the garden slug

Allow me to relate something that happened just yesterday.

Customer: Hey, u guys gotta help me, man! I ordered canapes  from [deleted] and guess what , last minute , I found out that they did not process my order! My wine party is at 9pm. And its already 6pm now! I’ve got 30 guests coming! OMG   Sophia slug: There’s still some time left, they should be able to do it? Customer: They can’t as they need instructions from their Head Office as they need my work order. Sophia slug : Ok! We’ll be happy to whip something up for u! We’ll see you in an hr!

So, immediately we whipped out an impromptu menu for him at 620pm and he came to pick the canapes up at 715pm With speedy fingers and Astair-esque feet, Michael slug & Jian Yun completed this in 55 minutes flat to feed 30 hungry souls: ( while cooking for the in-house diners)

• Feta cheese, stuffed olive and grape on skewers
• Romaine salad cup with Grilled Ribeye, topped with a dash of exotic Lemongrass dressing
• Carrot discs topped with smoked Salmon, chopped olives and fresh herbs
• Miniature Brownie popsicles
• Mango Alphonso cubes topped with sweetened Longans

What we learnt from this episode is that Red Tape sucks! (Trust me, we have experienced this first hand from the “higher authorities”… )Therefore, our mantra at the slug  is always, “ Service from the Heart“. And our hearts are not governed by a 70 page operations manual ! We don’t have a “HQ ” to ask for ” approval” from, a mysterious “Dept Mgr” to get a Yes/No from. Basically, if we can do it, you bet we will do it for you!  As simple as that

Last order is Monday 21 December 2009, 11.59pm.ALL SOLD OUT! Thank you for your support, from the bottom of our hearts! <3

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Physical order forms are available in-house or download the PDF form here.

• Completed forms may be faxed to 6346 0504, e-mailed to justask@thegardenslug.com, or simply hand it to any one of us in the shop!

• Payment in advance is required to secure your order. We accept in-house payment in cash, cheque, NETS and all major credit cards.

• Early bird offer: Secure your order by 10 December 2009, receive a bottle of Australian 2008 Sommerton Shiraz Cabernet FOC. All given out! Thanks for ordering early!

Update:
Last order is Monday 21 December 2009, 11.59pm.ALL SOLD OUT! Thank you so much for your support, from the bottom of our sluggy hearts! <3

Congratulations Mavis Chan!

Your prize is a Xmas Take-Home Kit for 4-6pax (worth $360). We’ll be e-mailing you. Watch your inbox okay?

This is what Mavis wrote in her submission for this little contest:

Dear Little Slug,
I has gots a new costume for you! I heard that plastic surgery is very inz this year so I gave you a nose job. You can now totally pass off as a Sleindeer with that red nose and awesome antlers. Hope you like your new look. Hehehe.

PS: Don’t ask why the antlers are on his eyes. I had no other space to put them!

We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to participate in this, be it designing, voting, or tweeting.

Next up — the longgggg awaited Xmas Take-Home Kit <– menu to be revealed at last! Plus a proper ordering form this year! Yayz!

I’s want to thankyous so very the much for taking time to design me so many many fantabulous Xmas costumes! I loves them all!

I’s had hard time choosing. But finally the sluggardy slugs helpched me narrow down to three & asked youse to helps choose by voting.

Then SO MANY SO MANY votes came in!

So we had no choice but to use the world’s most accurate tallying system.

And then…. moving at slug speed, after two whole days, dun dun dun! We found a winner!

Should I tell youse now or should I continue with the suspense?

Ok we’ll continue with the suspense. Mwahahaha…

See where that question mark is in this little sneak peek?
That’s where my new Xmas 2009 Look will be placed.

I’s already done all the photoshoots yesterday & today. And I is totally exhausted. Like, totally.

So.

When the sluggardy slugs get around to putting up the Xmas Menu here, that’s when you’ll know who won.

And oh, the prize? I gots away with the biggest kitchen heist of all times!
Now I can reward the winner with A Xmas Take-home Party Kit to feed 4-6pax (worth $360)! I is Slug Thief Extraordinaire! Catch Me If You Can!! Ahhahaha…

So hurry sluggardy slugs! Announce the winner already! The peoples are a-waitinggg!

Here are the top three submissions for the little contest we posted, help us pick a winner!

(Voting closes at 8pm TODAY [Wednesday 25th Nov] so vote NOWWWW!!!!!)

xmas slug A

xmas slug B

xmas slug C

Meet Flapper! Our favourite Beach Boy! ( The dog, not the kid,silly!) He’s the latest poster star for a new series of ads from AVA.

We suggested to a good friend that Flapper will be the perfect canine star for her AVA campaign and gosh, Flapper actually aced the audition and got the job!   3 woofs for a job well done ~

This is the Flapper that we are more familiar with…. Sweet eyes and goofy smile= irresistable ! The little guy on Flapper’s left  is Dumbo So, Corrine if you are reading this, ( Corrine is Flapper’s owner and best friend) we will volunteer to be Flapper’s talent manager ok?

We were tasked to create a Jungle-themed Take Home birthday kit for a guest… Check out these food picks that we made for her canapes… Our job here is to ensure that we help you plan a great party, right down to the tiniest personalized details

Our customers are advised to sit back, makan and relax. Burping strictly optional. :-0

Available from 20th November 2009
at The Garden Slug near you!

Next up -

the long-awaited Xmas Take Home Kit!

I needs a new look for next month. You knows what next month is, right?

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S. Yesh, that time of the year. Jingle, jingle.

That’s mean there gonna be photoshoots galore. I’s have to smile & pose with every turkey & fruitcake & whatnot that these jokers in the shop cooks up.

So.

U still with me?

I needs a new costume. Last year they put me in this:

That’s so… 2008. U know?

OK, so help me out plz. The winning look/design will be handsomely rewarded with whatever I can steal from the kitchen.

Depends on how nimble I be, I can maybe get away with either:

1) A brownie popsicle Xmas Tree (worth $80) <– ya, it’s a xmas tree that’s made entirely out of brownie popsicles!

or

2) A tender oven-baked Turkey + A brownie popsicle Xmas Tree (worth $135 + $80)

or

3) A Xmas Take-home Party Kit to feed 4-6pax (worth $360)

How? Can helps or not?

Here’s my best portfolio photo, full-frontal in artistic black & white.
You can use this. [click on image to enlarge]

You can colour-colour, or use computer, or whatever it is u’re comfortable with.

You can get your two-year-old, your pet tortoise or your graphic designer BFF to do it for you also can, we won’t discriminate. Just, nothing lewd, hokay?

I’m everywhere. Send your new Xmas 2009 look for me to any one of the following:
a) E-mail: justask@thegardenslug.com

b) Upload to my Facebook “wall”

c) Upload anywhere & bring it to my attention by tweeting @thegardenslug on Twitter

d) Upload anywhere & tell me the link in the comments section below.

Send it to me by 24th November 2009, can? Becoz next day got photoshoot. I need to be fabulous.

In the famous words of Tim Gunn, “Make it work!”

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR HELPS!!!!!!!!! PLZ!!!!!1

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the small print:

All submissions remain the property of The Garden Slug LLP, and can and may be used in future projects, advertising & promotional material.

The Garden Slug is proud to support TWC2 (Transient Workers Count Too) and HOME (Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics).

Why? Because TGS itself is owned, operated & staffed by a healthy mixture of local & foreign talent. The cause is one that is very close to our hearts.

We all get along really well with each other here at TGS, regardless of our backgrounds. We have fun, we have our ups & down, we treat each other like family.

We are aware, however, not all foreigners have it so good.

Being a cosmopolitan migrant society, it is shameful that not many of our foreign worker friends are being treated right in Singapore.

As part of our ongoing Commitment to Social Responsibility programme:
1) For TWC2, we translated their sixteen-page SMS helpline from English to Chinese.
TWC2 will also be doing up Tamil, Indonesian, Malay and Tagalog SMS helplines as soon as they trial run the effectiveness of the Chinese version.

2) We crafted & sponsored Brownie Popsicles for H.O.M.E.’s volunteer event (tomorrow!)

Do check out the TWC2 and HOME websites & give in whatever ways you can

Let’s not just tolerate, let’s embrace diversity.