Friends who like to travel should know that when visiting a place, you can’t miss the local food, especially Suzhou’s unique Subang cuisine. Now that I have come to Suzhou, if I don’t try it, I always feel that something is missing. So what are some very delicious foods? Let’s take a look with the editor!

1. Mutton collected from books

Suzhou people have the tradition of eating mutton in autumn and winter. Mutton is cooked very well, and the most famous one is mutton collected from books. The highlight is the mutton stewed in a cedar barrel. The stewed mutton is tender and tasteless.

If you are visiting Suzhou at this time, it is best to find a mutton restaurant with a book and drink a bowl of hot mutton soup or a bowl of mutton instant noodles. In the cold season, eating a bowl of hot mutton soup will make you feel comfortable. And you don’t have to worry about not finding it, because it is available in the streets and alleys of Suzhou, which shows how much Suzhou people love this kind of food.

2. Oil eel paste

This is a traditional dish with Jiangnan characteristics and a specialty of Suzhou people. So this dish is available in big hotels and Xiaofei restaurants, and the price is both expensive and economical.

Oil-roasted eel paste is made from fresh eel. Cut the eel that was slaughtered that day into pieces, add seasonings, stir-fry, thicken the sauce, serve, pour hot oil on it, and then the dish will sizzle, so this is also the origin of the word "burning oil". Its characteristics are that the eel meat is delicious, oily but not greasy, and fragrant and delicious.

In fact, people in Zhejiang and Shanghai like to eat this dish and are very good at making it. There are local dishes and Hangzhou dishes, but Suzhou is the most famous. Now, this dish can be eaten all year round, but when it comes to seasons, it’s best around the Dragon Boat Festival.

3. Clam-meat golden cauliflower

Golden camellia, the scientific name is "Alfalfa", also called Caotou here. This is a favorite wild vegetable for people living in the Jiangnan area, and is often eaten in spring. Paired with meat dishes, it tastes even more delicious.

For example, people in Shanghai like to stir-fry pig intestines, which has become a famous local dish called Caoquan, while people in Suzhou like to stir-fry mussels and add cooking wine. The rich aroma of wine stimulates the umami flavor of clams and cauliflower, and it becomes the famous Subang cuisine "Clams and Cauliflower".

This is a famous local seasonal dish in Suzhou. If you travel to Jiangnan in spring, don’t forget to order this dish to try.

4. Cherry meat

Cherry meat is also a famous traditional dish. It is characterized by bright red color, salty yet sweet, fat but not greasy, and melts in the mouth. The way to make cherry meat is to change the knife on the whole cube of meat, and the small cubes that are replaced are as big as cherries. Then use red rice to turn its color and marinade into red, and sear the meat until it's crispy.

The stewed meat is very flavorful and delicious, without greasy fat. When you're hungry, order cherry meat with a bowl of white rice, it's a perfect pairing.

5. Mother oil boat duck

This famous Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou dish is most suitable for tasting in autumn and winter. The biggest feature of this dish is that the meat is fat and tender, crisp but not broken, rich in fragrance and unique in flavor. If you come to Suzhou at this time and eat out, don’t forget to order this dish.

Mother oil, a particularly delicious soy sauce, is unique to Jiangnan. This kind of soy sauce is brown-black in color, rich in fragrance, moderately salty and sweet, mild in taste, and delicious.

As we all know, the Jiangnan area belongs to the river system. Many people make a living by fishing and put their homes and businesses on boats. This dish originated from ship owners. It's made by simmering the whole duck in a clay pot. The original duck soup made in this way is crispy, delicious and full of flavor. Because of its delicious taste, it has been widely spread among diners and has become a famous dish in Suzhou.

6. _Fei Soup

The famous Suzhou dish "Mi Fei Soup" has a history of more than 300 years and is an authentic Suzhou dish that gourmets cannot miss. The biggest feature of this dish is that it has less seasoning and retains the original flavor of the ingredients to the greatest extent, such as the tender liver of the fish, the delicate meat of the fish, and the milky white fish soup, which is delicious and has no fishy smell.

Pufei soup tastes very particular, also known as "cold liver and hot soup". There are four steps, called "Set, Reward, Taste, Taste." As the liver cools, you can see cod liver oil seeping out of it. Let it sit for a minute, then put it in your mouth to dissolve. Then, take a sip of fish soup, yo

7. Squirrel Mandarin Fish

This is a famous Subang dish, which is characterized by sweet taste, crispy meat and beautiful appearance. Use mandarin fish as raw material, remove the bones, cut into pieces, fry, squirrel-shaped, and then pour sweet and sour sauce. After the fish is fried, its head is open and its tail is slightly raised, making it look like a squirrel.

This dish is very famous, and it is not difficult for chefs to make it. So now the streets of Suzhou are full of them. If you are not very particular, you can have this dish in any restaurant. If you are particular, go to a well-known restaurant in Suzhou or Songhelou and order this dish. Or if you have local friends in Suzhou, you can ask them.

8. Biluo Shrimp

Snail shrimp is a traditional famous dish in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and belongs to Suzhou cuisine. The method is a bit extravagant. The main thing is to oil the peeled shrimps, put them into the pot again, and stir-fry them a second time with the soaked Biluochun tea. The fragrance of the tea leaves is blended into the shrimp, so that you can taste the fresh fragrance of the shrimp in your mouth. It also has a fresh tea aroma, a fresh and tender taste, and an endless aftertaste.

My personal suggestion is to try this dish in a relatively standard hotel or an old restaurant in Suzhou. Although almost every hotel has it, it can be cooked.

However, if you want to eat authentic Robi shrimp, it is best to go to a big hotel, because only a big hotel will cook this dish so strictly following the process and preferred ingredients.