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Sidewalk snack shops

Tongchuan Road in Putuo district:

If you fancy sidewalk snacks, then Tongchuan Road is your piece of Heaven.

Along a 100-meter section east to Wanzhen Road, you will find the area packed with diners indulging in fried noodles, Shanghai pork chops, milk tea, crayfish and other popular supper classics.

There’s been a running battle between stand owners — some of them unlicensed — and nearby residents tortured by noise and barbecue smoke rising from the night market.

Regulators say clean-up efforts are hampered by the itinerant hawkers who are highly mobile and hard to pin down.

Still, you must try the pork chop sold by "Auntie Tan" at No 1270 Wanzhen Road, but prepare for a long wait.

Each pork chop is 7 yuan.