People who knows me knows I hate soups and they say "ramens are soups, you like ramens... Ramens are noodle dish according to cooking classification !" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup
Here are soups, soup-similarities and my point of view, from worst to best : - Cold soups : those don't even do the work to be warm ! Worst of them all - Potages : those clear soups are so tasteless and leave me empty ! - Soupes : the classic soup, I feel the taste and texture of good vegetables are destroyed like this. So bland ! - Veloutés : thickened soups, the best of the worse, they do fill me up a bit. I count alphabet soups and other similar ones with small stuff in there. - Broth / bouillon : the first of the thing people confuse with soups, there is actually some food to chew here. - Porridge : not a soup, it's semi-solid meals. Ramens are a noodle dish but fit that description. Good stuff.