Monday, March 26, 2007

In the soup


How weird is this?

I'm scared of soup.

A nasty bout of the flu has knocked me for a loop and I've still got some lingering symptoms that just won't go away. My secret weapon for fighting a cold has always been hot and sour soup. The spicier, the better.

Bamboo House in Newark's College Square Shopping Center offers an excellent hot and sour soup.

So does Asian Palace in the Independence Mall off U.S. 202.

But the study released last week from the Center for Science in the Public Interest about Chinese restaurant food being loaded with calories, fat and sodium has me thinking about an alternative.

Or maybe I'll just listen to the Campbell's mantra that's going through my head: Soup is good food. Soup is good food. Soup is good food.

I feel better already.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree about the hot & sour soup but want to add one other restaurant. Szechuan on Kirkwood Hwy also has an excellent version of this great soup. But, I can't believe that only 3 chinese places in the whole of DE has good hot & sour. Anybody else have good h&s in the area?

mwerkharder

Anonymous said...

How about the avgolemono(sp?) at European Bistro? It is what I crave when I am sick with a cold/upper respiratory infection.