Suzhou Day 6

We decided to spend 1 night in Suzhou and 1 thing I regretted of not staying longer is the hotel in Suzhou room is super big! We book Holiday Inn, Jasmine Suzhou and we didn’t expect the room is so big. Zach had a good time exploring and moving around the room. After refreshing, we headed out for lunch. It was about 2pm and we found this all you can eat BBQ restaurant behind our hotel. We paid RMB15 per pax (abt SGD4/pax). So cheap! Anyway, the spread is nothing to shout about. I guess we are tired of walking around and due to the super cold weather (5-7 degree) we are almost numb.

The table was designated for you to BBQ your food and the waiter set up the fire rather quickly.Within minutes we start BBQing our food – squids, fish, chicken wings, corns, marinated pork and chicken strips, hot dogs…and list goes on. After filling our stomach, we decided to visit the Humble Administrator's Garden. It's one of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage and guess it's worth a visit. We took a cab there and whn we reached it was about 4pm. Sadly this place close at 5pm and we decided to come back the following day. The day is shorter coming to winter time so, it will be dark half way through the garden. So, we headed to a night market. This place is full of locals and small quaint shops. I bought a leggings which I thought it would be good to help me keep warm. The weather is extremely cold and I believe is about 2 degree and thankfully, we brought the carrier along and Zach snuggle in there sleeping soundly. At least with our constantly walking, it able to generates body warm to both of us.

Following day, we woke up early to visit the Humble Administrator's Garden. It's beautiful this place and i reckon during summer or spring it will be gorgeous as you will see a full blown of colorful flowers growing the garden. Infact, the entrance fee for winter/autumm is different in summer/spring. Here are some photos to enjoy.

See Zach in Mummy's arm. Well bundle up. Looks like a nice day to stroll but it is not as you think. It was freezing cold! It was about 1-2degree. Thanks to our layers and layers of clothing we wear and glad we had good thermal wear to keep us warm.

Rows and rows of bamboo trees...

Oops, MH face too dark! Too concentrate in taking the scenery :p

After touring around the garden, we decide to go back hotel to rest and to keep us warm. It's too cold to walk around and we just feel like hiding in the hotel!

So dinner, we decided to have in the hotel restaurant called Song Helou. It's a well known restaurant in Suzhou with 200 years old history and is the most famous old trademark of Suzhou cuisine. This restaurant was created in 1737 during the Qing Dynasty.

We ordered the roast goose. Very well marinated and the skin is crispy. Sinful! Sinful!

We also ordered a bowl of bamboo shoot soup. It's sweet and refreshing. Just look at the clear soup makes me yearning for it again!

We ordered the recommended "Si Che Tou" The dragon head. Very yummy I must say.

We had a very fulfilling dinner and we took a walk later at night to the old street in Suzhou. Following day, we took the train back to Shanghai again.