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seafood Newburg

seafood Newburg

1 8.1
A dish of seafood in a rich creamy sauce served on toast or rice
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːfʊd ˈnjuːbɜːrɡ/
  • US
translation icon : Newburg de mariscos
  • At the dinner party, I served seafood Newburg on toast, and everyone loved the creamy sauce.

Examples

  • The restaurant serves delicious seafood Newburg.

  • We enjoyed a delicious seafood Newburg at the restaurant last night.

  • If you love creamy sauces, you should definitely try the seafood Newburg on the menu.

  • The chef recommended serving seafood Newburg over buttered toast for an authentic experience.

  • I love seafood Newburg for dinner.

  • For our anniversary, we enjoyed a delicious seafood Newburg made with shrimp and lobster.

  • The restaurant's special was seafood Newburg over rice, which was both rich and flavorful.

Surface Forms

seafood Newburg singular
seafood Newburgs plural

Morphology

seafood + Newburg

The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'seafood' (edible marine animals) and 'Newburg' (a rich cream sauce); together they denote seafood served in Newburg sauce. Naming dishes as 'food + sauce/style' is a common, predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Seafood Newburg may come from one popular story: a sea captain named Wenberg brought a creamy lobster recipe to a famous New York restaurant, and the chef served it as Newburg. So seafood Newburg means seafood served in a 'rich, creamy' Newburg sauce.