From his description here, it is very bland. Chicken stock and soy sauce....I think the broth is just a vehicle to get the shark fin into you...
Gordon Ramsay eats Shark Fin Soup for the first time! - YouTube
MA the OP just wanted the herbs for flavor not Shark Fin. Kitchenelf explained that in the first posts.I hope I'm not stirring controversy here but shouldn't this thread be closed? Shark fin soup is banned now pretty much everywhere except Asia due to how inhumanely sharks are finned alive and tossed back into the ocean, unable to swim, hunt or survive. Sustainability of the sharks is also a problem. If you see shark fin on the menu anywhere it's because restaurants have until June 2013 to use up what they already have. Sorry, I'm just the messenger.