Healthy and warming, soup is a staple stand-alone meal or side option and a favourite at this time of year. We’ve scoured the city to find a trio of hotspots specialising in flavoursome mixes and fresh ingredients.
COFFEE & FANDISHA
Brick Street, L1
This Baltic Triangle café may specialise in Ethiopian coffee and popcorn – known as fandisha in Amharic, hence the name – but it also mixes up a mean soup.
With freshness a focus, and served alongside a complementing crispy bread, the eatery has been known to serve up concoctions such as creamy courgette soup with a stonebaked baguette, or tomato soup with basil oil, crème fraiche and garlic toast.
LEAF
Bold Street, L1
Even with a comprehensive menu of breakfasts, lunch options, and main meals; the soup offering stand out at the ever-popular Leaf.
Serving up options made with seasonal ingredients, such as the exotic yet autumnal Thai roast butternut squash, chilli and lime dish; Leaf’s soup also regularly cater for vegans, vegetarians and those looking for a gluten-free alternatives. Plus a ‘soup of a day’ keeps choices fresh and varied.
OUT TO LUNCH
Chapel Street, L3
Offering a broad range of soups, all freshly prepared in-house each day, this commercial district pit stop is conveniently located for a break from the office.
A choice of creamy vegetable blends to more filling options incorporating noodles, pasta and chunky ingredients caters for all tastes and appetites, and with an option to pre-order for collection you can still grab a healthy lunch in a hurry.
