soup course
Meal's liquid beginning
A soup course is the portion of a formal meal when soup is served, typically following appetizers and preceding the main course.
In traditional multi-course dining, each dish arrives as its own course: The soup course was a creamy lobster bisque.
- appetizerLight dish preceding main
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- consomméClarified, concentrated stock
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- starterInitiator of action
tureen · ladle · steaming · bowl · spoon · hot · sip · bread · bread roll · crackers · dinner · dinner party · restaurant · fine dining · elegant · formal · potage · bouillon
- course
- restaurant fareappetizer, burger, burrito, chicken, curry
- appetizersmozzarella sticks, canapes, bruschetta, buffalo wings, nachos
- banquet foodprime rib, beef tenderloin, filet mignon, roast beef, rack of lamb
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- formal diningplace setting, dinner, porcelain, tablecloth, silverware
culinary prominence
soup coursemain course
Primary dish served
entrée · main dish · meat course · pièce de résistance · main
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