Among the Suzhou cuisines there are quite a lot made mainly with shrimps such as fried shrimp, brine shrimp and biluo shelled shrimp, etc., of which Biluo Shelled Shrimp is a famous traditional dish of Suzhou.

Biluo refers to Biluochun Tea produced in the east & west hills of Dongting Lake . Seasoned with fresh Biluochun tea, the famous dish is made with shelled shrimps. Thus it possesses not only the freshness of shrimps but the fragrance of the famous tea. If embellished with tea leaves around the dish, it would be a wonderful combination of color, smell and taste, exhibiting a typical characteristic of Suzhou cuisines.