Suzhou cuisine, as one of the important representatives of Jiangnan cuisine in China, has won wide praise for its unique cooking skills and rich dishes.

I. Characteristics of Suzhou cuisine

Suzhou cuisine is famous for its delicacy, light and delicious. It emphasizes the freshness and original taste of the ingredients, and pursues the perfect unity of color, aroma, taste and shape. In the cooking process, Suzhou cuisine pays attention to the mastery of heat and the application of seasonings, making the dishes taste delicate and delicious.

II. Classic Suzhou dishes

squirrel-shaped Mandarin Fish: as one of the representatives of Suzhou cuisine, squirrel-shaped Mandarin Fish is popular for its bright color, sweet and sour taste. This dish uses fresh mandarin fish as raw material. After change the knife, pickling, frying and other processes, it is finally dripped with special sweet and sour sauce, presenting a tender, sweet and sour taste outside.

Cherry meat: Although this dish is also available in Sichuan, Liaoning and other places, the cherry meat in Suzhou is unique. It uses pork belly as the raw material. After changing Taiji saber, pickling, firing and other processes, it finally adds red rice powder color mixing to make the flesh red and bright, and the taste is crispy and tasty.

Oil Paste: This dish is a traditional famous dish in Suzhou. It is made from fresh mandarin fish, cut into segments and stir-fry with seasoning. When serving the table, you can still hear the crackling sound, with strong fragrance and delicious eel meat.

Biluo shrimp: This dish perfectly combines fresh shrimp with fragrant Biluochun tea, presenting a unique taste and taste. The fresh beauty of shrimps and the fragrance of tea set off each other, making people have endless aftertaste.

iii. Cooking skills of Suzhou cuisine

Suzhou cuisine has exquisite cooking skills, including stewing, stewing, simmer, simmer and other techniques. These techniques are skillfully used in the cooking process, making Suzhou dishes taste delicate and delicious. In addition, Suzhou cuisine also pays attention to the color matching and plastic arts of dishes, making every dish like a beautiful picture scroll.

IV. Representative chef and food festival of Suzhou cuisine

The Development of Suzhou cuisine cannot be separated from the efforts and inheritance of many cooking masters. Among them, the five chefs of "four families" enjoy high reputation in Suzhou catering industry, and they play an irreplaceable role in the inheritance and promotion of Subang cuisine. In addition, Suzhou often holds various food festivals, such as Suzhou Food Festival, which gives tourists the opportunity to taste more Suzhou food.