutes our rivers and land.

Hi Nik, are you saying that you plan to host two business dinners in a 5stars hotels-well, then you can forego this plan-as every 5stars hotels especially in HK shall have a Chinese restaurant,and if this Chinese restaurant does not have shark fin soup on its menu-every one will laugh and I think if they know about Greek sign-may as well,put the palm upright towards the hotel manager%26#39;s face.

More so, if you plan to entertain Chinese business associates in a 5 stars hotels,and it is not in a Chinese restaurant- I think may as well sit down,warm the seat, say hey,and just walked off.

Be very careful and learn about food cultures and customs amongst business people over here.

Of course,your other option is to stay away from 5 stars hotels and seek advice for a vegetarian restaurant.

Just a valid question- what impression you want to put across to your business diners.

This is very important especially in a business environment.