the garden slug

We’re not sure what we want to do with The Gingerbread Slug yet. But it is “life-sized”, according to Joseph Slug!

Speaking of which, *gasp* Christmas is in 33 days..! *panics*

Our Christmas Take-Home Kit menu will be ready very, very soon, and will be announced on this here blog. We will be featuring familiar favourites as well as a few new items (like, oh i dunno, maybe a Bombay Masala Herb turkey rub?)

We leave you today with the perennially fashionable, eternally sexy Chage & Aska, singing  (they’re like the East Asian Simon & Garfunkel, no?)

p/s: The official 9-minute music video here, skip to 7:17 for cuteness! <3

Bright and early last weekend, Joe & I packed a bunch of smartly-uniformed slugs in the slug-mobile and drove to a huge private art warehouse . A client of ours was hosting a cocktail and sit-down lunch for some potential art buyers. We planned a fusion menu for her, as requested. Enjoy the food pr0n!

Champagne & Hors D’oeuvres

Trio of Colourful Fruit kebabs, Japanese Achar cucumber with Toasted sesame seeds, Feta and Stuffed Olives

Champagne on ice

Petite Starter: Lemongrass grilled Shrimps over coral leaves. Dressed in lemon citrus oil and topped with sweet basil leaves

Main #1: Grilled Chicken Breast atop Saffron Tomyam linguine, glazed with Marsala oil. White-wine grilled Asparagus completes the ensemble

Main #2: Slow-baked Vegetable Ratatouille topped with seared vegetable rings

Main #3: Braised Lamb Loin with chunky root vegetables in a red wine sauce, spiced with Szechuan pepper and rosemary

Dessert: Chilled Kahlua Vanilla custard topped with Gula Melaka and candied Pumpkin

Big thanks to Michael, Alex, Jian Yun, Wei Yang & Dexter for doing a great job and looking glamorous while doing it too!

A shout out goes out to Sharon Slug too, who was holding the fort and taking care of Mark and Adeline’s event at The Garden Slug on the same day ** and not forgetting Jose, Kenny, Leo and Sam of course!**

The Garden Slug proudly sponsored the food for Shades of Pink, by up-and-coming photographer Zurina Bryant. This cool event ( lots of people in electric pink wigs!) was curated by the stylo-mylo folks at www.2902gallery.com Do say Hello to Gwen if you pop by Gallery 2902 at Old School, Mount Sophia. They have an incredibly beautiful work space complete with their own vegetable garden ! We’re glad that Zurina managed to raise funds for the Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation.

Our pink-inspired menu for Shades of Pink:

• Blueberry Muffins frosted with white chocolate and topped with logo icing of the Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation
• Big Bowl of fluffy Pink Marshmallows
• Cucumber hollows stuffed with Smoked salmon, cream cheese and fresh chives
• Little cups of marinated cherry tomatoes with Feta and stuffed olives
• Guiltless Buttermilk chicken skewers with Tri-coloured flame-grilled antipasto
• Cheese Board with selected premium cheese selection and water crackers and red grapes
• Cranberry-dusted Signature semi-sweet Chocolate Brownie popsicles
• Red ripe Strawberries dipped in exquisite chocolate and dusted with saltless crumbed pistachio

Buon Appetit!

The Garden Slug’s latest food-styling assignment! We started in the early afternoon dicing, slicing and slaving over the fire.. After much caffeine and good laughter with Dennis fotog (and dollops of poster paints and goo) , the pics turned our pretty! My aim here was to give the food some height, depth and also some rather strong stirring shapes. Colours and lighting remain naturalistic. Buon Appetit!

Photographs © Fotocology by Dennis Chong

Photographs © Fotocology by Dennis Chong

Zesty & refreshing. Perfect for a hot, tropical day.

Photographs © Fotocology by Dennis Chong

Photographs © Fotocology by Dennis Chong

Photographs © Fotocology by Dennis Chong

Photographs © Fotocology by Dennis Chong