I think I might have finally found a Chinese dessert I love. Imagine for a moment, you are getting a kebab, but instead of meat or vegetables, you get six strawberries. And instead of the kebab being BBQ or cooked, the strawberries are glazed with liquid sugar forming a glassy, protective shell. You don't have to imagine anymore. It's real, and they serve down the street, if you're in Shanghai. Also, the stand I got it at wrapped the fruit kebab in edible rice paper. Not for the first time I was chewing on paper, but for the first time it was supposed to be chewed on!

Pork may be the national meat of China, but it's nice to have beef every once in a while.