Noodles · Hong Kong

How Many Calories in Wonton Noodle Soup (Wan Tan Min)?

Also known as 雲吞麵, Wan Tan Min, Wonton Noodles, Hong Kong Wonton Mee, 淨雲吞.

Wonton noodle soup is springy thin egg noodles in a clear shrimp and pork bone broth with 4 to 6 shrimp wontons underneath. The old school shops in Central, Wan Chai and Jordan charge HK$40 to HK$60 for a small bowl.

450kcal / 1 bowl (thin noodles, 4 wontons, soup)
A standard bowl of wonton noodles with thin egg noodles is around 450 calories, based on Centre for Food Safety analysis of a 630g bowl. A small noodle shop bowl (細蓉) with fewer noodles is closer to 300. Protein is decent at about 33g because the wontons are mostly shrimp and pork.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (thin noodles, 4 wontons, soup) (630g)AmountPer 100g
Calories450 kcal71 kcal
Protein33 g5 g
Carbs47 g7 g
Fat14 g2 g

Where the calories come from

Thin egg noodles (cooked)130g
190 kcal
Shrimp and pork wontons (4)100g
150 kcal
Broth380g
60 kcal
Garlic chives15g
5 kcal
Lard or oil5g
45 kcal

The real talk

This is different from the Malaysian dry wantan mee. The Hong Kong version is a soup, the noodles are thin and alkaline, and the wontons are shrimp heavy. At 450 calories for a full cha chaan teng bowl it is one of the lighter noodle dishes in the city, well under beef brisket noodles (550) and nowhere near a plate of fried beef ho fun (970). Fat is only 14g and most of that is the pork in the wontons.

The classic wonton shop bowl is small on purpose. A 細蓉 at the famous places in Central is maybe 250g of food with 4 wontons and a tight nest of noodles, and that lands near 300 calories. The 630g bowl CFS tested is what you get at a cha chaan teng or a noodle chain, with nearly double the noodles. So the same dish can be 300 or 450 depending on where you sit down, and the price gap is about HK$10.

The sodium is the catch, as with every Hong Kong soup noodle. CFS found 2,900mg in the full bowl, which is well over the 2,000mg daily limit. The broth is made with dried flounder and shrimp shells and it is heavily salted, so it tastes better than it is for you. The noodles themselves are around 190 calories per bowl; the wontons about 35 to 40 each; the soup adds almost nothing except salt.

How the portions compare

300 kcal
Small noodle shop bowl (細蓉)
450 kcal
Standard bowl (630g)
600 kcal
Large bowl with 8 wontons

Wonton Noodle Soup (Wan Tan Min) variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Wontons in soup, no noodles (淨雲吞, 6 pieces)250 kcalHighest protein per calorie
Wonton with thick noodles420 kcal粗麵
Wonton with thin noodles450 kcalStandard
Wonton with rice vermicelli520 kcal米粉
Wonton with ho fun570 kcal河粉

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Common questions

How many calories in Hong Kong wonton noodles?
About 450 calories for a 630g cha chaan teng bowl with thin noodles, per Centre for Food Safety data. A small wonton shop bowl is closer to 300.
How many calories in one wonton?
A shrimp and pork wonton is roughly 35 to 40 calories. Four in a bowl come to about 150, with around 12g of protein.
Is wonton noodle soup good for weight loss?
It is one of the lighter Hong Kong noodle dishes at 300 to 450 calories with 33g of protein. The problem is sodium at about 2,900mg per bowl, so leave the soup.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical cha chaan teng, dai pai dong or dim sum serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

Calorie figure based on Centre for Food Safety Hong Kong, Nutrient Values of Indigenous Congee, Rice and Noodle Dishes (450 kcal per 630g bowl, thin noodles). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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