the garden slug

That would make a good opening line for a book we hope to write someday. In truth, when someone says “Flea Spree” that’s the imagery that gets conjured up. Or maybe it’s just me, I’m a weird old Slug.

Rest assured, neither canines nor their fleas will be present at The Garden Slug’s Flea Spree. We’ve professionally reserved the former and the latter for the vet and pet shops next door and next-next door…

ANYHOO.

Last couple of days to bundle up a sweet array of gifts for the first lady in your life.
< — gooey puppy-dog eyes are compulsory when presenting gifts to any mother

We’ve got a plethora of unique, made-from-the-heart gifts for fleeing & spreeing:

• reusable, recyclable KeepCups
• aromatherapy oil burners by Frangipani Creations
• organic soaps made by rose farmers in Bandung via sustainable living advocate Daughters of Tomorrow
• purses, hairpins and five-stone sets made by up & coming entrepreneurial young women in India, also by DoT
• canvas totebags – made of environmentally-friendly, unbleached canvas by Scook & Blessing Home
• wines from Sommerton
• ultra-soft comfort-fit t-shirts designed & manufactured by yours truly

Some proceeds of the Flea Spree will go towards building a sustainable living for underprivileged women, animal welfare, and support of the local arts. Because we want to be a business that gives back. Or at least we try to be lah, and we’d like to try even harder in the weeks, months and years to come.

Us Slugs huddled together and got our Mums greeting cards, some soap, some wine, and “wrapped” them up nicely in a practical li’l totebag. Think some of your Mums will like these heartfelt, heart-made gifts too? Tell us when you see us k! xx

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Mothers Week specials are available from today through the week. Foodporn channels: Tw / FB / IG

.. and with that pen, tell Mum the truth about her cooking. Or her non-cooking.

Tell Mum anything, anytime, any way.
Tell Mum over dinner, or via SMS, or send her a beautiful handmade card. Specifically, this beautifully handmade card.

Our first ever TGS x Scook collaboration, we wanted to bring food, love and family into one simple equation this Mothers Day.

From the artist herself:

the rationale behind the bouquet being made of vegetables is because a mother’s love is most directly displayed by her cooking. Cooking = TGS also.

Food + Love + Family = A bouquet of smiling vegetables.

Artist background: Scook believes that art should be original and accessible.

Available at our TGS retail shelf at an affordable 4sgd/pc
Or, order directly from the artist on Twitter / Facebook

Once upon a time, we made a knockout dessert called the Knickerbocker Glory Sundae.

Have you ever seen someone cry in front of a painting? We’ve seen people cry, no – wail and weep, at the Knickerbocker Glory.

Actually it was only the Bar Slugs who wailed and wept at having to prepare this everytime someone ordered it lah. It was a mission and a half to make each one of these beasts…

…because it comprised only sixteen layers of vanilla gelato, peach Melba, almond stracciatella, sea salt dulce de leche, jaffa truffle bar, with a dollop of chocolate whiskey cream, and… you guessed it, more vanilla gelato.

This week we revive the monster by sticking something up its gelato, revamped the ingredients and renamed it the Knickerbocker Glory Mega Sundae Popsicle

made with layers of miso toffee, chocolate fudge, vanilla bean gelato & roasted nuts

paired with trusty twin sidekicks – strawberries dipped in white chocolate and crushed pistachios

Available from today until next Tuesday, or while fresh ingredients last.

Are you up for a Knickerbocker Glory challenge? >:-) Post your feeble attempts on Instagram and remember to @thegardenslug. Heroes will be glorified and rewarded with a week-long supply of Nutella Iced Chocolate.

Available from today until next Tuesday, or while fresh ingredients last.

Warning: not for the faint-hearted

The Devil’s Tower is a Six-inch-tall Chargrilled Steak Stacker Burger with caramelised pineapple salsa cuddled between Parmesan-sesame buns.

Served with chunky seasoned potato wedges & tangy bleu cheese aioli.

Who’s up for the challenge? >:-) Post your feeble attempts on Instagram and remember to @thegardenslug. Heroes will be glorified and rewarded with a week-long supply of Nutella Iced Chocolate.

by Mishal Slug

GSS. Voucher deals. Freebies. Are you one of those? Are you a … bargain hunter?
Is your mantra “the best things in life are free” ?

You’re prolly quite right. We get charged for water. We get charged for electricity. We get charged for wifi. BUT at least the air we breathe is free. And that makes it the best thing.

Things to do that wouldn’t cost a bomb, whether alone or with others:
• looking at the stars and learning the constellations
• catching up with an old friend
• visiting the public library & teaching yourself how to dominate the world
• writing your own epic biography

(p/s: Everything I know in my short life I’ve learned from The Simpsons.)

As a young person with all the world before me, it’s exciting to be livin’ la vida loca. But every now and then I tell myself to stop, breathe, let things go, and let the world go by for just a bit.

Have a Tuesday Tip for us? Write to me at mishal@thegardenslug.com or leave a comment below.

by Mishal Slug

Wish you had a dollar every time your folks tell you to switch off your window-shattering music and march to bed?

Or never had the same taste in music with your mum?

There is hope, if you plan to salvage mama’s eardrums. Even if for a day.

Introducing: Make Your Momma Proud’s Back to Acoustics album.

Ya, that’s what MYMP stands for. Who woulda thunk?!

Soothing, soft, and perfect for breezy afternoons sipping masala chai by the patio, and definitely does no further harm to your folks’ eardrums, or whatever’s left of it of course.

Serenade your Mum like never before. Who knows, this might win you a “Get-out-of-Momma’s-wrath” ticket for the rest of the year (disclaimer: individual results may vary).

She may even forgive you for forgetting her birthday. Or Mothers Day. Which is just around the corner BTW. *hint hint*

MYMP is now playing in-store & available for purchase for a limited time.

Coming up in a few days: a Mothers Day Flea Spree from 1 – 12 May. Watch this space.

We made this one a very, very long time ago. Since International Jazz Day is coming up, we thought we’d bring it back. How are rarebits related to jazz? No relation. Just an excuse for us to use the word “jazzed up” in all our specials this week. Bahahaha…

This week we’re serving jazzed up morsels of rarebit laced with crispy bacon cheese sauce, anchovy tartare & marinated olives.

Here’s a not-so-rare bit of information (*continues to self-amuse*) – rarebits are, we suspect, a Welsh thing. Usually a dish of melted and seasoned cheese on toast, sometimes with other ingredients. We assure you it’s got absolutely nothing to do with rabbits. ‘Coz Wikipedia sez so.

Rarebits are one of those things – it’s either instant love, or a very acquired taste. We leave it to you to decide.

If this isn’t p0rn, we don’t know what is.

Available from today until next Tuesday.

Yep. Two words. That’s all we gots for you.

This week the Kitchen Slugs said, Let there be Lobster! LOLOL → (Lots Of Lots Of Lobster)

And so lobster there shall be. From today, until next Tuesday 30th April (International Jazz Day!) or while fresh catch can be caught.

Dressed down & jazzed up with lemon + lobster & white wine bisque. In celebration of International Jazz Day ^_^

Very very limited portions. Book tables early-early k. Ppl got hotline we got Slugline 86888575

‘Nuff talkin’. More pr0n-ing.

Quick ones today.

How to choose tomatoes: Skin colour and smell. The redder the better. As long as reasonably firm and not too squishy you’re good. And. A tomato should smell like a tomato. You know what tomatoes smell like, right? They smell like tomatoes.

Storage: Not in the fridge. Anything below 5°C destroys a tomato’s cell structure, taking along with it its flavour.

☆ Free Recipe 1-Minute Breakfast ☆

Pile up in this order:
• Toasted bun
• Cream cheese
• Tomato slices
• Sea salt & pepper

DONE!

OK so we lied. The toasting bit might take more than a minute – so don’t waste time. Boil water, make coffee, do last night’s dishes while waiting for the bread to toast.

photo © Sook Tan

Alternatively, pile it all up first and toast the whole lot like Slugphile Sook did.

Tomatoes grow well in warm climates. Hence, the best tomatoes come from hot countries. Tomatoes are something we particularly love not only because it adds wonderful flavour to any dish, they’re GREAT for our immune system & energy levels. We usually leave the skins on for the lycopene – one of nature’s most powerful antioxidants.