Mrs Wong’s Savoury Oxtail Soup

There is sometimes a fine line between a soup and a stew. In general, the Chinese use soups as a beverage to be consumed in the course of the meal. So, if it can be drunk, it is a soup; if you need chopsticks or a spoon, it is a stew. My friend Steve Wong told me that his mother’s oxtail dish was a hyphenated soup-stew, and when I tried it, I could see he was right. Mrs Wong, a true Chinese-American, has in fact blended Chinese touches