Maple Tree
In my opinion Suzhou gives me the feeling like when I was at Melbourne and a little bit of Petaling Jaya- Home. It has everything you need and it's not too buzzy.
I couldn't rate Suzhou any less as it's a tick for everything. Specialities, weather, food and for guys pretty girls ! So sad no good looking guys perhaps my taste are towards Caucasian guys so, no guys to gaze at.
Ever wonder the secret to the beauties of Suzhou girls? The answer is simple - Silk worms!! They consume their traditional supplements which consist of nutrients made from silk worms, wear clothes made of silk and used blankets made from silk !! What a way to pamper oneself. The tour guide mention that in a way the protein in silk still remains therefore people's skin gets better after using silk. In fact the comforter made from silk could help to prevent arthritis "fong sap" same concept as how the silk worm protects itself from winter.
God's creation is so beautiful and great when you think of how a simple living insect can bless in so many ways. Right from the beginning of it's life circle could be used as supplements,nutrients, comforter, bed spread, cloth and clothing....
The process of making silk really impressed me. It made me wonder who was the founder that found a way of creating silk from silk worms - a genius. Our tour guide lady "xiao zhou" said there was no definite person it was a tradition pass down from their ancestor.
Now lets not scream when talking bout food. Which Malaysian isn't a food lover. My family and I were well brought to dine for lunch at this most well known noodle shop in Suzhou.
Story Behind
They say this place used to be a stop for the Chinese Emperor. Therefore the people here strive their best to create the most delicious noodle for the emperor which is called "soo tong poh mian".
PaMio and Johninho
From the noodle, to the non-halal meat- pork and to the essence of the soup could make people fly to cloud nine - it was incredibly delicious!! The noodle was bouncy and Slurpee smooth, the pork meat was marinated till the finest and the soup was so tasty! Definitely not MSG cause Chinese people at china don't really used them I feel that they are pretty authentic in their food it's either tasteless or tasty. Unlike Malaysian food where hawkers puts heaps of MSG and after eating our lips becomes really dry, most of the food in china that we had the chance to try didn't made our lips dry and cracky after meal therefore i strongly believe it's NOT MSG, totally pure freshness? They even gave us the side dish which was a marinated fish and was one of the best fish cuisine I've ever tasted. It was sweet and salty.
In Suzhou we also visited a famous architect's building, his name is I.M PEI. He migrated to America when he was young and became a well-known architect. He designed his last building, a Museum at his hometown Suzhou right beside a mansion his family last live in. It was pretty impressive.
Inside the Museum
We visited a few Traditional Chinese Houses which have pretty much similarities to the baba nyonya houses in malacca for the interior. Whereby males gets more attention more extravagance added to their belongings. Female gets more simple settings. So grateful the world is changing.
Stone Maze
No ordinary Stone. It's thousand years old stones that are dug out from the Lake.
How many Lion Heads can u see from the stone?
"Soo Tong Poh" Garden
a Temple and a wishing bell
Koko At the Park
After dinner, we visited this area that has a Singapore Orchard Street concept. The reason to thisis because this part of Suzhou has many investors from Singapore. Therefore the Government has somewhat dedicate this place to them. It's a pretty place with colourful lights and a beautiful lake.
