Chicken Soup For The Foochow Souls

Good soup lifts the spirits,

Stimulating the appetite is one of its merits,

In Foochow cuisine,

Red wine chicken mee sua reigns supreme.

 

Made from fermentation of red yeast, Jiu Bing and glutinous rice,

Red wine tastes real nice,

Mix it with the chicken soup,

Behold you get a culinary coup.

 

Longevity noodles slithery and smooth,

Swimming in the aromatic broth,

In a sea of mushrooms, black fungus and chicken pieces,

On the palate it teases.

 

A taste of subtle sweetness,

Tinged with a bit of sourness,

A great balance of flavours,

A sumptuous delight forever.