Thursday, April 10, 2014

I went to Suzhou this past weekend. Suzhou is a small city outside of Shanghai with a bright nightlife and international cuisine. While walking the streets for dinner one night my friends and I stumbled across a Halal-Chinese restaurant. Since one of my friends is Muslim we decided to check it out. It was empty when we walked in but people started to show up once we were in there. Maybe foreigners attract customers? I definitely feel "famous" as a white male here, but that's another topic for another post. Anyways, overall the food was very good. tasted just like normal Chinese food I've had but obviously there wasn't any pork. The owner was really hospitable and it seemed like he lived and worked there with his family and his brother's family as well. Check out the photos.

Outside of the restaurant. Notice the Arab text above the Chinese.

Empty but clean.

The wives cooking in the kitchen.

Owner and husband doing some of the cooking as well.

Small restaurants like these usually have photo's of the dishes on the walls. You just point to what you want.

Beef stock soup. Complimentary with our meals. Salty and warm. Delicious

Sauteed beef and spring onions. 

This was some kind of spiced ground beef. Interesting flavor, very good.

Vegetable fried rice.

Here is a video from the streets of Suzhou. That's mutton leg.

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