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, […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Be Fit and Fab 2019 Greetings from all of us here at The Soup Spoon! We trust that the Lunar New Year has been a feast-ive one for you! Our family was very blessed to be able to usher in the Year of the Pig with our extended family in Xiamen! […]

SouperChef’s Message | Ode to Celebration   I never tire of regaling my childhood stories to the gapes of my city children! Home in Brunei is about darkened knees playing in the backyard, chasing our chickens, watching my grandma slaughter one every Chinese New Year for the reunion dinner. All the kids would gather to […]

SouperChef Anna’s Message | Christmas 2018 I grew up in the company of ‘creators’ — family members who can turn pantry scraps into cosy meals, plain dishes into coveted heirloom recipes. Put a chef in the kitchen and magical things can happen! But while I’m all for reinventing the familiar and breaking the conventions, there […]