Hot and Sour Soup

My father and mother have made hot and sour soup ever since I was little. It's one of my favorite Chinese dishes and it's not as popular in Taiwan as it is China. With that being said, I'm also very picky and in American there are few places where I think they make good hot and sour soup. Every Chinese restaurant I go to, I have to order the hot and sour soup to see if it's tasty or not. Anyway here in Taipei I always go to this certain restaurant to order the soup since it's pretty good and they serve it.

I've been going there ever since I got to Taiwan and I know the owners of the restaurant; it's a family owned restaurant. Tonight the mother wasn't there but there was another worker, I'm thinking it's her or her husband's sister, that was working today. She was nice and when she didn't understand me, she said oh I didn't hear you lol She commented how many Taiwanese girls don't like hot and sour soup because it has a lot of stuff in it and you can gain weight easily. Again, another example of extra commentary. She said many Taiwanese girls are scared of getting fat. I replied saying yes, I'm not scared of gaining weight because I like to eat lol The father was there though and he also said yes she doesn't mind since she's an American.

It's interesting that a lot of Taiwanese people don't care for hot and sour soup. Actually, everytime I want to eat it or order it, they said oh yes many Americans like hot and sour soup lol I guess maybe it's more of an Americanized dish but nonetheless I like my soup and I will never get sick of eating it :)

-Chihchat