Soup Restaurant

My stomach was not feeling as good these few days. Wondering if its gastric that I had gotten beause of all the irregular hours of dining due to work. Ted says maybe I should get a good remedy through drinking some nice hot nourishing soup. I thought maybe too.. because my stomach seem to have lost its sense of hunger and wasnt capable of absorbing or feeling for solid food anymore.

With that in mind, we headed for Soup Restaurant. Some nourishing soup to cure my stomach or gastric hopefully! A pleasant nice ambience with bamboo settings at the exterior of the restaurant welcomed us.

Soup Restaurant. The House of Chinatown Heritage Cuisine. The cuisines offered at the restaurant were simple dishes which used to be the staple food of the Chinese Samsui women in Singapore's Chinatown. (Some history for your information, Samsui women are the Chinese Hakka and Cantonese female immigrants from China who used to work as construction workers during the olden days. Wearing red headgear and in blue uniforms, these strong women were called the "Samsui women" because of their place of origin, the Sam Sui district of Sanshui county. Samsui means "three water", a reference to three rivers that flow there, namely the West River, North River and Sui River which are branches of the river Zhu Jian.) The simple pleasures are cleverly delivered at the restaurants as fine Chinese cuisines. Chinese herbal soups, in particular are what this restaurant boosts of. And you will know why the Chinese is so good at it! The soup really sizzles! It is also precisely the reason why Ted and me went there for! SOUP!

We surveyed the brown environmental friendly paper menu. We decided upon the Boiled Soup of the Day for two - which was the Winter Gourd with Lean Meat Soup. There were also many other delicious Chinese herbal soup such as Scallop with herbal Black Chicken, Lingzhi Chicken Soup, Herbs with Snakehead Fish Soup etc etc. Each soup is to remedy a specific cause, for example, some is to remedy fatigue, combat insomnia, for strengthening the body or just simply to supplement the lungs. That is how amazing the Chinese soup can be!

Steamed Minced Pork with Water Chestnut

The recommended dish at the restaurant was actually the "Samsui Ginger Chicken" but we decided to give it a miss as my stomach was not too good. To a foodie like me, its very sad when you are sick and dont feel for food anymore... Just to complete the dinner, we also ordered the Steamed Minced Pork with Water Chestnut and the staple Ah Por (in Chinese meaning "Grandmother's") tapioca leaves. I feel bad that because of my state, Teddy had to endure and have these simple dishes for dinner with me. But fortunately the cuisines turn out simply great!! And Ted has no complaints about it. He even surprised by saying that we should go to this place more often to have more healthy and nourishing meals!

Boiled Soup of the Day - Winter Gourd with Lean Meat Soup & Peanut appetiser

Despite my failing stomach, I could feel for the hot and delicious Winter Gourd with Lean Meat Soup. It came served in a hot Chinese herbal pot. It must have been boiled for hours because the natural goodness of the meat and the gourd just blends so well into the soup. Making it such a wonderful remedy to my stomach. Thank you! It was such a nice warm feeling.

The other 2 cuisines we ordered though simple, were well cooked too. Maybe the cooking sauce is the key to the great taste. My taste buds did not fail me and I could still savour the tantalising food. I am sure anyone looking for simple satisying meal will not be disappointed at The Soup Restaurant. You should try it too! And dont forget to try those steamed peanuts served as appetisers before the meal. They were simply unforgettably good!

Soup Restaurant has 13 outlets located over Singapore, in places like Changi Airport, Jurong, Ang Mo Kio, Bras Basah, Suntec City, Novena, Orchard, Scotts, Somerset, Tampines, Woodlands and Sengkang. The one we visited was at 19 Hougang Ave 10 #02-21 Hougang Mall, Singapore 583766 Tel: 6386 6188.