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Although soup is one of those hot dishes that never goes out of fashion, it may be more associated with traditional and traditional spoon food than with haute cuisine restaurants. Be that as it may, almost all restaurants offer some kind of soup recipe on their menu. In Spain, it is common to have “sopa de caldo de cocido”, “caldo gallego”, “olla de San Antonio” or “sopa castellana”. But what hot dishes are in vogue in cities like New York? We have compiled some of the most popular soups there, to keep you warm if you happen to be in the Big Apple this winter.
Although it is an Italian restaurant, at Jupiter, near Rockefeller, they offer a traditional alphabet soup. The dish is called ‘Alphabet in Brodo’, and for 21 dollars you can play at forming words while you enjoy this delicious chicken and beef broth.
Another option is at Torrisi restaurant, which also offers Italian food. Here they have a New York version of the chicken stracciatella soup with egg, originally from Rome. It is a kind of egg soup with a chicken meatball in it. This dish is also priced at around 18 dollars.
At the French restaurant Le Coucou you’ll find the Alsatian consommé, only served at mealtimes, which is a bowl of thick-skinned sauerkraut dumplings into which the waiter pours a broth garnished with gewürztraminer wine. It looks like a simple dish, but the result is delicious. The price is $18 too.
If you’re looking for a slightly more expensive option, you’ll have to visit the Casino restaurant, which offers Mediterranean cuisine, to try the Lobster Cioppino for 48 dollars. It’s an exquisite seafood stew with prawns, mussels, clams, black bass, crab, saffron broth and fennel.
And if you’d like to relive the good old Spanish spoon cuisine, you can always go to restaurants like Jose Andrés’ Mercado Little Spain, whose menu offers dishes such as tripe with chickpeas, chorizo and black pudding for 19 dollars, or lentils with chorizo and black pudding for 16 dollars. And, of course, Spain’s most famous cold soup, gazpacho.
If, after reading this article, you fancy a good spoon dish, here are some restaurants in Madrid where you can eat good spoon dishes.