Lele Home-style Cooking (Shantang Street Store)
Home-style Chinese cuisine · ⭐ 4.3
No. 482 Shantang Street
Dragon Mate tips
If you are traveling in China to visit Suzhou, this restaurant is worth a stop for great food. This restaurant is located at No. 482 Shantang Street. It is a Home-style Chinese cuisine place, and the flavors are homestyle (mainly savory). Dragon Mate recommends you try: Braised Pork Trotter, Phoenix Corn Soup, Stove Pot Chicken.
If you do not eat pork, make sure to use Dragon Mate voice to clearly tell the staff “no pork” before ordering.
Restaurant guide
- City: Suzhou
- Category: Home-style Chinese cuisine
- Rating: 4.3
- Address: No. 482 Shantang Street
- Popular dishes: Braised Pork Trotter, Phoenix Corn Soup, Stove Pot Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, Squirrel-shaped Mandarin Fish
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Dishes
Braised Pork TrotterA richly flavored dish made by slow-cooking pork trotter with soy sauce, wine, and sugar until tender.
Phoenix Corn SoupPhoenix Corn Soup is a soup made primarily with corn kernels, combined with辅料 such as eggs, chicken, or ham. To prepare it, cook the corn kernels until soft and tender, then stir in egg liquid to form threads, add seasonings and辅料, bring to a boil, and finally thicken the broth with a slurry to achieve a rich, thick consistency.
Stove Pot ChickenStewed chicken in a clay pot is a dish primarily made with chicken, cooked with various spices and seasonal vegetables. Its distinctive feature lies in the use of a specially designed clay pot that ensures even heating, preserving the tender texture of the chicken. During cooking, flatbread is placed around the edge of the pot and steamed together, resulting in a crispy top and chewy bottom that absorbs the rich broth, creating a deliciously flavorful dish.
Kung Pao ChickenKung Pao Chicken is a dish made primarily with chicken, stir-fried with辅料 such as peanuts, scallions, ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers. The chicken is cut into cubes, marinated, then quickly stir-fried with fried peanuts and seasonings to create a dish with a bright red color and tender, flavorful texture.
Squirrel-shaped Mandarin FishSquirrel-shaped mandarin fish is made primarily from mandarin fish, named for its bright red color and shape resembling a squirrel after cooking. The fish is deboned, scored with diagonal cuts, marinated, then deep-fried until golden and crispy. A sweet and sour sauce made from sugar and vinegar is then prepared and poured over the fish, creating a vibrant appearance and a squirrel-like造型.
Salted Pepper Crispy ShrimpSpicy salt crispy rice cakes with shrimp: fresh shrimp and rice cakes are stir-fried together after frying the shrimp until crispy, then seasoned with spicy salt. Careful heat control ensures tender shrimp and crunchy rice cakes with distinct textures.
Century Egg and Pork SoupA traditional Chinese soup made with century eggs and pork, simmered in broth for a savory, smooth texture.
Sweet and Sour Wheat GlutenSweet and sour gluten is a Chinese dish made primarily from gluten, which is cut into pieces, boiled, then stir-fried with a sauce of sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and starch. It has a soft yet chewy texture and a balanced sweet-sour taste.
Crab Meat TofuCrab meat tofu is a traditional delicacy made with soft tofu as the main ingredient, combined with fresh crab meat and crab roe. The preparation involves cutting the tofu into small pieces, mixing it with sautéed crab meat and roe, adding broth or water, gently simmering, and finally seasoning and reducing the sauce so the tofu fully absorbs the rich crab flavor.
Sweet Rice Balls in Fermented Glutinous Rice WaterSweet glutinous rice balls cooked in fermented rice wine, a traditional dessert made by shaping glutinous rice flour into small balls, then simmering them in rice wine with sugar, sometimes enhanced with goji berries or red dates.
Sour Spicy Potato StripsSour and spicy potato丝 is a home-style dish primarily made with potatoes. The preparation involves slicing the potatoes into thin strips and stir-frying them with vinegar and chili peppers or other seasonings to achieve a tangy and spicy flavor.
Crispy Rice Noodles with ShrimpFried rice crispies with shrimp is a dish featuring shrimp and crispy rice crackers. Shrimp is marinated and stir-fried, while crackers are deep-fried until crunchy. The two are mixed together to absorb the shrimp's aroma, creating a satisfying texture of crispy outside and tender inside.