Back Street Bar

Friday night I had the opportunity to explore a different bar in Suzhou. This bar is called Back Street Bar. I really don't recall where it is in Suzhou, because I wasn't paying attention to the route as we were going to the bar. The bar had a nice warm feeling to it. On the wall were pictures of different alternative artist like U2 and Pink Floyd. It brought back some old college memories of the music I use to listen to. It would have been nice to see some REM and Rush pictures hanging on the walls. It really is a nice cozy place. Very simple and warm. There was a live band playing some good Chinese rock music. In the US this place would be called a hole in the wall.

To my surprise upstairs was much bigger than the downstairs. It was just as cozy with a few sofas, nice seating, and a bar with bar stools. We had the bar special to drink, five Budweiser's for 100 RMB ($14.60 US).

When we arrived we ordered some street food. There were three choices so we got a little bit of lamb, pork, and beef. We would enter the bar and the outside vendor would bring the food to our table. This service was pretty cool, because we could eat and drink at the same time. All three meats were deliciously spicy. We had a total 100 sticks and between three of us we devoured all the food brought to our table.

After eating, we played the same dice game played during our New Year Celebration. A new rule was added to the game which made it a bit more difficult. You could only look under your cup one time. You had to remember all possible combinations you could have made to be able to keep up with all the changing numbers.

It was a nice place to sit and drink, enjoy the music, eat some local street bar b cue, and play some dice games. Also, I thought it was pretty cool that I was the only westerner in the bar.