Many recipes are for cold soups served when fruit is in season during hot weather.

Most soups carry a $5.95 price tag and serve four to six people.

A meal will usually includes a soup, or 'samlor', served alongside the main courses.

The fine soups served at lunch are also available.

More substantial soups, served with a salad as a meal, demand bread to mop up with.

A local dish is "soto banjar", a soup served with lime.

The only sound was the clink of china as the footman cleared the soup bowls and served the fish course.

The soup served there is much richer and more elegant, but the version here is good.

Sanratanmen is very similar to Sichuan hot and sour soup served with long noodles.

The soup, which has a potato base, is tasty and served in what could be a mixing bowl.