Pine-Crane Tower, located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, has a history of more than 250 years. It is a restaurant of authentic Suzhou food that enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. As one of China’s four famous restaurants, the Pine-Crane Tower is also known as “The first restaurant in the world” in Suzhou.
Pine-Crane Tower’s celebrity chefs won several gold medals in national and international cooking competitions. Pine-Crane Tower was also honorably awarded the “Golden Tripod Award “and other titles such as “Chinese Famous Snack” and “National Special Restaurant”.
Pine-Crane Tower is mainly the Suzhou food, together with other cuisines, such as Huai-yang food which is elegant and tasteful, Su-xi food which is tasty with thick red oil sauce, and also our Suzhou food which coexists in harmony with other cuisines and meanwhile inhales the essence of them. Its professional and technical strength is outstanding with rigorous selection and fine processing of materials, which is full of characteristics.
Pine-Crane Tower represents in a sense the Suzhou cuisine whose dining environment is an antique flavor. It is needless to speak of its specialties such as Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish and Oil Ring Eel Paste, the Tai Chi Soup in Pine-Crane Tower is also a must-try. The Tai Chi Soup is prepared by scattering chopped shepherd’s purses on the surface of tofu soup to form a shape of tai chi, which has a light taste, unique style. The Crab Meat and Bean Curd, White Cubelet Pork, Lion’s Head Meatballs in Yangzhou style, Fried Shrimp Meat, Dongpo Pork, Oil Ring Eel Paste, Su-style Pull Cakes and other dishes are also deeply loved by people.
