SouperChef Anna’s Message | Spread Joy, Support Local There’s this meme that is both funny and deeply saddening: “I wish to return this three-month trial of 2020. It has a virus!” Twenty-twenty has been immeasurably tough for everyone, from the coronavirus-hit patients and their families, to healthcare workers, airlines, tourism, retail, event organisers and F&B […]

  SouperChef’s Message | SouperFoods 2020 Kale and kombucha. Quinoa and açaí. It’s hard to believe these once obscure and often hard-to-pronounce words have now become trending buzz words on our food menus! Ancient cultures discovered them, cultivated them, experimented with them. Their culinary and health potentials were explored, sometimes amplified and made their way […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Eat Well Stay Well 2020 2020 began on a rather grim note with uncertainty, division and anxiety. A novel coronavirus has caused a global outbreak of respiratory disease, the rapidly rising cases creating an international cause for concern. At this point, while the anxiety is understandable, we can also take heart […]

SouperChef’s Message | Celebrate Traditions 2020 Call me traditional, but there’s something deeply warming about Chinese New Year that makes me homesick and sentimental like no other festivals. I remember our backyard that becomes an expansive playground and kitchen come Chinese New Year. The children would gather and chase one another, squeal and get away […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message |  Christmas 2019   If you were to have a dream Christmas feast, what will you wish for? I thought long and hard about this dream feast. Only the best should make it to the list! They’d have to taste good, surely. I would very much want to choose good too, so […]

Download Bhutan, Unfiltered: A Photo Journal to view our stunning curation of photos taken during our three trips, showcasing Bhutan’s unembellished culture, cuisine, community and how they choose good in their happy country! SouperChef Anna’s Message | Bhutan, Unfiltered (Round 2) It’s beautiful and serene here in the highlands. The light combs through the trees […]

Download Bhutan, Unfiltered: A Photo Journal to view our stunning curation of photos taken during our three trips, showcasing Bhutan’s unembellished culture, cuisine, community and how they choose good in their happy country! SouperChef Anna’s Message | Bhutan, Unfiltered (Round 1) The plane descends steadily, the deep greens and majestic mountains blanketing below us. That […]

SouperChef’s Message | Red Dot Series This morning, I had chee cheong fan and thosai for breakfast at my favourite Pek Kio Market. More specifically, while I was still deliberating over what to get, my son had ordered the smooth handmade dim sum and my husband had returned with plates of hot crispy thosai. Both […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Souper Quornscious Round 2 “I thought I’ll miss meat.” We thought we would too! Who knew going meat-free would be such a treat? Right from the beginning, we had been souper stoked about our #SouperQuornscious collaboration with Quorn™, a company committed to making tasty food that is just as sustainable as […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Souper Quornscious   Do you know: By 2050, consumption of meat is expected to have risen 76 per cent against a 2005–07 baseline, compared with 40 per cent for cereals? Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector are estimated to account for 14.5% of the global total, more than direct emissions from […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Random Musings 2019 My staff were all a little baffled when I suggested the month’s theme to be “Random Musings”. “Eh, Anna”, they asked, “What do you mean by random? Anything goes? No specific marketing angle or soups you want to promote?” Yes, anything goes indeed. And here’s why.   Ever […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Souperfoods 2019 I get asked this a lot — What is “superfood”? This nutritional buzzword gets thrown around a lot in the food scene and almost everything is labelled a “superfood” these days. At best, it’s a nutrient powerhouse. At worst, the labelling is superfluous, overhyped by marketing ingenuity. In fact, […]