Ningbo Old Bund

Ningbo's old Bund is older than Shanghai's: treaty-port warehouses along the Yong River that have become a strip of seafood restaurants and bars. The waterfront tables are the draw, with the city's famous drunken crab and red-sauced river fish.

Go at sunset for the river light, order the drunken crab (an acquired, excellent taste), and finish with the caramelized sweet potato dessert the city invented.