My hot and sour soup was translucent -- should I complain?

[Anonymous]

I've been craving hot and sour soup all day and finally gave in to myself and ordered some. It arrived the color of water! WTF!??? I wanted brown and syrupy.

[Anonymous]

Is this a troll or do people like OP seriously exist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a troll or do people like OP seriously exist?

I'm serious! I don't know if I got the wrong soup or what, but I have never had TRANSLUCENT hot and sour soup.

[Anonymous]

How did it taste?

Why do you need advice from DCUM about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did it taste?

Why do you need advice from DCUM about this?

I guess I'm wondering if this is a common preparation.

It tasted watery and not as potent as usual, but also more rife with earthy mushrooms. This is a new place, so maybe it's a diff style?

[Anonymous]

Then make it yourself. Don't complain. Don't tell people how to make their soup. You sound exhausting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then make it yourself. Don't complain. Don't tell people how to make their soup. You sound exhausting.

I didn't tell a Chinese takeout restaurant how to make their soup.

I asked DCUM if translucent hot and sour soup is a common preparation. I have no plans to phone the restaurant with an alternate recipe...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been craving hot and sour soup all day and finally gave in to myself and ordered some. It arrived the color of water! WTF!??? I wanted brown and syrupy.

For some reason, 90% of the Chinese restaurants get hot and sour soup wrong. I had one recently that literally had no discernible flavor. Another was really hot (spicy). There seems to be no middle ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been craving hot and sour soup all day and finally gave in to myself and ordered some. It arrived the color of water! WTF!??? I wanted brown and syrupy.

For some reason, 90% of the Chinese restaurants get hot and sour soup wrong. I had one recently that literally had no discernible flavor. Another was really hot (spicy). There seems to be no middle ground.

Are you Chinese? If not STFU. If you think 90٪ of the Chinese restaurants make it wrong, then guess what? It is you who is wrong.

[Anonymous]

A clear broth in hot and sour soup is not unusual, OP. There is less of a fat content and the quality of the ingredients are higher. You are not getting greasy meat. If you prefer a very fatty broth, ask ahead of time how the soup is made. Personally, I prefer a clearer, less fatty broth, with tofu used in lieu of pork.

[Anonymous]

Interesting article:

https://www.seriouseats.com/hot-and-sour-soup-food-lab-recipe

[Anonymous]

It's soup not gravy

[Anonymous]

Put it in your 'World's Best Mom' mug and you won't be able to see through it the way everyone sees right through you.

[Anonymous]

I feel for you, op. I have had clear a couple of times, but they were still flavorful.

I had the best bowl of hot and sour of my entire life last week (not near DC). It was perfection.

[Anonymous]

“No, soup for you”.