The autumn wind blows, and the crab feet itch. In fact, my feet itch more. It takes less than half an hour to get to Suzhou by train. It is the right time to eat crabs after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The female crabs have plump crab roe and the male crabs have thick crab paste. Everyone knows that there are nine females and ten males, but in order to eat crab roe and crab paste, let's go for a pair. The crabs selected by the hotel are indeed of good quality. The color of each one is steamed at high temperature, with a bright red shell. Peel off the golden crab roe and crab paste, and eat it with a mouth full of fragrance. I envy others who can finish a crab and put together a whole crab. I eat it a little rough, but I eat all the meat I should eat. I like to peel off the crab shell first, and then slowly nibble on the crab claws. It's really unsatisfactory.
In addition to the crab being the highlight, the roast duck here is also a star product that must be ordered every time. It is roasted with fruit wood, which is really fragrant. It is paired with a special crust and sturgeon caviar. It is crispy and fragrant, and the fish roe bursts. This taste is really sweet.
The cold dishes are beautifully presented. Several ingredients used in summer taste different in early autumn. I love the sweet osmanthus lotus root here. It is sweet to eat it in the season when the streets are filled with the fragrance of osmanthus. The drunken shrimp is very refreshing, the seasoning is sweet and sour and appetizing, and the white rice shrimp used is not small. The lamp shadow fish meat is improved on the basis of beef. It is also ingenious to use fish meat, which is a little spicy, and the crispness and fragrance are improved. The most refreshing is the pickled food. The shrimp, edamame and duck tongue with heads and shells removed are very attractive to me. With the special peach wine, it is just right to be slightly tipsy.
The harder one is the Boston lobster salad with caviar. The whole lobster looks very domineering. The meat is well sliced and mixed with salad dressing, which tastes fresh and a little sweet.
I like shrimp, so I ordered a river shrimp with crab roe. The river shrimp is crystal clear and mixed with hand-peeled crab roe. This dish is very particular about the use of oil and temperature. I like to dip it in a little vinegar to enhance the flavor. Crab roe can also be cooked with tendons. The tendons absorb the flavor of crab roe and add more flavor. The taste is more chewy.
Chestnut old goose, eating chestnuts in autumn is excellent, plus the old goose that has been raised for several years is cut into pieces. This braised dish is very colorful. Although it is an old goose, the goose meat is very chewy and not old. The chestnut is cut in half, and the sauce is strong.
For the main course, I ordered a gravy black truffle bibimbap. The aroma of the stone pot bibimbap seems to be particularly strong, the rice is chewy, and the mushroom aroma of the black truffle is also full of mouth, two words: delicious.
The dessert is more Western-style, a double-flavored ice cream, ice cream oil vanilla flavor and a little rice wine flavor, which is quite special. A traditional dessert is red bean dumplings, which are also added with osmanthus. The red bean soup is very delicate, warm, and moderately sweet. Huachi 88's Chinese food is a highlight, and Suzhou is also a city that you can visit frequently.