The autumn wind rises, and the crab feet itch. Every change of seasons can be accurately captured in Suzhou's markets. In a narrow stone alley, cake dough, dumpling leaves, sweet and glutinous incense, take turns, those who were still the banner of the Youth League a few months ago, as if they turned over overnight, and the big "crab" has occupied the home field of Suzhou autumn.
Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is the city card of Suzhou, and it is also the flow of food. Crab is a "cold thing" and cannot be eaten too much, and the persimmon cream cheese mousse launched by the Suzhou Museum is an excellent substitute. Cute crabs, with orange shells, embarrassed big eyes, and "powerful" pincers, at first glance are the crab bosses with "pincers". Although it is soft and cute on the outside, it is rich on the inside. On the base of the monkey mushroom biscuits, there is a natural green grapefruit sandwich grapefruit mousse, which makes the taste of the granularity, the freshness of the green grapes, and the delicacy of the mousse, so that the taste increases one after another.
Hairy crab-inspired creations that are not only delicious, but also fun. No. 16, Zhangjia Lane, Pingjiang Historic District, is a cultural and creative shop in Subo, which is different from ordinary art stores, and it is presented in the form of themed small space stores. A shop, a box, and a space constitute the design concept of the store sign. The boxy box is not only the actual space of the shop, but also like an intention, which can carry different contents, and "plush" is the theme of autumn.
Walking into the shop, cloth curtains, bamboo curtains, bamboo plaques, bamboo baskets, bamboo steamers...... The whole space is made of bamboo and linen to create an atmosphere of antiquity and coziness, as if you are returning to the old market with white water vapor in the past. Flag hunting, the fireworks in the memory of the market and the shops magically overlap, and the atmosphere of the market is not only constructed by bamboo and linen, but also contains the "sense of ceremony" when buying "specialties" in the south of the Yangtze River.
In the interactive experience area of the operation table, a customer selected a "seasonal" hairy crab, handed over the exclusive "experience coupon" to the clerk, only to see the clerk catch a fat crab from the pool, put it on the table to weigh it, and then use a cotton rope to close the crab legs, put away the crab claws, and finally handed over the hairy crab with "qualified" weight and appearance. The plush Dingsheng cake and plush zongzi on one side also have their own exclusive cake dough packing process, they are taken out of the steamer by the clerk, blown to cool, pasted with traditional wrapping stickers, and a "cake ball" with Jiangnan characteristics from the inside out is handed over to the customer.
The staff of the Cultural and Creative Department of Suzhou Museum told reporters that the design of plush hairy crabs, Dingsheng cakes and zongzi originated from the Subo Museum's collection of Jindian chanting business card bags and Qing Dynasty embroidery stamped yarn cake dumpling pendants. In addition, they pay great attention to details in the design, and the picture design on the package of the experience coupon and the Dingsheng cake is also recreated from the relevant cultural relics in the collection, and the "fresh" inflatable bags for packaging are specially customized, which will be accompanied by the plush cultural creativity of "Shui Lingling" to bring good wishes to citizens and tourists.
It is understood that due to the hot sales, the Subo cultural and creative crab roe yellow plush series, the plush bag hanging and the auspicious and healthy small zongzi plush pendant are currently in a state of purchase restrictions, and the production staff is stepping up the production of "stepping on the sewing machine" to live up to the public's love.
(Reporter Zhu Zhijing text/photo)