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SouperChef’s Message | Fantastic 16 (Round 2) He would have been 15 on his next birthday. I read that it’s a myth to multiply your dog’s age in human years by seven to get his age in dog years, but suffice to say, Junior was a grand old lad. He was wise and composed, almost […]

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Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free* | Gluten-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 food was readily […]

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SouperChef Anna’s Message | Fantastic 16 (Round 1) “Why would people want to have just soup for dinner?” “How much soup can a person drink?” “Soup? With bread? You sure?” 16 years ago, as we took a leap of faith into this venture of passion called The Soup Spoon, we answered many of such questions […]

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Sumo Nabe (Contains Chicken | Dairy-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. Soy milk is made from soy beans with high volumes of isoflavin, important in prevention of […]

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Grilled Corn Chowder Champon Style (Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Contains Gluten) 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 Chinese cuisine.  Champon is […]

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SouperChef Anna’s Message | Memories On The Table (Asian Travel Series)   Memories aren’t always reliable. Sometimes the misadventures are amplified, exaggerated, contorted. Because who doesn’t love an embellished, bold and spirited story? Sometimes time seems cruel and the memories fade, details miss their sharpness. As a chef, I have always used food as my […]

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SouperChef Anna’s Message | Souperfoods 2018 What do you call a food that boasts of rich levels of nutrients in one neat package, yet are low in calories? A food that boosts our immunity, makes our hair shine, our skin glow? A food so good for our bodies it sounds untrue? While there is no […]

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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 […]

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SouperChef Anna’s Message | Be Fit and Fab 2018 How was your Chinese New Year? I have come to a reluctant acceptance that no matter how resolute I am in eating right and light during the festivities, the new year cheer almost always means piling on the calories! One steamboat feast on one day, another […]

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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 […]

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Be Fit and Fab 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 name […]

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SouperChef Anna’s Message | New Year New You 2018 Some time ago, a friend shared with me that the Chinese New Year vibes in Singapore seem to be getting more and more muted over the years. The familiar new year tunes may still be booming loudly, the clothes are still as bright and festive and […]

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