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A taste of Suzhou

Bai Sheng Ren Jia (Wuzhong)

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A straightforward Jiangsu restaurant on the Grand Canal in Wuzhong, doing regional classics well and without ceremony. It is where you go for the canonical Suzhou dishes — crisp fried eel in sweet-and-sour sauce, claypot rice — at a price that lets you order four of them.

¥¥ on the MICHELIN price scale (moderate); exact per-head price unconfirmedMichelin Bib Gourmand 2026Wuzhong district, 45 Dongqing Road, on the Grand Canal. Nearest metro unconfirmed.
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

MICHELIN Bib Gourmand (good quality, good value cooking) in the MICHELIN Guide Shanghai | Jiangsu | Zhejiang 2026

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Suzhou-style deep-fried eel in sweet-and-sour sauce (响油鳝糊 / 脆鳝)
  • Claypot rice with braised pork, bamboo shoot and potato (砂锅菜饭)

What it actually tastes like

The sweet-and-sour here is genuinely sweet, Suzhou-style. Eel is a staple local protein, not an exotic dare, and arrives as shredded or crisp strips rather than looking like an eel.

Allergens in this kitchen

fishshellfishsoygluten/wheatsesameegg

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.

Get to know the menu

Local specialities to try here

Sizzling eel in oil 响油鳝糊Rich, dark-sweet and peppery, with a slippery, soft meat