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 Special | Chicken Broccoli Red Rice Stew (Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free) This SouperChef Special is a sweet reminder that even the simplest of homecooked meals can be a souperstar in its own right. I cooked this a lot during my university days — stir-fried broccoli with chicken, mushrooms and tomatoes served over rice. It […]

Download our e-magazine here to have an exclusive read on our farm-to-table journey, the street food and markets, specially curated recipes and our conversations with inspiring chefs and the hospitable Brazilians! Brazilian Black Bean Beef Stew (Contains Beef | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free | Slightly Spicy) In Brazil, the dish to have is feijoada (fay-zwah-da). The word […]

SouperChef Special | Soulful Vegan Chilli (Vegan | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free)   Some of you may have known from my Instagram posts that I have recently gone dairy-free and thoroughly enjoying it! I’ve also always loved my vegetables more than my meat so as a recipe developer, I relish the challenge of creating a dish that […]

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! […]

A Florentine Midsummer Night’s Beef Stew (Contains Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free) After the Chinese New Year’s steamboat feasts and traditional snacks, this stew is suitably refreshing yet light on calories! In Italy, especially in Florence, the feast of St. John the Baptist has been celebrated from the medieval times, certainly in the Renaissance. […]

Chicken Gumbo (Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free | *Spicy)   Chicken gumbo was one of the first few stews I cooked while experimenting during the initial phases of The Soup Spoon many years ago. I followed this recipe that called for whole chicken to be chopped and marinated with spices and coated with flour, […]

Be Fit and Fab 2019 SouperChef Special | French Ratatouille (Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free) Yes, the vegetable stew made famous by the movie “Ratatouille”! When I first made this stew two years before the movie was released, the name was hard to pronounce and we had to put its pronounciation next to the […]

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 Special | Beauty Collagen Stew (Chicken | Seafood | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free) Chinese New Year with The Soup Spoon won’t be quite the same without this! This is a must-have on your table, your CNY staple! Almost every country and culture around the world boasts of some kind of restorative, comforting chicken soup. The […]

Souperchef Special | Prosperity Black Pepper Beef Stew (Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free | Spicy) Every Chinese New Year, a certain fast food restaurant’s repertoire would include this black pepper beef burger with the infamous twister fries. It is definitely something that many of their fans look forward to. Singaporeans love all things black […]

Soul-Good Fish 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 […]