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 […]

SG Assam-Style Mullet Chowder (Contains Fish | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free | Slightly Spicy) Recently, I’ve dabbled into a little gardening myself in my front yard. I was determined to go beyond doomed dreams of wilted greens! With very conscientious caregiving, the yard is slowly transforming into a lush herb garden. Tiny as it may […]

Nourishing Chicken & Scallop Broth for the SG Soul (Contains Chicken | Contains Seafood | Contains Gluten | Contains Peanuts | 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, […]

Soul-Good Barramundi Stew Teochew-Style (Fish* | Contains Gluten | Dairy-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 stock was THAT dish for […]

Meatless Wild Rice “Lo Mai Kai” Vegetarian | Contains Gluten | Contains Peanuts | Dairy-Free   I may be Hainanese but there is something about Cantonese dim-sum that just spells home. How can you not love those bite-sized portions of food in enduring steamer baskets piled up high, on carts that navigate sharp corners around […]

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 […]

Moroccan-Style Tagine Meat-Free | Dairy-Free | Contains Egg | Contains Gluten | Non-Spicy I think of tagine as a stew with attitude. It is all about the medley of spices and slow cooking, giving the wonderful flavours time to meld and develop. In Morocco, this is one of the ways the lady of the house […]

Konnyaku Jaga Wasabi Stew Meat-Free | Contains Dairy | Contains Egg | Contains Gluten According to my Japanese friends, there is a category of cooking known as ofukuro no aji (mother’s flavour) — it’s something simple, homely and evokes strong feelings of nostalgia. Nikujaga or stewed potatoes with meat is one such mainstay. Traditionally, this […]

Italian-Style Cacciatore Meat-Free | Gluten-Free | Contains Dairy | Contains Egg | Non-Spicy Pollo alla cacciatore is a traditional Italian hunter-style stew. This was inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern Italy would eat this at the end of a long, bitterly cold […]

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 […]

Budae Jjigae (Korean-Style Army Stew) Meat-Free | Dairy-Free | Contains Egg | Contains Gluten | Slightly Spicy   Budae Jjigae literally means “army stew”, a dish born out of necessity in war-weary Korea after World War II, when food was in shortage and the only accessible items were surplus food from U.S. military bases. Assembled […]

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 […]