Since the establishment of a stall in 1870, the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Caizhizhai has been passed down through four generations before liberation. In practice, it has created many famous brand products with national and Suzhou local characteristics. Its characteristics are exquisite selection of materials, fine processing, rich nutrition, sweetness and deliciousness. It not only has the characteristics of traditional Chinese candy, but also absorbs the advantages of Western candy, making it unique.
Headquarters location: Guanqian Street, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province
Huang Tianyuan
Huang Tianyuan was founded in the first year of Daoguang (1821). It was first founded by Huang Qiting, a native of Cixi, Zhejiang. There is a rice dumpling stall near Duting Bridge in Dongzhong City. The rice dumplings are of good quality and the business is good. After several years of operation, he rented a small house in Dutingqiao and opened Huang Tianyuan Cake Ball Shop. Now it is a well-known time-honored cake shop.
Its sweet-scented osmanthus white (yellow) sugar rice cakes, Soviet-style scallion oil sesame dumplings, four-color lard rice cakes, various seasonal pastries, quick-frozen cake series foods and large-scale artistic cakes, all in different shapes , the taste is soft, waxy and sweet. It highlights the tradition, flavor and characteristics of Suzhou pastries.
Address: No. 86 Guanqian Street
Daoxiang Village
Daoxiang Village is located on the east side of Guanqian Street. It was founded in the 38th year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1773 AD). ), named after the Daoxiang Village in the Grand View Garden in Cao Xueqin's famous work "A Dream of Red Mansions", is currently the most famous professional store with a long history of producing and selling Suzhou-style pastries in Suzhou, and is also the most representative store that comprehensively inherits and develops Su-style pastry shops.
In addition to the characteristics of ordinary Soviet-style pastries, its clear water rose mooncakes, sesame halva, sesame cakes with pine nuts and jujube paste, meat-wine cakes, smoked fish, shrimp flounder and other traditional foods. Its unique characteristics are seasonal freshness and equal emphasis on taste and shape.
Address: No. 72 Guanqian Street
Wanfuxing
Founded in the first month of the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911), three buckets are stored in the store The cake mold is the tool used when the shop was first opened, and it has a history of 95 years. According to research, these three bucket cake molds are the only "orphans" of Suzhou-style cake dumplings left in the world, and Wan Fuxing now regards them as the treasures of the store.
Wan Fuxing's pastries are "fat, fragrant and soft, sweet and waxy, with simple colors and beautiful shapes", which are loved by young and old alike.
Address: No. 12, Dongzhong City
Qianshengyuan
Suzhou Qianshengyuan Food Co., Ltd. was founded in the forty-sixth year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1781) ), the original store was named "Fei Cuitai", which was famous at home and abroad for its production of sesame cakes with pine nut and jujube paste. It was listed as a palace dessert. In the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1881), it was renamed "Qianshengyuan", with Qiankun Bagua as its first name. .
Ganshengyuan sesame cake is famous for its shape like a full moon, golden color, sweet taste, sweet but not greasy, fragrant but not burnt, oily but not overflowing, crispy and delicious.
Address: No. 123 Guanqian Street
Yichangfu
Yichangfu is a snack bar located at Shuixiangliucun Station (behind the stage) in Wuzhong District, Suzhou , founded in the 9th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, is a century-old brand specializing in Subang dishes.
The fresh meat buns launched by Yichangfu are popular in Sioux City, with an average daily sales of 3,000 to 4,000 buns. The "long queue" of buns in front of the store has become a scene that can be seen almost every day on the stone road.