In totally unrelated news, I've discovered a little stall in the corner of campus near the foreigner's centre that sells fried meat-sticks. There was a shop like this near my first address in Shanghai, and I used to love going there, so this was great news for me (or bad, if you're speaking from a waist-line perspective).Various skewers are once again offered, but the kicker this time is that they are fried, not grilled, and come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Once they're done, they're sprinkled with chilli powder or an oily chilli paste.
Because even the stick has been fried too, a tiny square of tissue paper is wrapped around the handle and then they're bagged up or handed over as is. I was short on time, so I rushed up to class with this, one of my favourites. It's called 鸡皮 and it's delicious. 100% chicken skin, deep-fried, then slathered in an oily sauce. It's also the most unhealthy thing I've encountered since I used to work in a chippy and tried to batter and deep-fry chips in an idle moment.
Incidentally, apologies for the quality of the picture. Stupid auto-focus!
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