The main time-honored restaurants in Suzhou include Songhelou, Deyuelou, Laoqingtai Mutton Restaurant, Xinjufeng Restaurant, Du Sanzhen, Wanfuxing, Donglaishun, Wufangzhai Noodle Restaurant, and Zhu Hongxing Noodle Restaurant.
Deyuelou
Deyuelou was founded during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It is a famous century-old restaurant in Suzhou. It specializes in Suzhou cuisine, especially river delicacies. feature. Li Gongdi store has an exterior with white walls and black tiles, and a magnificent interior. The fried eel paste is good. After it is served, hot oil is poured over shredded ginger and green onion. It is sizzling and fragrant. There are no broken bones in the eel, and the mouth is full of tender and smooth fish meat. It is fresh, sweet and delicious.
Songhe Tower
The Songhe Tower on Guanqian Street has a history of more than 200 years. If you want to taste authentic Suzhou cuisine, this is the right place. . His Tai Chi soup is also a must-order delicacy for customers: it is made with tofu soup and chopped shepherd's purse in the shape of Tai Chi. It has a light taste and a unique shape. Songhelou has the longest history in Suzhou. It is not only the cradle of modern Subang cuisine chefs, but also one of the first batch of Chinese time-honored catering brands recognized by the Ministry of Commerce.
Old Qingtai Mutton Restaurant
There are two Old Qingtai Mutton Restaurants in Zangshu Town. The old Qingtai Mutton Restaurant’s braised mutton, mutton soup, White-cut mutton etc. are all good. Zangshu mutton is a specialty of Suzhou. It is said that Lao Qingtai Mutton Restaurant has a history of more than 100 years. The current owner is the fifth generation. If you want to eat mutton, you can try it here. The taste is absolutely authentic.
Xinjufeng Restaurant
Xinjufeng Restaurant was founded in the 30th year of Guangxu's reign. It is a Subang cuisine restaurant recommended by Suzhou locals. It is decorated in an old-school style and uses Wooden furniture and waiters are mainly from Suzhou. Among the restaurant's special dishes, the refreshing stir-fried shrimps, delicious crabmeal tofu, tender eel paste, and melt-in-your-mouth cherry meat are the "Four King Kongs" that must be ordered.
Du Sanzhen
A time-honored Su-style braised food restaurant, the braised food will be updated according to seasonal changes, especially during the winter solstice, people who buy duck with honey sauce will be disappointed. There was a long queue, the scene was very spectacular, and the taste was sweet, a traditional Suzhou flavor. The sauced pork, barbecued pork, goose and other dishes in the store taste very authentic, and many people in the local area will buy them.
Wan Fuxing
A time-honored brand in Suzhou, most famous for its various cakes. The cake dumplings are supplied in different seasons. In spring, there are green dumplings; in summer, there are stir-fried meat dumplings with some soup poured on them, which are delicious; in winter, there are sugar rice cakes, lard rice cakes, and eight-treasure rice cakes, which are full of ingredients. There are also Suzhou delicacies such as green dumplings, eight-treasure rice, mint cakes, sugar rice cakes, fried meat stuffed dumplings, and yellow song cakes.
Dong Laishun
Dong Laishun was founded in 1903. This is a hot pot restaurant. The bottom of the pot is old Beijing hot pot. The dishes are very rich and home-made. smell. Especially the mutton, which is very unique. The mutton tastes delicious. There is no salt in the bottom of the pot. There are many seasoning options. There are more than 80 sheep and scorpions in a small pot. It is still very real. Donglaishun traditional mutton, top-quality mutton, lamb rolls, and fresh beef wool. The belly is very good.
Wufang Zhai Noodle Restaurant
Suzhou Wufang Zhai Noodle Restaurant was founded in 1854 and is a famous "Jiangsu time-honored brand". The old shop Xianfeng mainly sells a variety of Su's sweets, rice pastries, noodles, and snacks. It uses Suzhou people's favorite foods as raw materials to make sweets such as sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings, red bean sugar porridge, crispy beans, lotus heart soup, ice snow cake, and rose cake. snack. Wufangzhai Xianfeng Old Shop focuses on the Suzhou food tradition, and the taste is typical of Jiangnan, salty and sweet.
Zhu Hongxing Noodle House
Zhu Hongxing was founded in the 1930s. It is a time-honored Soviet-style noodle restaurant. In Lu Wenfu’s novel "Gourmet", the protagonist is not Zhu Hongxing. Not eating noodles shows how famous it is. The facade of this store on Guanqian Street is decorated with square tiles similar to the screen wall in the Humble Administrator's Garden. The store is decorated with dark red wooden tables and chairs and sells many types of noodles. The braised pork noodles, fried fish noodles, and fried eel noodles have a high attendance rate. The noodles are chewy and the soup is delicious.