There is this one chef I work with who swears up and down that
vichyssoise is a fish stew. Everyone else, including myself, says
it's a potato and leek soup served cold. I suggested he might be
thinking of bouillbaisse but he swears that vichyssoise is a fish
stew, at least to a French person it is. Has anyone ever heard of
vichyssoise being refered to anything other than cold potato soup? I
saw one recipe that had crab meat in it but the crab meat was simply
an addition and not part of the basic recipe. I cannot find any
reference on the internet that says vichyssoise can be a fish stew.