Songhe Tower, founded by Xu in the 22nd year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1757) by the Xu family in Suzhou Xuanmiaoguan, deals in noodles and sells meals. It has a history of more than 250 years. Because the ancients used the song crane to live a long life, they named it Songhe Tower.
#松鼠桂鱼
This is its signature dish, the general store, it is also a hundred pieces up and down, its home to 198, but Suzhou friends said to eat squirrel cinnamon fish, but also has to be Songhe Tower! The dish is quite eye-catching, the overall golden red is gorgeous, the eyes of the squirrel use contrasting colors, green cherries, the body of the squirrel is fried after the fish meat is changed to a knife, special fluffy, it feels like a variety of meat burst out, the meat is sprinkled with pine nuts and river shrimp, appetite explosion! In fact, when ordering this dish, I was a little worried about whether I would not be able to eat it, because su bang dish is notoriously sweet! However, this squirrel cinnamon fish directly broke all assumptions! First of all, it is fried thoroughly, it is crisp and delicious to eat, but it does not feel dry wood, the use of sweet and sour sauce has played a very good role in oil; then there is the seasoning essence, sweet and sour, sweet is not dead sweet, sour will not take the sweet style, are just right, occasionally eat shrimp and pine nuts also play a role in adding points, so that the whole eating process is not boring at all.
#响油鳝糊
As the name suggests, the waiter poured a bowl of hot oil, and the eel paste crackled in front of our eyes. The deboned eel segment is abnormally fat and fishy, only the fresh aroma of the sauce and sesame oil and the eel segment, salty and sweet. This dish is indeed a little oily, the traditional practice is so, eel is also more suitable for larger oil, occasionally eat no harm.
#樱桃肉
Cherry meat is not just a meat dish, it must be fried bean seedlings to be laid out to be called a complete cherry meat. One is to seek shape: bean seedlings lined with red cherry flesh, like green leaves lined with delicate red cherries; second, for taste: although after so much cooking, the fat of pork belly has gone for most of it, but it is still easy to feel greasy (Suzhou cuisine is sweet and greasy), so it is necessary to match the bean seedlings with strong oil absorption ability to relieve greasy. Due to the relationship of the season, the cherry meat of Songhe Tower is lined with grass head, and the flavor of grass head is slightly heavier, but it can also play a role in absorbing oil.
#苏州生煎包
The skin of the fried bun is golden yellow with oil and sprinkled with green onions and white sesame seeds, the bottom surface is very crisp, completely unburned, and the meat filling is not as sweet as expected.
Although the old brand has been criticized, but in fact, the taste is really good, the old brand is not without real kung fu, but it depends on whether you have a chance to eat.