The clam chowder in a bread bowl reminds me a lot of a soup I have every time I visit Lithuania. It's a creamy mushroom soup in Rye bread like this one:
pic from google
It tastes amazing, but if you order this as a starter - which it's most often served as - don't try to eat much of the bread, that will revenge itself when you start the main course 😅
That looks similar and it is the same concept. Here also it is considered starter especially when you don’t eat the bread. However I like the bread so much I eat everything! So that is my meal!