Comments on: Aura Thai Makes One of the Best Soups in Midtown

By: ncsuemme

ncsuemme — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:26:12 +0000

Hmm, I’m bummed that the one time I tried Aura Thai (delivery, for lunch), it was incredibly average. That disappointing average. :-/ But this soup sounds intriguing.

By: Huck

Huck — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:41:26 +0000

This is good news since the 1-2 other non-soup items I’ve had here are pretty weak gruel indeed. I’ll give the soup a try, but for Thai solid food I’ll still hike up to Pam’s on 49 St.

By: jerkfaceireland

jerkfaceireland — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:26:16 +0000

I had this soup today, came with an spring roll. Trust me, you do not need anything else with this soup. If you can finish it and you’re not full there is something wrong with you, I wont bore you with the details, Zach’s review is spot on, but best soup in midtown? I think your soft spot for asian flavours might be influencing your decision. I usually prefer more European style soups. Certainly enjoyable none the less, and I didn’t find the duck that fatty…

By: MikeNYC

MikeNYC — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:17:59 +0000

Danny: Good point. Quite often my lunch decision is “What am I going to get with my soup” and I pretty much usually go over the 10 bucks.

I just got a tip that Ted’s gumbo is good, so I might try the Soup and Salad $10 special.

The Bistro half sandwich/small soup is under $10 and is a good meal. Love their chicken and beef chili and chicken pot pie soups.

I wonder if the Soup Nazi would get covered by ML if he were still around? That was over $10, as I recall.

By: StreetMeasOnsumer3008

StreetMeasOnsumer3008 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:50 +0000

Cool. This looks better than Pho. The duck soup looks good. I like egg noodles too.

By: vdubjb

vdubjb — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:13:51 +0000

How big is the 1/2 sandwich in the Cafe Metro $5 online special? You can upgrade the soup size for $1 or $2. I haven’t tried it yet.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:05:16 +0000

Last month I had the duck soup by the Marx Brothers.

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:57:49 +0000

mmm… duck soup. this looks good. looks like it’ll only be filling with the noodles though…

@MikeNYC,
the problem with soups in general, especially when the budget is $10, is that they don’t really fill you up. You get a soup from a normal deli, like some chowder or whatever, even if it’s at 6oz, I think most Midtown Lunchers are going to want more food.

By: MikeNYC

MikeNYC — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:46:28 +0000

It’s strange: If one were to go by this site alone, one would think soup is pretty much an asian food.

Try clicking on that food type “soup” link above. The resulting stories skew about 80% or more to asian soups. (I made up that ratio, but it’s a high number)

That is not even close to the asian/non-asian ratio of soup sales or consumption, based solely on casual observation in places I go.

Which is my long winded way of bitching about the lack of non-asian soup coverage on ML.

BTW, anyone got a good chicken pot pie soup near rock center? Bistro does a good one, but not every day.

Also, burning question: Pot pie soup – bits o’crust, or no? Maybe I should take it to the forum….

By: vdubjb

vdubjb — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:43:46 +0000

thats cool. I have walked by there a million times and wondered how it could be different or better than the myriad of places near it. You can walk from 39th to 59th and have thai on every block.