the garden slug

step 1: start with some buttery almond fruitcake

step 2: add freshly grated lemon + lime zest

step 3: lots of rum + kahlua between layers

step 4: lots of dense vanilla gelato between layers (keyword here being: lots)

step 5: Ta-dah!

Ok, we lied. It’s six steps, not five. Sorry.

step 6: slice into manageable portions, drizzle w/ Earl Grey orange glaze. Serve.

And, but… just in case you don’t quite feel like making this at home, we have it as a dessert special this weekend. Available from today until Sunday.

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( thanks for sharing this with us, Nic )

… we bring you a step-by-step on today’s soup: oven roasted herbed veges in a rich tomato stew.

step 1: prepare herbed veges for oven-roasting

step 2: tomato velouté

step 3: (for this step, you need fingers made of asbestos) squeeze the roasted garlic, which is by now very tender & sweet & very the piping hot.

those are Joseph Slug’s asbestos fingers by the way.

step 4: Incorporate.

step 5: allow roasted herbs & veges to infuse w/ the velouté. Finito!

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Photos from our Valentine’s Day dinner last month. Thank you for celebrating what you cherish most with your friends, lovers & partners at our humble li’l diner.

Strawberry & Feta Salad

Greek Lamb steak w/ a parsley & green chilli herb mince

Grilled Thai Lime chicken breast stuffed w/ seared bacon, topped w/ a home-made lightly chilli’ed cream sauce

Grilled Wagyu Steak w/ olive oil & sea salt, topped w/ tender button mushrooms + baked spring vegetables by side

Sweet Trio of heart-shaped Brownie Popsicles, grilled fruit kebabs & deep dark chocolate fudge cake topped w/ a fresh grapefruit citrus creme

And now for a mid-afternoon unfunny joke break!

Sophia Slug walks into a bar… OK I jest. Sophia Slug was at a candy shop getting 3kg of licorice from the self-pick counter for an upcoming event. So many people came by to ask, “Is this very nice?”
Sophia Slug: Ya, very nice.
Many people: How does it taste?
Sophia Slug: Slightly bitter and with spices.
Most of them didn’t buy the licorice.

Joseph Slug was at a hypermart getting tonnes of mayonnaise for another upcoming event.
Cashier Auntie: Ah Boy, what’s this arh?
Joseph Slug: Mayo.
Cashier Auntie: Nice ah?
Joseph Slug: Ya, nice.
Cashier Auntie: Use for what?
Joseph Slug: Anything you like lor.

Ba-dum-ching.

Ok, back to work everyone.

Update: Classes are full. Thank you very much for signing up.

Yup, just like that, no catch. (We’re not the catchy type of ppl anyway, for as long as you’ve known us, right?)

Just another fun-fun event for our slugphiles, brought to you by yours truly. We’ve engaged veteran tutor, self-taught photography enthusiast & fellow slugphile Hansel Tan to conduct the classes. Come learn how to shoot photos like these:

(source)

There will be none of that frou-frou “O, it’s all about having the EYE for it” kind of talk. Hansel takes a systematic, perhaps almost scientific, approach in learning the fundamentals of photography.

Classes will be over 4 hours (2hrs weekday + 2hrs weekend) and there will be 2 runs of the class.

Shooting Like the Pros! – Fundamentals of dSLR Photography
Venue: The Garden Slug
Dates:
• Run 1 — 15 Mar 7-9pm | 20 Mar 3-5pm Full.
• Run 2 — 22 Mar 7-9pm | 27 Mar 3-5pm Full.
Cost: FOC
Light refreshments provided.

This is what you can expect to gain from the class:

Each run/class size will be a maximum of 12pax while seats last.
Sign up by e-mailing us at justask@thegardenslug.com, quicksmart!

… are you a Little Birthday Slug?

Come celebrate your birthday with us, we’ll give you a Little Slug t-shirt. Our little gift to you

It’s made of 100% fully-combed cotton. Which means it’s cooling & won’t make you itchy.

We’ve made these in many, many sizes. There will be one to fit you just nice..
whether you are tall, or small

Wear it the ‘normal’ way like Cynthia. Or wear it back-to-front like Edwin… “because I want to show you the words without turning my back to you.”

Gratuitous Disclaimer:
Little Slug Tees are only for children aged 12 and below, who celebrate their birthdays at The Garden Slug.

p/s:
We are closed today for Lunar New Year celebrations with our families.

Business as usual from 10am Wednesday 17th Feb.

p/s:
Pls note we are closed today 13th Feb and tomorrow 14th Feb for Lunar New Year celebrations with our families.

Business as usual from 10am Wednesday 17th Feb.

OK here’s the deal. You order one tub of Hearty Tarts, we give you a pack of TGS custom-made can’t-find-it-anywhere-else Ang Pows. Deal?

OK lah, you know what, just come up to us and ask if you want some. (Ang Pows, I mean.)

Sans lucky draws & door gifts, this is how we celebrate our annual D&D (dinner & drink – no dance!)

Rule #1: A well-stocked fridge of alcohol thirst-quenching beverages is a must.

Jian Yun made a très chic starter of rock melon wrapped w/ parma ham

Wei Yang made an awesome egg-drop soup. You will be seeing this as a Soup of the Day soon (we put a gun to his head & demanded it!)

Sophia made butter raisin brown rice

…and chicken curry

Sharon made sambal prawns w/ french beans

Jian Yun made his version of a tofu & roasted vege piquant

Joe brought pizza

Shaun brought pie

Leo made some incredibly well-battered, crunchy chicken wings

Jian Yun made roasted potatoes in sweet garlic & rosemary olive oil

Joe’s super spicy pizza

And now, time for dessert! But before that, let’s cut to a short commercial break, brought to you by The Garden Slug LLP.

So there was this discussion about a shop selling very good popiah skin just down the road from Sophia’s place at Joo Chiat. Did I say discussion? I meant semi-drunk slug speak.
Leo: Ya I always buy from there. It’s very good, but very expensive, very expensive!
Joe: How much?
Leo: Very expensive, verrrry expensive…
Joe: How much?
Leo: It’s very good, I always buy from there. But I tell you, it’s very expensive! You can sit there & eat, very expensive!
Joe: How much?
…
and this goes on in a never-ending loop for about 2 minutes.

OK dessert time.

José made a delightful Graham Cake, topped w/ condensed milk & strawberries

Alex brought traditional Indonesian cakes

Kenny brought more cakes (our slugs really like having their cakes, and they eat them too!)

Michael brought donuts

And after we wiped out the alcohol thirst-quenching beverages…

… this is the kind of conversation that ensues

Sharon: Heard that Eng’s wonton mee at Dunman Food Centre is very good…
Joe: Oh, Eng Seng ah… Eng Seng is craB!
Sophia: No ah, Eng’s not craP! They are pretty good!
Joe: It’s craB! Eng Seng is craB…
Sophia: No ah, not craP! it’s good.
Joe: It’s craB.
…
This, too, goes on in a never-ending loop for another 2 minutes

Sharon: Guys, I’m talking about Eng’s, not Eng Seng. They sell wonton noodles…
Joe: Oh, Eng’s har.
Sophia: Yaaa, Eng’s wonton mee, at Dunman Food Centre.
Joe: Oh-khay. But Eng Seng is crab…

Aaaanyhoo.

At one point, all our boys fell silent & were watching TV macam so full of concentration. We thought, okay, is it football or perhaps a sizzling scene on James Bond or what. Sekali ah… they were watching Asian Food Channel.

Food nerdz r us.

L-R: Michael, Shaun, Alex, Joseph, Wei Yang, Jian Yun, Sophia, Kenny, Leo, José Mari, Sharon

Wait, did I say we wiped out the drinks? Actually Leo single-handedly wiped out most of the booze thirst-quenching beverages. Amazingly, he was still very lucid till the very end. LEO YOU THE CHAMPION!

Some of us are having yesterday’s leftovers for lunch today (curry always tastes better the next day). And people who run restaurants have really small home fridges. It’s a fact. Yep.

We’re a humble li’l diner made up of a hardworking li’l team. We’re not a large corporate type of place. I think we kinda like it that way.