About Us
TheChineseSoupLady.com is a family project between sisters surnamed “Tong” (Lisa & Tracy). The word Tong (湯) literally translates to the word “soup” in Cantonese. In Hong Kong, people call us 湯 小 妹 which literally translates to “Soup Lady”.
When we were younger and trying to determine which utensils to lay out on the dinner table, we would ask our parents “Is there a soup for tonight?” and our parents would always say, “We are all soups!”
And more often than not, dinner did include a brothy, rich, nutritious and delicious chinese-style soup along with our dinner every night. Our parents would make sure that the soup they created suited our current needs based on the weather (winter / summer), our state of health, and also to balance the meal in terms of flavour and heatiness.
So it’s not surprising that as we grew up, moved out of our home, and were left to fend and cook for ourselves that we became interested in learning more about chinese soups, what they were good for, and how to make them ourselves.
Our soups are all natural and healthy. We strive for ingredients from its purest form and with some time and patience, you’ve got yourselves a homemade, ready-to-serve soup.
This blog is to share our learning journey with you.
Enjoy!
nicely done ! … will following regularly indeed ! People call you two 湯 小 妹 ?? haha I should start calling you two that as well.
Thank you for taking the time to do these posts. Growing up we always had soup at dinner and I never fully appreciated how much love went into cooking the right soup for the body for the different seasons and ailments. Now I am on my own and miss my mom’s delicious soups!
I am excited to try the recipes posted. Do you have the four flavor soup recipe? It is one of my favorites.
I really enjoyed reading the site. I forward it to a freind who just gave birth and she follows it.
Lilly, thanks so much for sharing and for the encouragement!
Hi,
I fully like your website. It is extrememly interesting.
My sister just sent me this site. Wonderful job. Am trying a recipe tonight. Since mom no longer lives in the same city and my family never gets out to Chinatown, I’m left with occasionally trying to make Chinese soup from a distant memory. This helps a lot. All I have to worry about is finding enough ingredients from our Canadian supermarkets.
Cheers.
Norm
P.S. Would appreciate a heading of “seasonal soups”.
Lisa & Tracy,
Thank you so much for sharing. This site is very well done - informative & precise. Keep up the great job.
Cindy Chang
Malaysia
Thank you so much! As a Chinese American, I find it hard to try and cook and make soup the way my mother does. For one thing, I’m just not that talented in the kitchen, and I’m quite unfamiliar with many Chinese soup ingredients. Your website is so awesome with explanations of many ingredients and the recipes are easy to follow. Thank you once again! I love this site!
This is a really great website for me! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and experience online!
Good job! Thanks again!
Wow.. thanks for the website!
I was wondering why my left over hairy melon soup tasted sour…and there was the information on your website!
Thanks for the recipes and information.
I look forward to cook more soup!
Love your website. The search option is great. I had trouble finding literature written in English about the benefits of different types of soups. This is just wonderful! Thank you!
Happy Lunar New Year! Thank you for this great great website. I’m already sharing it with my friends. Keep up the good works and I’m looking forward to more yummy recipes from you.
Really good site! love all the recipes and pictures. Looking forward to more recipes
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