The Chinese city of Suzhou, about 60 miles from Shanghai, is known best for its gardens and for the network of canals that once earned it the nickname, alongside numerous other Asian cities, of “the Venice of the east”. Though much of the old city has been erased by overzealous development, the gardens are still enchanting, with their rockeries, pools and pavilions. The canalside street of Pingjiang Lu has a sleepy, old-world charm. However, I am here mainly to investigate the food, for Suzhou has its own culinary style, su bang cai, or Suzhou cuisine.
manbetx3.0 苏州市(Suzhou)距上海约60英里，以园林和水网密布名闻中外，它一度赢得了“东方威尼斯”(the Venice of the east)的美誉，许多亚洲城市都有着不同寻常的别名。虽然老城区的大部已在大跃进式的改造开发中被夷为平地，但苏州园林凭借假山、池水和亭子至今仍然光彩夺目。临近古运河的平江路(Pingjiang Lu)静谧而古朴，魅力不凡。然而，我此次到苏州来主要是寻访它的餐饮，因为苏州本地有自己的特色烹饪——苏帮菜(su bang cai)。