Meaning of vichyssoise in English:
vichyssoise
Pronunciation /ˌviːʃiːˈswɑːz/
noun
mass nounA soup made with potatoes, leeks, and cream and typically served chilled.
‘After Helga's spiced up vichyssoise, Selina serves big portions of perfectly rare beef with peppery salad and home-made horseradish.’
- ‘In tub two, serve up three favorite cold soups, such as gazpacho, vichyssoise, and iced tomato.’
- ‘Pour a serving of vichyssoise into a shooter.’
- ‘Your misinterpretation of vichyssoise ruined my Bar Mitzvah!’
- ‘And she is saddled with a French accent so thick she sounds like she's swallowing vichyssoise every time she talks.’
- ‘At €4.95 the chilled vichyssoise with oyster and basil was not only good value but a welcome tease with an old classic.’
- ‘The water was like warm vichyssoise; thick with rich nutrients - and stinging nematocysts.’
- ‘The least elegant was the vichyssoise, which had the bland, somewhat gummy consistency of whipped avocados.’
- ‘Indeed, it is so well established that it is occasionally used as a generic term, e.g. in ‘a vichyssoise of parsnip and runner beans’.’
- ‘Pour the vichyssoise into bowls and sprinkle with chopped chives.’
Origin
French (feminine) ‘of Vichy’ (see Vichy).