Many of Suzhou’s specialties are suitable for the elderly. You can go to Ye Shouhe or Cai Zhi Zhai on Guanqian Street, there are a lot of stuff there.

I recommend you several kinds, the ones I brought back with better response:

Jinjin Dried Tofu (braised and spicy)

Boxed Lily Cake , almond cake

halva (rose, sesame, peanut, mint)

cylindrical boxed pine nut and date paste sesame cake

Among them, I highly recommend it "Lily cake, almond cake"!