Canal
A canal street unchanged in 800 years. Pingtan singing drifts out of the teahouses at dusk.
Echoes of Water · Pingjiang Road · Suzhou
A Morning Bowl · Su-Style Noodles
Suzhou4.540 min7.3k saved
Silk-thin noodles in a clear, faintly sweet broth, dressed with whatever's in season — eel in summer, crab roe in autumn.
Find it in Suzhou — worth the detour, not the queue-and-leave kind of place. Best breakfast/mid-morning; crab-roe topping is an autumn specialty.
Good to know
- Best time — Breakfast/mid-morning; crab-roe topping is an autumn specialty
- Go a little before peak hours
- Allow more time than you think
- Keep a few yuan in cash, just in case
Photo: Finnnnnn · CC BY-SA 4.0
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