From Asia, Rapture in a Bowl

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NO SIMPLE PLEASURE Rosa Michelman tries Minangasli’s soto ayam.
By JULIA MOSKIN
Published: January 6, 2009

PEOPLE praise chicken soup, especially in these chilly, Kleenex-ridden days, but a bowl of it is usually greeted politely — not rapturously. Purists find pleasure in a clear, golden broth with a few perfect dice of carrot and egg noodles, but the taste? Dull, honestly. Bland, even. More

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