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MHK Sushi ·
Restaurant Joy ·
Yangtze ·
Les Fougères (Chelsea) ·
Fortune Express ·
Domus Cafe ·
Mandarin Ogilvie ·
Eastern City ·
L'Orée du Bois (Chelsea) ·
Mee Xim ·
Les Soupières ·
Vietnam Palace ·
Nihao Tea House ·
Perspectives Restaurant at Brookstreet Hotel ·
Arome ·
Bulgogi Garden ·
Phnom Penh Noodle House ·
Chu Shing ·
Miga
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MHK Sushi [4]
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2007 Feb 13
I've only had the miso, but I have to agree with From Da Rock that it's very good. I prefer it a bit stronger, but I could just have spoiled myself by making it at home.
2007 Jan 25
Miso Soup was bar none the best I ever had. Just wish it was given as a palate cleanser when ordering a main meal as is at other Japanese/sushi places.
Restaurant Joy [3]
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2007 May 27
Usually, when a meal deal comes with soup you get a tiny little bowl. Not so at Joy! They brought a nice big bowl of steaming tofu and veggie soup, from which we were served individual bowls. There was enough tasty soup that we were able to refill our bowls a few times. I love generous soup! :-)
Yangtze [2]
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2006 Sep 18
The Crab Meat and Sea Foam soup is so good I can't stop eating it! Sea Foam is actually fish maw (swim bladder) -- it has no flavour, only texture.
Les Fougères [2]
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Dec 12
The soup of the day was Lentil Soup ($7.25). Excellent soup to start my meal! Unfortunately, the main course I had was very very bad.
Fortune Express [2]
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2007 Mar 2
For the "Crab Meat and Sea Foam Soup", if you don't like crab meat, you can replace it with chicken. The "Chicken meat and Sea Foam Soup" was as good as the "Crab Meat and Sea Foam Soup".
2007 Jan 1
We enjoyed a medium Crab Meat and Sea Foam Soup (my favourite) and also ordered a small Straw Mushroom and Egg Drop Soup (my kids' favourite). The server was surprised because I guess nobody orders two different soups for one table, but hey we like our soup!
Both were good.
Both were good.
2006 Dec 7
Every Chinese restaurant in Ottawa has "Crab Meat and Sea Foam Soup" in the menu. This is our favourite soup.
Domus Cafe [1]
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Apr 6
This was the Daily Market Soup I ordered. I forgot what it was. A little bit sour. Good to start! Isn't it beautiful!
The server also asked me if I wanted to have another slice of bread to go with my soup. No doubt about it.
Mandarin Ogilvie [1]
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We always order crab meat and sea foam soup. This is our favourite soup.
Eastern City [1]
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This is the seafood and tofu soup. Very delicious! This big bowl can serve 8 people.
L'Orée du Bois [1]
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2007 Aug 14
The soup was okay. One half of our group ordered Red lentil, curry and mint soup and one half ordered Tomato & Lavage cold soup since one of our friends recommended to try the cold tomato (she told us that she tried cold tomato soup during their cruise vacation and was very refreshing). My hot soup was not bad although I found it a bit salty. Our friend told me that the cold tomato soup at Royal Caribbean was way better, but the tomato soup here was still good.
P.S. The photo didn't turn out great since I didn't use the flash.
Mee Xim [1]
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2006 Oct 11
Here's a rather poor photo of Mee Xim's incredible $1.50 bowl of soup -- half finished but still with a good portion of bok choy in it. I'd really enjoy this bowl right now. ;-)
Les Soupières [0]
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Vietnam Palace [0]
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Mar 30
The Superior Seafood Soup is a must-have if you enjoy seafood soups like the almost gelatinous Crab Meat and Sea Foam soup you find in Chinese restaurants. This soup is full of chopped shrimp, scallops, and surimi. Delicious!
Nihao Tea House [0]
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Dec 10
This is the Lobster, bacon and black bean bisque ($10) that my husband ordered. When the soup arrived, every one asked him what that was because the soup really looked like the Chinese version of black sesame sweet soup. I had a sip of the soup and it was not bad. But I would prefer to try other dishes.
Arome [0]
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Pumpkin soup. Taste was good.
Bulgogi Garden [0]
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2007 Oct 28
The Soon Doo Boo Chi Gae (sundubu chigae) is a very spicy soft tofu soup, graced with pork and clams. I ordered this because I wanted to compare against the one I had at Miga. Quite spicy and pretty good but I preferred Miga's version, which was spicier with more depth of flavour and slightly less tofu.
Like Miga's, this was served still boiling vigorously. Quite exciting!
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2007 Jul 14
We had the soup with vegetables and pork (no noodles). The broth was enjoyable but not as tasty as a good pho broth. Still, it's neat to see a soup so chock full of veggies -- loads of broccoli, carrot slices, onion pieces, snow peas, and bean sprouts.
Vegetarians will shake their head at the following item marked as "Vegetarian": Pork Soup with Vegetables Only. LOL! Even better, on the takeout menu the "Vegetarian" marker is on a different soup: Pork Soup with Vegetables & Seafood.
Vegetarians will shake their head at the following item marked as "Vegetarian": Pork Soup with Vegetables Only. LOL! Even better, on the takeout menu the "Vegetarian" marker is on a different soup: Pork Soup with Vegetables & Seafood.
Chu Shing [-1]
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2007 Aug 9
Their Crab Meat and Sea Foam Soup was the worst I have tried in Ottawa. Crab meat was not fresh and the soup taste was bland. I tasted that water was later added to the soup.
So, don't bother ordering this soup here.
So, don't bother ordering this soup here.
Miga [-1]
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2007 Jan 7
I followed Duckfat's recommendation and ordered the Sundubu Chigae. It arrived still boiling, and continued to bubble vigorously for a good 3 or 4 minutes!
The flavour was nice and very spicy indeed! So spicy that it might be better as a miso-sized appetizer. That said, I happily finished it and enjoyed the warm afterglow. It comes with a little bowl of steamed rice, which helps extinguish the fire once in a while. Thanks for the recommendation Duckfat!
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