📣 ✨ THE BEST FOOD POST -Take friends to enjoy Changshu's local delicacies.

If friends from out of town visit Changshu, is this itinerary characteristic enough of Changshu?

Morning:Wake up naturally, pick up my friends from the hotel at 9:30 a.m., and head out for breakfast to enjoy Changshu's signature Chao Jiao Noodles. We ordered the specialty Sanxian Noodles. The "Sanxian" refers to pork kidney slices, fish fillets, and shrimp.

We also added vegetarian chicken, a fried egg, and a pan-fried pork chop, all for 40 yuan per bowl. Snacks: For snacks, we stopped by Zhou’s Haitang Cake, a 50-year-old family-run shop passed down through four generations. We chose the red bean filling, priced at 5 yuan per piece.

Eating them hot while walking was delightful. Lunch: Since breakfast was late (around 10:00 a.m.), we couldn't eat much for lunch. Instead, we had something light: a bowl of wontons while strolling around Changshu’s old town. We ordered sweet red sugar taro dumplings, one meat-filled glutinous rice ball, and a bowl of shrimp wontons—just a typical local meal. Unfortunately, my favorite salted pork vegetable rice was sold out. Dinner: For dinner, we visited Deyi Lou Steamed Cuisine, a restaurant known for its local specialties. We ordered Four Happiness Steamed Bowls, Sticky Rice with Duck and Pine Nuts, Lotus Leaf Steamed Pork, Candied Hawthorn Sticks, and Grass Tips in Tempura Batter.

This steamed cuisine restaurant has been around since 1994, making it a 30-year-old establishment and a well-known brand in Changshu. The newly renovated space offers good service, a comfortable environment, and reasonable prices—around 70-80 yuan per person. It’s worth visiting. Does this feel authentic enough for Changshu? If your friends visited, where would you take them to eat?