The three grand soups of the world (sekai sandai sūpu) is a common term in Japan referring to three types of soup thought to be the best in the world.会話に困らない！ 使える「雑談力」1500』西東社編集部、西東社、2016年、p.114現代用語の基礎知識、自由国民社、 2000年 The origin of this term is unknown, though it was already in use by the 1980s.