Soup “flights” (beer, restaurants, grill, freeze)

[gentlearts]

I’ve only ever heard of flights of beer or scotch, etc.

Maybe I just don’t get out much, but an Irish Pub in town has just started serving flights of soup. Pick 3 of 4 available flavors. This strikes me as a genius idea, and I’m looking forward to trying it.

[CrowGirl]

I haven't heard of it either but it is something I would try!

[ditchlights]

I'd totally be down for that. I love soup, especially rich cream based soups. When I'm in a store like Whole Foods or other specialty market that has a soup row for take out with like 8 different types I get that urge to have a few spoonfulls of each type. A place offering soup flights would be right up my alley.

[Threestep2]

This has potential. But how do you keep each small bowl piping hot?

[evening sun]

A local bar & grill has these on Friday, but I have yet to try it.

[jlawrence01]

I think it is a great idea. I think that there needs to be a variety of soups - cream, vegetable, etc.

[heavymind]

I'd be all over it, I love soup. However, I wonder about the feasibility of it long term, for the restaurant. There's a reason most restaurants offer a "soup of the day" and maybe one other option...soup takes time to cook and needs to be made in bigger batches. Making several to offer in a flight sounds expensive.

I've often grumbled about being charged $6 or $7 for a bowl of soup at a restaurant..."it's only soup!". But think about it. The longer something sits on a stove top or over heat, the higher the cost. When I make soup at home I fill a crock pot and refrigerate or freeze the leftover for future meals, not one small bowl at a time.

My local grocery store has a soup bar in the deli, there are 4-5 varieties of soup every day in big simmer pots. For the price, I'm guessing the soup comes in big cans and they just keep it warmed in the pots all day over steaming water.

[gentlearts]

Here’s a photo. The choices were Carrot and Parsnip, Minestrone, Tomato Bisque, and Potato leek. $9.99.

[don6170]

Originally Posted by Threestep2

This has potential. But how do you keep each small bowl piping hot?

That's one of the reasons I don't care for beer flights. Unless you chug them, the last beer is lukewarm by the time you get to it.

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by Threestep2

This has potential. But how do you keep each small bowl piping hot?

I’ve got no problem with room temperature foods. As long as they start out piping hot, I think they’d be fine. I wonder if everyone would finish, one at a time, or hop from one to another?