Recently I tried to backpack and move from Shanghai to Suzhou for a few days for a short vacation. Anyway, didn't manage to do in a low key manner cos my friends in Suzhou got to know and wanted to show me around.
Indeed it is a very beautiful place. If U watched the history of the "Three Kingdom", Suzhou is actually the capital of Dung Wu, city surrounded by water. I love the place especially the night view!!!
Golden Chicken town.
As usual, I am more interested in food and my friends took me to an authentic Suzhou restaurant. No regret cos the food was really great!
Cold dish - grilled fish. Surprisingly, the fish was served warm and tasted great.
Cold dish - vegetable. This is quite common in Jiangsu area.
Cold dish - red dates. Slightly different from Shanghai style of which Shanghainese have glutinous rice in it. This is pure plain date. I luv the Shanghai style!
Lion head
I was so happy to see a bowl of soup. My friend claimed that this is Suzhou dish but I thot this origins from Yangzhou. Anyway, "lion head" is very common also in Jiangsu area. The soup was great. The sweetness from the meat was enough to make you finished the whole bowl! WOW!
This is also my favourite dish. Stewed radish. So nice.
Suzhou has 3 main must order dishes. "3 whites" White fish, white prawn and small white fish. I find it very simple but nice.
One of the 3 most polular dish in Suzhou, the crystal white prawn. Well, so-so only eventhough they took a great pride of the dish (the 1st white dish)!
Another dish that is among the "3 whites". This is really good. They can do it in a few style.
The 3rd white - White ikan bilis, haha! This is nice.
I luv this dessert. It has radish fillings and served hot.
Generally, the food around Jiangsu are quite similar. Suzhou's food is lighter as compared to Shanghai. A lot of sweet items too but I still find that is not as sweet as Shanghai dishes.
Try order some of them when U r in Suzhou. Happy trying!
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