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 […]

Tom Yum Style Scallop Bits-que (Seafood | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free | Spicy)   Think Thailand, think heat. It’s hard to imagine how a country that is very much swathed in thick humidity and year-round warmth loves its chillies and hot spices so much! I’m in this odd food spell too. Every time I’m in […]

Samgyetang My Version (Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup) (Contains Chicken | Dairy-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 […]

Buttery Tikka Masala Meat-free | Gluten-Free | Contains Dairy | Contains Egg    We were on the road a lot in New Zealand and one of the perks was stopping by the many convenient stores and petrol stations to check out what they offer! I realised that pies are a staple for the Kiwis! Almost […]

  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 […]

Souperfoods 2020 SouperChef Special | Soulful Vegan Chilli (Vegan | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free)   Some of you may have known from my Instagram posts that I have 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 […]

Souperfoods 2020 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 […]

Souperchef Special | Barramundi Miso Arajiru (Fish* | Contains Gluten | Egg-Free | Dairy-Free) (*May contain fine fish bones)   A bowl of miso soup is one of the simplest and most comforting things to eat. It is a staple of the Japanese diet. Made from fermented soybeans, there are many well documented health benefits of miso. […]

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 […]

Eat Well Stay Well 2020 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 pronunciation next to the […]

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 experimented with during the initial phases of The Soup Spoon. The recipe called for whole chicken to be chopped and marinated with spices and coated with flour, deep fried before being cooked in a […]