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Chicken Soup for the SG Soul (Chicken | Contains Gluten | Contains Peanuts | Alcohol-Free | Egg-Free | Dairy-Free) Growing up, there will always be a pot of Chinese soup on our dinner table at every meal, lovingly simmered for hours by my folks. I never quite realised how blessed I was, until I started […]

Soul-Good Mullet Soup Teochew Style (Fish* | Contains Gluten | Alcohol-Free | Dairy-Free | Egg-Free) *May contain fine bones Do you remember the last time you ate something so great that all you could think about for days after was that very dish? Chef Willin’s “yu pin mai fan” or poached flounder in roasted fish […]

Watercress and Roasted Pear with Red Dates (Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Contains Egg* | Alcohol-Free | Gluten-Free) *Poached egg as condiment   The very name of this SouperChef Special will probably remind you of Cantonese double-boiled soups! The Chinese treasure the watercress for its soothing, nourishing effects, especially when double-boiled with red dates. I’m […]

Grilled Corn Chowder Champon Style (Vegetarian |Contains Dairy |  Contains Gluten | Egg-Free) We arrived in Kyushu on a cool rainy day despite it being midsummer and the first meal we had was Nagasaki style Champon ramen. It was especially comforting and reminded me very much of home as it almost felt like a Chinese cuisine. […]

Sumo Nabe Hotpot (Chicken | Dairy-Free | Egg-Free | Gluten-Free)   Hotpot fit for a sumo wrestler! We have cooked this using soy milk, the first for me, and I was pleasantly surprised by the sweet, rounded delicate flavour of this soup. Soymilk is made from soybeans with high volumes of isoflavin, important in prevention […]

A Florentine Midsummer Night’s Beef Stew (Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free | Egg-Free)   In Italy, especially in Florence, the feast of St. John the Baptist has been celebrated from the medieval times, certainly in the Renaissance. Festivals last for 3 days from the 21st to 24th June, a period marked as midsummer, a […]

Kimchi Dubu Doenjang Jjigae (Meat-Free / Spicy / Contains Anchovies / Contains Gluten) I am a big fan of kimchi! I also happen to love soondubu jjigae (soft beancurd spicy stew) and doengjang jjigae (soybean paste stew). Hence when I sat down to create my perfect vegan Korean stew, it made perfect sense to combine […]

Samgyetang My Version (Dairy-Free/Egg-Free/Gluten-Free)   I love Korean ginseng chicken soup! At home, I make it with the traditional method of using a whole ginseng root and a whole chicken, stuffed with glutinous rice. Our rendition here uses tender marinated chicken pieces cooked with carrots, wolfberries, red dates, gingko nuts, chestnuts, a variety of oriental […]

Bulgogi Style Jungol (Beef/Dairy-Free*/Egg-Free/Contains Gluten) *No longer dairy-free once cheddar cheese is added as condiment. Most of us would have eaten bulgogi (bbq meat) at Korean restaurants or attempted to make it at home for parties. In 2011, a poll by CNN even had bulgogi listed at no. 23 on the “World’s 50 Most Delicious […]

Roasted Vegetables Chilli Cheese Soup  (Vegetarian / Contains Dairy / Gluten-Free / Egg-Free / Spicy) The ultimate experience in Bhutanese dining will always have to be at the home of a Bhutanese family, sharing a specially cooked traditional meal, complete with suja (butter tea) and ara (homemade alcoholic beverage). In the home of a tangka […]

Beef and Tripe Stew Roman Style (Contains Beef / Tripe / Contains Gluten / Contains Dairy / Contains Egg)   (After writing the recipe for this soup and calculating the calories, I initially wanted to scrap the soup as the estimated calorie count was a whopping 515 calories. I recalled how customers wrote in with […]

Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup Chicken / Dairy-Free* / Gluten-Free** / Egg-Free *No longer dairy-free if sour cream and cheddar cheese are added as condiments. ** No longer gluten-free if fried tortilla chips are added as condiment.   In 2008, I made my first trip to the United States of America, the lovely west coast. Mexican […]