Guilin Lotus Seed and Osmanthus Soup

Guilin Lotus Seed and Osmanthus Soup is a health-preserving sweet soup that perfectly combines natural gifts and humanistic poetry. Fresh lotus seeds from the lotus ponds around Guilin are selected, and after removing the cores, they are slowly boiled over low heat until soft and 烂 (烂，soft). Each lotus seed blooms like a small lotus flower, with a powdery, glutinous, and sweet taste. When seasoning, in addition to rock sugar, the most critical ingredient is dried golden osmanthus petals——these osmanthus flowers are taken from the osmanthus trees in the streets and alleys of Guilin, collected and dried during the autumn bloom, with a strong and lasting aroma. When cooking the soup, first boil the lotus seeds and rock sugar until thick, then sprinkle in the osmanthus and cook for a while, and finally pour in a little lotus root starch water to thicken a transparent thin sauce. The soup is amber in color. Taking a spoonful into the mouth, the density of the lotus seeds, the delicate fragrance of the osmanthus, and the sweetness of the rock sugar spread layer by layer in the throat. Finally, a faint lotus fragrance can be tasted, as if drinking the tenderness of the whole autumn into the stomach. This soup is especially suitable for drinking on a dry autumn afternoon. Foreign visitors often describe its taste as "like a soft whisper of nature". It can not only moisturize the body and preserve health but also make people feel Guilin people's delicate perception of the change of seasons.