vichyssoise

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Choose bistro staples such as vichyssoise, steak frites and croque-monsieur; Blue Door greatest hits including taro root mousse ravioli and '' crabavocat '' salad (blue crab and guacamole) plus gussied-up munchies such as Kobe beef sliders with crispy pancetta and a hot-pressed duck confit medianoche.

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  1. noun A thick creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions, usually served cold.

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  • The menu also tells us that vichyssoise is "vish-ee-swaz" and ratatouille is —  The Buffalo News: Home
  • Linda also says that Ted has brought her and her co-workers homemade meals, including a really delicious vichyssoise. —  James Randi Educational Foundation
  • Choose bistro staples such as vichyssoise, steak frites and croque-monsieur; Blue Door greatest hits including taro root mousse ravioli and '' crabavocat '' salad (blue crab and guacamole) plus gussied-up munchies such as Kobe beef sliders with crispy pancetta and a hot-pressed duck confit medianoche. —  HotelChatter -
  • Of course, at the end of the day, it's the food that makes or breaks a place - I started my meal with a hot (yes, hot) bowl of the vichyssoise - a soup that is, more often than not, served cold. —  Buffalo Rising
  • Even though the soup was great (hot vichyssoise?), I probably would have opted for one of the many salad offerings had I known then what was in store for us towards the end of the meal. —  Buffalo Rising
 

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  1. French, from feminine of vichyssois, of Vichy.
 

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