the garden slug

Thanks for making our first month such a wonderful one. Here’s to a happy 2007!

Cheers, sophia, sharon & Joe

We grow our own lime leaves at home. It’s one of the 7 secret ingredients that go into the Zesty Beef Salad dressing. If you can guess what the other six are, your next meal here is on us

A very Wong Kar Wai shot of Sharon the slug and Laura the cat. Note the similar sloping shoulders.

Our neighbourhood cat, Laura, appears to have taken a liking to our outdoor tables.

We’ve had a fabulous Christmas so far! Why? Because our little place is all booked up, and the plates come back clean - not a morsel left behind.

Tomorrow night we pop the champagne (thanks Lisa!) and pat ourselves on the back. It feels like months… it’s hard to believe we’ve only been open for two weeks. And we finally close shop to take a day off on Tuesday (26 Dec).

Meanwhile, busy yourself with our New Year’s Day menu. Spam everyone you know! hehehe…

Merry Christmas

Updated the menu page. Now with stunning pictures (thanks Mandy), looks like food p0rn. I like.
Try saying “New Menu” ten times over quickly-quickly.

Made our 1st delivery today at the ministry of manpower. The guests appeared to be happy with the food and service.

Over the past twenty-odd years, I’ve spent almost every Christmas with my immediate and extended families. Each family cooks a special dish, there is always plenty of wine, a piano, a few guitars, merriment, and Granny insisting that we open our presents only at the stroke of midnight.

This year, one of my uncles had a stroke. My family will be spending Christmas at his home in Penang, instead of Kuala Lumpur where we usually congregate every year. I won’t be making my way there because a) I can’t afford the air fare and b) there is plenty of work to do at The Garden Slug.

Sophia, Joseph and I have spent several afternoons (we skipped our nap-time!) creating two special menus for Christmas - a dine-in menu and a takeaway/delivery menu. To be very honest, I’m quite excited about it. There is no greater satisfaction than being able to feed people, and feed them well!

Soph and Joe’s respective families have visited our little diner several times since our opening. I can’t help but feel a slight tinge of envy and loneliness. Since I have no family here, I hope you’ll share some Christmas cheer, warmth and stories with me when you visit. Tell me stories, I love listening to stories

[update: Fixed the links to the menus. Must’ve been too sleepy. Thanks Alison and Ernie.]

The most popular dishes by far, these. In high demand throughout the day - The Sweet Sweet Slug - A taster platter of miniature Tiramisu, Brownie Popsicles, Pear William and hand-picked New Zealand strawberries topped with fresh cream and mint.

Download our menu here - tell us what you like, tell us what you want.

[ update: updated menu here ]

It was a blast! We served a total of 42 guests, mainly friends, family, and ex-colleagues.

Thank you for the flower baskets, the feedback, and most importantly, for your support!

The three of us nearly died at the end of the day. But we had a really good time. Felt good to get them old bones working again.

Photos up soon.