Feeling good after a bowl

Chinese for dinner tonight, craving hot and sour soup

This little local place has the best I've ever tasted... Including that dive in San Fran I was in a decade or so back

Deliciously :) Hot Hot me eating some now :)

Conditionally liked. NO mushrooms please.

Just had a good bowl with carrots, mushrooms, tofu, and water chestnuts. Forgot the book Chou but there's enough left over that I can add it tomorrow.

New batch, with bird chilis and tofu pressed dry before frying. It's perfect!

Perfect thing to have when you're sick and stuffed up. This soup will clear your passages.

Lovely, with a fragrant peppercorn chili oil added.

Here we go, another batch. Love the stuff but we are out of water chestnuts. Oh, well, we have lots of mushrooms and peppers.

Had Some Tonight, It Was So Delicious!!

Making Kitty a special veggie batch with stock from out Christmas turkey.

Got a new batch going with extra mushrooms and water chestnuts

Making a new batch. This time I have wood ears in addition to the mushrooms and water chestnuts. We'll be cooking with the peppers again but this time I won't eat them. We'll pull them out after... more

Making a new batch. This time I have wood ears in addition to the mushrooms and water chestnuts. We'll be cooking with the peppers again but this time I won't eat them. We'll pull them out after they've seasoned the soup.

Apparently home grown heirloom cayenne peppers pack a more powerful punch than store bought ones, hybrids, or powders. DO NOT EAT.

It's a good batch! The mushrooms make it 'meaty' and the bamboo shoots give it that musky flavor. With the home grown peppers, it just about took my head off!

Making a mushroom-heavy vegetarian batch with some of the peppers out of my garden.

Making a big batch with lots of mushrooms and hot peppers but no meat

Getting soup with my CHinese delivery tongiht.

I'm thinking of making this 1 day this week. But I like mine with a wonton or two thrown in for fun

This soup is well worth any wait that comes to mind x) enjoying some myself atm.

I think this picture looks far more appetizing!!

The picture for this topic just looks revolting!!

oh this would hit the spot this morning...

waaaw my favorite soup :))

New meds today mean messed up metabolism. The boy is making me a different variant with lemongrass (fresh, not paste) and other tasty tidbits. I think he's trying to duplicate the lovely Tom Yum we... more

New meds today mean messed up metabolism. The boy is making me a different variant with lemongrass (fresh, not paste) and other tasty tidbits. I think he's trying to duplicate the lovely Tom Yum we had at the Thai restaurant a few weeks ago. It was just hot enough to cause a sweat but very aromatic and tasty.

I don't have quite everything, but this batch has fresh lemongrass and grated ginger along with chilis. Using stew pork because I have some on hand.

Munching down to clear up the sinuses.

Looking forward to it all day. Alas, it was not to be.