Huangtianyuan

Huangtianyuan is a long-standing institution on Guanqian Street, recognized for its traditional Suzhou-style pastries. Founded in eighteen forty-two, the shop specializes in various rice cakes, including varieties flavored with red bean, mung bean, and mint. It is known for a method of production that centers on soaking, grinding, and steaming glutinous rice, a process that earned it a listing as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in twenty fourteen.