The dish in front of me is grey and shiny. “Russian dog,” says my waitress Nancy. “Big dog,” I reply. “Yes,” she says. “Big dog’s penis…” We are in a cosy restaurant in a dark street in Beijing but my appetite seems to have gone for a stroll outside. Nancy has brought out a whole selection of delicacies. They are draped awkwardly across a huge platter, with a crocodile carved out of a carrot as the centrepiece. Nestling beside the dog’s penis are its clammy testicles, and beside that a giant salami-shaped object. “Donkey,” says Nancy. “Good for the skin…” She guides me round the penis platter. “Snake. Very potent. They have two penises each.” I did not know that….[Full Text]