SouperChef Special | Nourishing Sesame Chicken Stew (Contains Chicken | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free) To say street foods underpin Taiwan’s culture and diet would be an understatement. Walk into any night market and you will feel a prevailing sense of structure. Each stall has its own fans. Each stall touts to be “authentic” or “old-time”. […]

SouperChef Special | Chiayi-style Barramundi Casserole (TSSXKuhlbarra) (Fish* | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free | Slightly Spicy) *May contain fine bones Who else binge-watched Netflix’s Street Food series? Taiwan unsurprisingly was featured in the first season! To be honest, I was expecting the usual Taiwanese culinary tropes of night market street foods, not an entire episode […]

SouperChef Special | Taiwanese-style Braised Beef Stew Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-free | Slightly Spicy Small eats are the big thing in Taiwan, especially beef noodles. Some call it the national dish, some say you haven’t been to Taiwan if you haven’t tried this representative delicacy of Taiwan! Well, you know how beloved it […]

SouperChef Special | Nanny’s Javanese Opor Ayam (Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free) Both my children are immensely fond of their nanny, a wonderful cook who is equally adept at traditional favourites and fusion food. My daughter particularly loves her Javanese non-spicy chicken stew, braised in coconut milk with candlenuts, kaffir lime leaves, turmeric and […]

SouperChef Special | Salmon Quinoa Corn Chowder Fish | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Christmas is for slowing down, for travel memories and for a delicate chowder like this. Many years ago, we went on a campervan road trip in Perth. My kids would play on the beaches and I’d cook this chowder for them with […]

Chicken Cacciatore Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free In the magic and mania of Christmas, this is comfort. Inspired by my Tuscany travels, our Chicken Cacciatore is made with marinated chicken braised with country vegetables, amply flavoured with tomatoes, mustard and Parmesan cheese. Portobello mushrooms add a meaty chew while sage gives a mellow woodsy […]

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 […]

Chicken Cacciatore Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free In the magic and mania of the Christmas season, there’s a comfort in knowing there’s a warm bowl of soup waiting at home for you. Here’s our Chicken Cacciatore, inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern […]

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 […]

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 […]

Roasted Caulifower Quinoa Cheese Chowder (Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free) This year’s rendition of our online Christmas menu sees the glorious comeback of traditional holiday classics, including my Christmas must-have — Cauliflower Cheese Gratin! The cauliflower used to be a poorer cousin of the broccoli, seemingly lacking in vibrancy with its subtle white colour […]

SouperChef Special | Chicken Cacciatore with Portobello and Sage  Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free 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, […]