Bringing su cuisine to Beijing

A new restaurant will serve authentic fare from Jiangsu province in the country's capital, Li Yingxue reports.

Su cuisine was what Zhan Deping missed most after he left his hometown, Jiangsu province's Pizhou, at age 15. The gastronomic category from Jiangsu is one of China's "four major cuisines", a classification system developed in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and one of its "eight great cuisines".

Su cuisine is made up of jinling (Nanjing) cuisine, huaiyang (Huai'an and Yangzhou) cuisine, suxi (Suzhou and Wuxi) cuisine and xuhai (Xuzhou and Lianyungang) cuisine.