Yangjiawei (Branch 1)

Yangjiawei (杨家味, 'Yang Family Flavour'), Branch 1, is a traditional local restaurant at No. 102 Zhujiang Road in Suyu District, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China. It cooks Jiangsu local dishes at about ¥71 per person (about $10.4), a modest price that reflects its everyday, neighbourhood clientele. Service is split into two windows, 09:00-13:30 for lunch and 16:30-21:30 for dinner, so the kitchen is closed in the mid-afternoon, which is an important detail for travellers who tend to eat late. The restaurant is known locally for soft-pocket shredded dried tofu (软兜干丝), a dish of finely cut firm tofu strips in a savoury broth that belongs to the wider Huaiyang tradition and is associated with northern Jiangsu, and for fried tofu rolls (炸豆腐卷), a crisp snack-style dish. Tofu in several forms is the core of the menu, which makes it a reasonable choice for visitors who want vegetable-forward dishes, though meat and fish are almost certainly cooked in the same kitchen and vegetarian needs should be explained clearly. The dining room is a plain, family-run style space with no dress code, where locals eat lunch and dinner at shared round or square tables, and the atmosphere is casual, conversational and typically moderately noisy at peak hours. Beverages are tea, soft drinks and beer, with no notable wine programme. No reservation details or phone number are published in the sources consulted, so walk-ins are the practical approach; arriving at the start of a service window avoids waiting for popular dishes to sell out. Payment is normally by WeChat Pay or Alipay. Menus are probably in Chinese only. Visitors based around the Suyu District, including those near the Grand Canal east bank and the Wanda Plaza area, will find it within a short taxi ride. It suits a low-cost, authentic meal rather than a special-occasion dinner.