The dishes served in Chinese style tea restaurants often give us the impression of containing a lot of meat and little vegetables, being high in fat and with intense flavours. Ken Chan, General Manger of Soup Plus, said, “In fact, Chinese style tea restaurants do offer healthier options such as rice in soup. Cooking in soup is a low-fat cooking method, making rice in soup suitable for day-to-day consumption.” Soup Plus is a Chinese style tea restaurant specialising in rice in soup. With a dedicated team striving to offer different kinds of healthy rice in soup to customers, Soup Plus has successfully become a three-star EatSmart Restaurant (ESR) under the “EatSmart Restaurant Star+” Campaign (ESR Star+ Campaign).

Rice in Soup Freshly Made Daily as a Tasty and Healthy Option

Ken believed that the flavours from fresh ingredients is irreplaceable and is the essence of rice in soup. To allow customers to enjoy fresh rice in soup, Soup Plus is meticulous in all the steps, from preparing the soup bases to choosing the ingredients. Like other Chinese style tea restaurants, it prepares the dishes upon ordering. The soup bases of Soup Plus are freshly made every day. Ingredients such as seafood and tofu do not require any seasonings, which helps reduce customers’ oil, salt and sugar intake. To bring more healthy options to customers, Soup Plus also offers quinoa rice and brown rice which are high in dietary fibre and with a better texture. The rice is steamed in traditional pots for a richer taste.

Ingredients at Your Choice to Promote a Balanced Diet

Apart from set menus, Soup Plus offers “DIY Rice in Soup” which allows customers to choose two ingredients and one kind of vegetables with the rice in soup. To satisfy health-conscious customers, more than 20 fresh and non-processed ingredients are provided for them to choose from. To encourage customers to cultivate the good habit of eating vegetables, those who opt for “DIY Rice in Soup” are required to choose at least one kind of vegetables.

Ken hopes that rice in soup will become a future eating trend so that customers can easily put healthy eating and balanced diet into practice even when they patronise Chinese style tea restaurants.