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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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SouperChef Anna’s Message | New Year New You 2018   Happy 2018! You know what? In my first draft of this message, I had it as ‘2017’ — I simply couldn’t believe it’s already 2018! And knowing myself, I’ll still be writing ‘2017’ for at least the next three months!   Last year, I leapt […]

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SouperChef Special | Spicy Barramundi Miso Jjigae (Fish* | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free | Spicy) (* May contain fine fish bones) I am a huge fan of soups, particularly Korean and Japanese ones. This stew is a Nabe X Jjigae, inspired by the very famous Ishikari from Hokkaido and the unforgettable Haemultang from Jeju island. Hokkaido […]

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SouperChef Special | Chicken Broccoli Red Rice Stew Chicken | Dairy-free | Egg-free The inspiration for chicken broccoli with red rice stew comes from a frequently cooked dish during my University days: Stir fried broccoli with chicken, mushroom and tomatoes served over rice. It was a one-dish meal but it provided a lot of sustenance and […]

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Christmas is always more And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?” “It came without ribbons! It came without tags! “It came without packages, boxes or bags!” And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he […]

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SouperChef Special | Lobster Bit-sque Seafood | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Many of you love our Prawn Bit-sque, the SouperChef Special that makes a special appearance on our menu every Christmas. This year, we have used lobsters instead of prawns, because Christmas deserves a little more! People say cooking is a labour of love, and […]

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SouperChef Special | Seafood Miso Chowder Seafood* | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free) May contain fine bones When it comes to Kiwi cooking, you can be sure what’s on your plate is a product of pristine fresh produce, vibrant colours and flavours, cosmopolitan influences and a buoyant spirit! I had the opportunity to taste some lovely fresh […]

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SouperChef Special | Braised Chicken in Milk Chicken | Contains Dairy | Egg-Free | Gluten-Free I have always liked tangy food, the way the sourness makes the food a little more sprightly and appetising! In this new SouperChef Special, we have marinated the chicken in lots of lemons and mustard, cooked in a milky broth […]

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NZ Kumara (Sweet Potato) with Gruyere Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free The story of New Zealand, we were told, begins with the Māori. The first inhabitants of the country, the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori were said to have moved through the Pacific in double-hulled canoes more than 1000 years ago, bringing with them […]

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SouperChef Special | NZ Lamb Ragu with Gremolata Lamb & Beef | Contains Egg | Contains Dairy | Contains Gluten While driving around New Zealand, the one staying image was this – we saw more sheep than Kiwis! Herds of them grazing languidly in the rolling plains, at hillsides, in the valleys. Actually, everywhere! Such a […]

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