Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Whole Soups

Despite the intense disappointment brought about by New York Magazine's list of New York's 50 tastiest soups, I realized that their soup list was from actual restaurants. I choose - for the most part - to cover quick lunch soup spots. Soups for on the go New Yorkers to grab and slurp with a vengeance. This way New Yorkers will have a complete - a whole, if you will - soup experience. Which leads me to my liquid thoughts on Union Square's most grab and go food destination: WHOLE FOODS.

In addition to having a fabulous salad bar, Whole Foods, has a really awesome soup bar. They have eight selections which change regularly. You can scoop the soup yourself into a variety of sized containers. Unfortunately, they don't have re-usable soup bowls for customers who stay, the way they do for the salad.

On Tuesday, I scooped up a small bowl of butternut squash soup and a small bowl of apple pumpkin soup - I couldn't resist. The butternut squash was pretty much prefect. The only better I've had was from the Harrison, and they topped it with toasted pumpkin seeds. I wasn't sure what to expect with the apple pumpkin soup as I've never in all my soup eating days encountered such a liquid concoction. It was darker in colour than the butternut soup, and milder in flavour. It wasn't actually any sweeter, but it was more dense and thicker. On the whole I preferred the butternut squash and probably wouldn't buy the apple pumpkin again. But if I ever crave squash submitted to a blender I would definitely indulge the craving with this butternut squash soup. This soup really is a whole 'nother thing.

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