Tonic

This is a soup made with green papaya, lean port with bone, root of Solomon's seal 玉竹, Chinese yam 淮山 and barley. Chinese, particularly Cantonese, believes in the commonality of food and medicine so herbs used in medicine find its way into food very often. Here is an example. Quite tasty too.






With meat from the soup, just a little dipping sauce and some pickles, this is quite a complete meal.