The Marrow Spoon

On a hot day at the Great Wall of China, there is a vast array of frozen treats to tempt you away from your hard-earned RMB. You can choose ice cream bars in corn, pea, soy bean and taro root, as well as the general strawberry and vanilla flavors you'd see here at home. Pictured here? Taro, a purple root vegetable that is something like a sweet potato. In ice cream, it is wonderful, subtle and not very easy to describe. Not like potato, but vaguely maple-y is the best I can say. Anyway, if you have the opportunity do try it.