The story

Hi! I'm
Fran.

Menu started because I love cooking but I kept losing recipes.

A browser tab here, a scribble in a notebook there, maybe page 278 in this cookbook, screenshots, links, texts. I had to track down the recipes I'd made and loved all over again the next time I wanted them. They were all in different formats and units. It drove me mad.

So I built something for myself. A recipe keeper that felt like a notebook rather than an app.

Tech that gives you some personal space.

As menu evolved, so did my development style. Tech should feel good to use. It should respect your time. And it should never make you feel like you're being sold a product. I'm tired of consuming content that may or may not be sponsored. I'm done with noise. I want tech that gives me some personal space.

No algorithm deciding what I should want. No paywalls. No ads between me and my dinner. Just my food, somewhere sensible.

And I don't want to leave my corporate rat race only to enter one in tech. I just want to enjoy building something that puts me back in charge of my time and helps me live more offline.

This will never be developed for profit. This will only ever be developed for people.

Who is enen studios?

My grandma nicknamed me En En (恩恩). She spoke Mandarin and lived in Singapore. I grew up in the UK, speaking English.

The language barrier made communicating hard, but when I came to visit her, we'd sit side by side for hours cleaning beansprouts, or peeling yams, or making pineapple tarts. Those are some serious core memories, and as I get older, I find myself yearning more and more for the slow simplicity, connection, and presence I felt back then.

I made enen studios to unite all of my passion projects, as a reminder of who I am, and where I came from.