Dioscorea, Goji, Dried Scallop and Partridge Soup

Why people make this soup

When flu season arrives and the temperature drops, parents start thinking about how to help their children build resilience. In Chinese food therapy, the guiding principle is to use gentle, nature-based ingredients that nourish without over-stimulating — particularly for children, whose systems are still developing and can be thrown off balance by overly rich tonics. This soup uses partridge as the base — a bird prized in traditional practice for addressing chronic cough and spleen weakness in children — combined with the mildly strengthening Chinese yam, goji, dried scallop, and carrot. The result is a flavourful, nourishing broth that the whole family can enjoy, not just the children.