Song helou

It was a beautiful spring day. The Suzhou outing activity, which was delayed for three years due to the epidemic, finally went smoothly this year. I got up early in the morning and the road conditions were very good. After the tomb sweeping, I went to the Songhe Tower on Guanqian Street, which has a history of more than 260 years, for lunch. Environment: The store has been renovated. "Pine" and "Crane" are the soul of the decoration of Songhe Tower. The calm and majestic Chinese style of the entire pine and crane wall at the entrance shows the grandeur of Suzhou style. Going to the second floor is like entering an exquisite courtyard, full of the style and thoughts of the owner of the courtyard. Screens, flower windows, rockery, green plants... a group of garden elements have been "moved" into the restaurant. It is very convenient to taste the taste of Suzhou in the garden with a changing scenery! Service: There are waiters guiding from the first floor. You can scan the code to order when you sit down on the second floor, or you can directly ask the waiter to open the order. Some signature special dishes must be booked in advance, and you can't eat them on the spot. | Watermelon juice^ It's hot and dry, and the sweet and delicious freshly squeezed watermelon juice quenches thirst and tastes good. It's really sweet to the heart. |Clear Shrimp^The ingredients of Clear River Shrimp are all river shrimp, medium-sized, full and elastic when bitten, and delicious when put into the mouth with a spoon. |Squirrel Mandarin Fish^The must-order dish for every table must be the signature dish here, Squirrel Mandarin Fish, with its head raised and tail raised, and its mouth open for appearance, the fish meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, paired with a sweet and sour delicious sauce, and you can't stop tasting it. |Songhe Drunk Crab^"One crab on the table is light in all flavors", the crab roe is deep red and attractive, the meat is tender, delicious, and the Huadiao wine is rich and sweet. |Cherry Square Meat^With a light pick of chopsticks, you can pick up a piece of fat and lean pork belly with skin and meat, dipped in cherry juice, crispy and soft, the fat melts in the mouth, the meat is full of fragrance when bitten, sweet but not greasy, if you eat too much meat, a bite of fragrant grass head will immediately relieve the greasiness. This dish is suitable for all ages and is served on almost every table. |Free-range Chicken Braised Abalone^The small abalone is tender and the chicken is slightly salty. |Water shield and whitebait soup^Water shield and whitebait are both unique to Taihu Lake, with a refreshing taste. |Noodles with shrimp roe and soy sauce^It’s not time to eat three shrimp noodles yet, so let’s have noodles with shrimp roe and add clear river shrimp, it tastes pretty good. After dinner, go to Guanqian Street and buy some local specialties to take home.

There are more and more Songhelou restaurants now. You can eat whatever you want. I came here on a weekday night and the store was empty. It was a little unexpected😯 Playing Pingtan and eating Suzhou-style soup noodles🍜, the atmosphere is great🈵️. The dishes were served very quickly. I ordered braised meat + smoked fish as toppings, white soup base, and the plate was clean. The braised duck that I liked before is no longer available. I hope it will appear on the menu in a while.

[Taste] The taste is very good, authentic, Songhelou is an old brand. [Environment] Clean, bright, neat and orderly. [Service] The attitude is good, the food is served quickly, and there are many staff.

I went there alone because of its reputation and ordered squirrel fish, ring eel, whitebait soup, and hairy crabs which should be recommended in season. The squirrel fish was really good and I couldn't finish it in the end, so I packed it up for midnight snack. Maybe most soups in Guangdong are sweet, so I'm not used to the salty whitebait soup. The ring eel sauce was very strong, but it was okay. Hairy crabs are indeed suitable to eat in season, but it's not cost-effective to spend more than 400 yuan for one person. The dishes we ordered are enough for two people, so I still recommend you to try!

Well, maybe there are too many people who come here because of its reputation, so basically you have to queue up. When I went there, they said they could share a table, so I went to share a table and it was very fast. Three people had four dishes, basically all famous dishes, and the price was 368 yuan. The taste is indeed very characteristic of Suzhou cuisine, sweet, and the pine nut mandarin fish is also fried crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, which is very good. However, I personally feel that after the dish was served, it looked like a fish that had an accident, a horrible bloody murder, hahaha

I went there for its reputation, but the dishes were just so-so. The signature squirrel mandarin fish was not as delicious as I expected, but my daughter liked it. I thought the cherry meat was delicious. The portion was quite large, but maybe we had small appetites, so there was a lot left. The price was a bit high, but it was worth it to try the authentic Suzhou cuisine.

Their restaurant is located on Guanqian Street, at the corner, with a very obvious sign. Once you enter the restaurant, you will see murals and a small bridge with flowing water. You have to walk slowly up to the second floor, but the visual experience is still good. Besides, their dishes are really well-received as Ctrip said, and one star is enough for the restaurant.

Must-try Suzhou cuisine when you come to Suzhou! A century-old restaurant with simple decoration and elegant environment. There are a lot of people, but the order is in good order! Squirrel mandarin fish, fried eel paste... are all must-order dishes, the taste is amazing! It really lives up to its reputation! Crab roe and silver fish soup, delicious; jujube paste cake, a famous Suzhou snack...! Must praise!