Showing posts with label soups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soups. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2020

[Review] Soups at Nincomsoup

A while ago I was at Old Street station where I discovered a soup specialist called Nincomsoup.
You can't miss it because you can literally smell the lovely soups a mile away.

Nincomsoup have been specialising in liquid assets since 1999.

On the menu it is primarily soups as well as soup companions like bread and they also have juices, pastries and other items.




There are about six soups to choose from and they let you try the soups which help you decide.

There were three soups that day which were my fancy: bangers and mash, Sengalese chicken and Russian Fish soup.
Sampled all three and I was a bit disappointed with bangers and mash as it tasted more like potato soup but chicken and fish stole each others show in different ways.

The chicken was very exotic in taste with peanuts and spices as well as the chicken while the Fish was equally comforting even though it was Russian style because of the dill and smoked haddock.

In the end I settled for the Chicken as I rarely have Sengalese chicken as opposed to Fish.
I went for the small soup because I still had other restaurants to try.
At the soup counter, there are fresh herbs which you can add to your soup.


Overall, I would really recommend this soup joint and hope to come back for the Russian Fish soup next time.
The trouble is, they always change the soups so there could be something more exciting next time.


Sunday, July 09, 2017

Souper duper soups at Souprb

There are lots of options for Chinese soups in Sheungwan like Soupreme 湯品小棧, Souper Authentic 球哥燉湯 and 靚湯王 at Dor dor eatery (with rude service) but NONE for Western soups unless you go all the way to TALLORE in Wanchai.

Finally Souprb has popped up serving soups with 5 choices which they change every week. The soup choices were impressive because there were 4/5 that I wanted to try: pumpkin, beetroot, Mexican chicken, portobello and chestnut, Prawn and crab gumbo (premium choice +$10)

As a soup fan, I got the tasting set which comes with two soups while my friend got the Stew set which comes with rice and a curry. They also had toasties which I really really wanted to eat as well.

We both added $30 for the made to order freshly pressed juices which were refreshing but a bit too sweet.

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Tasting set:
Prawn and crab gumbo soup + Mexican chicken

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Stew set:
curry, rice and chestnut and portobello mushroom soup


The curry was Japanese curry served with Japanese rice.

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As for the soups, the chestnut portobello mushroom was really good, it was thick and there were so much mushrooms and chestnuts in it.
The gumbo was a little disappointing because the cajun and spiciness was not strong enough and there were bits of shell in the soup.
The Mexican chicken tasted like Chinese style borscht soup with chicken added to it.
Will definitely be back for the toasties but the tasting set was not very filling, but then I probably have a big appetite.

[Souprb]
100 Jervois Street,
Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong
https://www.facebook.com/souprb/



Monday, December 29, 2014

Creative salads and soups at Tallore

Every day there is always a new soup and salad which makes it really difficult to choose!

Unfortunately I missed the VEGETARIAN GREEK AVGOLEMONO soup made with leeks, carrots, fresh parsley, mint, oregano, eggs and lemon.
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Mixed salad:

I ended up having a salad mixture of BABY BOK CHOY which was a mix of jicama and onion topped with sesame seeds.
The jicama (Mexican turnip) had a delicious light crunch and the other salads that I choose were refreshing and healthy especially the Quinoa.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Simple Belgian baguettes and soup at Tallore‏

Just a door away from the French rotisserie is this new Belgian eatery.

In Hong Kong, Belgian food is just sweet waffles and mussels, but here they sell Belgian yoghurts, baguettes, salads, pastas and artisan soups.

Soups costs from $38 for the smallest size or you can get the souper set for $78 which includes a salad/baguette.
I tried souper set and went back the next day for another soup.
With each souper set you get a free topping which is cheese or croutons.

The Belgian endive soup was wholesome and had a peppery tone.
Broccoli and blue cheese was delicious with pungent blue cheese and it was even more cheesier after adding the free cheese topping to it.
 
If you choose the baguette set like I did, it is actually good enough for two people.

The gouda and ham was just simple and delicious with generous slices of gouda, fresh crisp lettuce, ham and tomato smothered is delicious mayonnaise.
 
Tallore will give out FREE SOUPS on the 12th at 12 noon.
Tallore FREE SOUP day
https://www.facebook.com/TalloreSoups

Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas Turkey casserole soup

Pret A Manger (Wan Chai)

After spotting the Christmas Turkey wraps at Pret, I was eagerly waiting for the Christmas Turkey casserole to be launched.


I had some time to kill before a tasting in Wan Chai so it was the perfect chance to get some soup.



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Christmas Turkey casserole:


The casserole was slightly disappointing because it was a watery soup, I was expecting something thicker and creamy.
However it did contain meaty pieces of turkey and boiled cranberries in the soup which gave the soup a weird sweet taste.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Soup @ Yat Yuet Sing Fast Food Shop

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Eight treasure soup (Baatbotong):
Last time I tried their deep fried chicken leg I spotted the eight treasure soup on the menu, so this time I came back for it.
After I removed the lid, it was piping hot, so I burnt my tongue again.
The soup had so many ingredients in it, tofu, prawns, vegetables and Chinese mushrooms.
The taste of this soup was really nice and it had strong tofu taste because the tofu had strong soybean taste.
They also had Western beef soup which I want to try as well.

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Black chicken and Chinese herb soup


龍德樓
G/F, 10 Victory Avenue, Ho Man Tin
何文田勝利道10號地下


Discovered this restaurant from a local TV show so went to Victory Road to try this restaurant and this other restaurant.

There were seven soups ranging for $28-$90.


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Black chicken and Chinese herb soup:
I chose the black chicken soup because of the black chicken.
When it arrived, I placed the soup ingredients into another bowl and there were two pieces of whelk, one piece of black chicken and other Chinese herbs.
The soup tasted naturally sweet because of the chicken and whelk.
It was really nice so it was worth trying.


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Friday, January 25, 2013

Get your dose of Beautisoup at Beautifood

Although I love the salads at Beautifood I like to try new things as well and now there is finally something new at Beautifood.

They now serve soup, which costs $30 per cup.

Basically the broth base is chicken bouillon, har-mi infusion and miso and you can choose three items to go in the soup:

Beef
Chicken
Fish
Lobster (+$10)
Lettuce
Spinach
Tofu
Onsen egg
Mixed rice
I finally tried the soup before the tasting at Arome Bakery because I needed something savoury before I can eat sweet things.

I ordered the soup with Tofu, spinach and mixed rice as I was quite hungry as well.
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Tofu, spinach and mixed rice soup:
On my first sip, it was quite spicy because they put kimchi in it.
As the soup cooled down I was able to taste more flavours.
I was really glad I chose rice because it was slightly filling and made the soup not so salty.
It was really good they used brown rice (the rice that they use for their burritos)
I ended up really liking the soup so I went back again for the soup again this time trying the lobster.
The tofu was really nice because it was bonito style and the tofu that they used was the firm type which I like.
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Lobster, spinach and mixed rice soup:
This time I opted lobster for an extra $10.
The soup was too salty this time but the lobster saved the day.
It was REAL lobster meat from a big lobster claw and not tiny crayfishes that restaurants like to pretend as Lobster!
You can see the lobster patterns on the peach coloured part too!
The lobster meat was divine because it was chunky, fresh, tender and had no shells attached!

The lobster they used was probably from Bo-Innovation which is great stuff!~

You can see the chunk of lobster was as big as the tablespoon!
I doubt you would find lobster chunks this big at other restaurants unless you are paying a high price for it and usually they serve you shredded lobster meat which disappears when cooked!
I will sure be back for the lobster soup again and order the salad as well!
Anyway, I will go again and see if the soup is still salty and see if I get those big chunks of lobster again!

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Anyway, next time I will get the soup and salad deal for $68 since the salad is a full portion.
If you are worried about the soup being spicy you can request it without the kimchi spices.
For improvements: If the soup was not that salty then it would be perfect!
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