My cue to take a bite of rice drenched in the thick soup.

NEWYORKER: Swimming

It has the consistency of a very thick soup and is scooped up with hot pita bread, raw onion and pickled cucumbers.

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We started with a "crab meat" and sweet corn thick soup.

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He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods' roes.

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The thick, creamy soup was served in espresso cups topped with tiny cubes of bread that had been sauteed with sage leaves that turn crispy as they impart their sharp flavor to the butter and tiny croutons.

CNN: Word of mouth

Now the soup, so thick it could be mistaken for a sauce, has taken a spot on menus abroad.

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And when it's cold outside, few things sound as appealing as a hearty onion soup with a layer of baked Gruyere so thick it almost requires a fork and knife, especially when it's part of a prix fixe lunch.

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