Soups

🇨🇳China

Egg Drop Soup

蛋花汤

A simple Chinese soup of chicken broth with silken egg ribbons swirled in at the end, thickened with cornstarch and seasoned with white pepper.

🇳🇬Nigeria

Egusi Soup

Egusi

Ground melon seeds cooked in palm oil with pepper, leafy greens and assorted meat or fish until the seed sets into soft lumps in the oil.

🇮🇩West Java, Indonesia

Empal gentong

Empal gentong is a Cirebon soup of beef and offal cooked in a clay urn over mango wood and served in savoury broth.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Eritrean Fish Soup

Asa Shorba

Eritrean fish soup from the Red Sea coast; clear, peppery broth with fish chunks, vegetables, and herbs; a coastal comfort food; lighter than asa tsebhi; eaten with bread or injera.

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Esaü Soup

Esauszopp

Thick lentil soup named for the birthright Esau sold, made with smoked sausage and a spoon of cream.

🇮🇷Iran

Eshkeneh

اشکنه

Onion soup thickened with flour and fenugreek and finished with a beaten egg, sometimes soured with grape juice or dried lime.

🇳🇬Ibadan, Nigeria

Ewedu

Jute leaves boiled and beaten with a broom-like whisk into a smooth green, slippery soup with locust bean and no pepper.

🇹🇷Turkey

Ezogelin Çorbası

Ezogelin Çorbası is a smooth Turkish soup of red lentils, bulgur, rice, tomato paste, onions, and dried mint, served hot with lemon and bread.

🇬🇷Greece

Fakes

Φακές

Greek lentil soup of brown lentils, tomatoes, olive oil, and bay leaf, simmered until thick. A rustic, healthy winter soup, served with vinegar and bread, a national staple.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Fanesca

An Ecuadorian Easter soup with 12 grains and beans, salt cod, milk, squash, and cheese, a Holy Week tradition.

🇫🇴Faroe Islands

Faroese Fish Soup

Fiskasuppa

A fish soup with potatoes, carrots, and cream or milk; a traditional Faroese dish; a creamy, hearty soup; a feature of the Faroese diet; made with fresh cod, haddock, or saithe; a comforting meal.

🇬🇷Greece

Fasolada

Φασολάδα

Greek white bean soup with olive oil, tomatoes, celery, and carrots, a national dish. A hearty, vegetarian winter soup, served with bread and olives, a Clean Monday staple.

🇵🇼Palau

Fasul

Rich broth soup with chicken or fish, ginger, garlic, and vegetables (green papaya, leaves, sweet potato, squash); sometimes with coconut milk; a hearty Palauan soup that combines local produce with Asian seasoning techniques.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Fava parada

Fava parada is a Mallorcan soup of split fava beans cooked until thick and creamy.

🇬🇭Ghana

Fetri Detsi

Ewe okra soup cooked slippery with palm oil, smoked fish and crab, eaten with akple.

🇫🇯Fiji

Fijian Dhal

Dhal

Split peas boiled thin with turmeric and finished with garlic, cumin and chilli fried in ghee and poured in.

🇮🇩Palembang, Indonesia

Fish Ball Soup

Tekwan

Palembang fish ball soup with vermicelli and vegetables in savory shrimp broth.

🇨🇼Curaçao

Fish Soup

Sopi di Piska

Sopi di Piska; Curaçao's fish soup; freshly caught fish with vegetables, herbs, and a hint of lime; both refreshing and comforting; fish paired with plantains and yucca; a staple in local households and restaurants; a reflection of the island's maritime heritage; a dish after a day on the beach.

🇪🇪Estonia

Fish Soup

Lõhesupp

Clear fish stew made with fresh water or Baltic fish, potatoes, carrots, onions and dill, light yet rich.

🇫🇮Finland

Fish Soup

Kalakeitto

Traditional Finnish fish soup with creamy texture, fresh white fish, potatoes, and dill from Finland's lakes and sea.

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Fish Soup

Soupe de Poisson

Fish soup; a fragrant and comforting soup; fresh fish simmered with vegetables and Creole spices; the fish soup that is a Guadeloupean comfort food.

🇭🇷Croatia

Fish Soup

Riblja juha

Clear fish soup made with white fish, vegetables, and herbs, a light starter popular on the coast, traditional and fresh.

🇱🇻Latvia

Fish Soup

Zivju zupa

Traditional fish soup made from various local fish, often with milk added, served with potatoes and herbs.

🇷🇸Serbia

Fish Soup

Рибља чорба

A fiery red soup of river fish — carp, catfish, pike — cooked down with onion and a great deal of paprika.

🇸🇪Sweden

Fish Soup

Fisksoppa

Creamy aromatic soup with salmon, cod, shrimp, potatoes, fennel, and white wine, a coastal Swedish specialty.

🇼🇸Samoa

Fish Soup

Sua i'a

Samoan fish soup; fresh fish simmered in a clear broth with onions, tomatoes, and sometimes coconut cream; a comforting dish using the daily catch; tuna, snapper, and other reef fish are common; served with taro or breadfruit; a TasteAtlas-listed dish; the soup that showcases Samoa's ocean bounty.

🇫🇷Marseille, France

Fish Soup with Rouille

Soupe de poisson a la rouille

Fish soup with rouille sauce, a Marseille specialty served with croutons.

🇷🇴Dobruja, Romania

Fish Sour Soup

Ciorbă de peşte

Freshwater fish simmered with onions, tomatoes and borș into a tangy soup, thickened with cream and egg yolk and scattered with lovage.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Fish Tea

Thin, peppery broth boiled from fish heads and bones with pumpkin, yam and green banana, drunk from a cup before a meal.

🇳🇬Nigeria

Fisherman Soup

A Nigerian coastal seafood soup with fresh fish, prawns, crab and sometimes snails in a spicy tomato and pepper broth, a Niger Delta specialty.

🇭🇺Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary

Fisherman's Soup

Halászlé

Fisherman's soup is a Hungarian red fish soup made with carp, river fish, hot paprika, onions, and green peppers.

🇷🇸Serbia

Fisherman's Stew

Аласка чорба

Several kinds of river fish simmered whole in a cauldron with paprika and hot peppers, served with the bones in and bread alongside.

🇳🇴Norway

Fiskesuppe

A Norwegian creamy fish soup with cod, salmon, shrimp, and vegetables in a rich cream broth. A coastal and national classic, hearty and comforting, a winter and restaurant staple, a daily and home dish, a soup.

🇵🇱Warsaw, Poland

Flaki

A Polish tripe soup of beef tripe, vegetables, and spices (marjoram, nutmeg, ginger), simmered until tender. A hearty, rustic soup, especially popular in Warsaw.

🇧🇾Belarus

Forest Mushroom Soup

Грыбны суп

Dried or fresh boletus simmered with barley, potato and onion and finished with sour cream, the default soup of the mushroom months.

🇩🇪Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurter linsensuppe

Frankfurter linsensuppe simmers lentils with root vegetables and herbs, often served with vinegar and sausage.