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Lotus root soup is one of the famous slow-cooked soups to be served in the Chinese New Year eve’s reunion dinner for most Cantonese families. It is named jia ou tian cheng (佳藕天成) in Chinese, which literally means a pair of couple is born to be married with each other. The Chinese singles believe will have a good marriage in the coming year by consuming this soup.

Since I just made the lotus root soup recently, I didn’t want to have the same thing again for the weekend. So I looked out for something new to try out and finally what came across my mind was one of my favorite soups that I usually have when I dine at a local authentic Taiwanese restaurant. It is the American ginseng chicken soup (花旗參雞湯), an herb soup with slightly bitter flavor but it is definitely delicious and health benefits.

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