Tong sui means “sugar water” literally, yet it’s a general term for all kinds of soupy Cantonese desserts. Tong sui comes in a bowl of sweet soup with common ingredients like beans ...

For me, sweetcorn soup and sweetcorn sauce on rice bring back ... I stirred to loosen the sweet, gloopy mixture. [3] I added a generous spoonful of Knorr’s chicken powder, which was the MSG ...