Testing the senses in Shanghai to find China's best antitourism and off-beat secrets. Dry and sometimes funny observations from a fixed gear roller, food eater and photograph taker.

Have finally worked out why the maid prefers to scatter our socks and undies around the bedroom floor. The answer, she doesn’t. We’re infested with a couple of drawer monsters.

Does anyone know a good training technique for stopping two cats from routinely prising open drawers, pulling out half their contents and then burrowing inside?