soup du jour
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Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special. — Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, "Gordon Ramsay Reveals the One Thing You Should Never Order at a Restaurant," 31 May 2017 Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course. — Benjy Egel, sacbee, "Haven’t nailed down Valentine’s Day plans yet? Check out these restaurants’ specials | The Sacramento Bee," 13 Feb. 2018 The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth. — Alaska Dispatch News, "At Aladdin’s restaurant in Anchorage, kebabs and kefta are a family affair," 13 Sep. 2017 There are floating, dancing delicacies like cheese soufflé, soup du jour, beef ragout, pie, pudding, cakes, and, perhaps best of all, fountains of Champagne. — Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, "The 11 Best Food Scenes in Disney Movies," 4 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'soup du jour.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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