soup du jour

noun \ ˌsüp-də-ˈzhu̇r \

|Updated on: 24 Apr 2018

Definition of soup du jour

: a soup offered by a restaurant on a particular day

Recent Examples of soup du jour from the Web

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. 2017

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