Suzhou's Biluochun Tea is one of the ten most famous teas in China. It is popular due to its strong aroma.
Bittern bean curd is a famous specialty in Suzhou. It is red in color and delicious in taste, like a confection or bittern dish.
Suzhou is located near Taihu Lake, teeming with plums, apricots, loquats, waxberries, peaches and golden oranges. It provides rich raw materials for confection production. The confections were popular during the Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280).
A famous traditional snack in Suzhou, pine nut and date cakes are made from sugar, eggs, oil and wheat powder. They are stuffed with nutlets, fruit flesh and pine nuts.
Crunchy sesame candy, including mainly crunchy rose-hemp candy, rose-lard candy and spiced-salt-lard candy, is the typical Suzhou pastry that made foldingly stuffed with steamed powder.
Suzhou dried bean curd with soy sauce can be served both as dessert and as dish for simple meals or banquets. It is a famed Suzhou speciality.
