Soup Base
Soup base turns water into a seasoned broth — for hot pot, noodle soup, tom yum or a Cantonese-style soup. We stock pastes, cubes, powders and dried soup mixes from Haidilao, Lee Kum Kee, Oriental Home, Knorr, Maesri and East Asia Brand.
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Hot pot soup bases: spicy mala, tomato, sour, and golden fish maw and chicken from Haidilao; clear broth, three delicacies, mushroom and tomato from Oriental Home; and satay, umami mushroom and tom yum from Lee Kum Kee. For fish balls, tofu, greens and dipping sauces, see our hot pot ingredients.
Thai and Malaysian: tom yum paste from Maesri, Mae Ploy, Penta and Lobo, Knorr tom yum broth cubes, Maesri tom kha soup, and MasFood bak kut teh spice mixes.
Japanese and Vietnamese: Kikkoman shoyu ramen soup base, Shimaya udon soup, miso soup from Hanamaruki and Hikari, and Vianco pho soup base.
Stocks and Cantonese soup mixes: Knorr chicken, beef and vegetable stock cubes, Por Kwan concentrated soup bases, McCormick hot and sour soup seasoning, and dried soup mixes of roots, herbs and fungi from East Asia Brand, Zheng Feng and On Kee.
Free standard delivery over £75 to most UK postcodes.
Which soup base should I use for hot pot? For a spicy, numbing Sichuan-style pot, choose a mala base such as Haidilao's spicy hot pot soup base. For a milder pot, try a tomato, mushroom or clear broth base.
What is Chinese soup base? Usually a hot pot base or a stock — a paste, cube or powder that seasons the broth. We also stock dried Cantonese soup mixes; each pack gives its own method.
Where can I buy soup base in the UK? At Tuk Tuk Mart: hot pot, Thai, Japanese and Chinese soup bases, sent from our Manchester Asian supermarket and rated 4.9/5 from over 2,700 verified reviews.