So we’ve got a couple of “Lunar New Year platters” out, and you could win one for yourself. We are going to make this contest easy-peasy because yo mama said so. OK not really, but anyhoo.

See this clipping from i-Weekly magazine?

thanks for the pic, julyclover.

We put it through Google Translate and this is what it spat us:

Since it was launched in 2006, located in the pet hospital and pet store several nearby TGS have been a number of loyal supporters, among them cats in animal welfare associations held meetings. Restaurant in the 25 to 29 January Lunar New Year period, the introduction of special menu, which the Greek original raw salmon ($95), three copies of the Lunar barbecue platter ($55) the most popular, but need to put dry 2 days ago bookings.

How to win a LNY platter
1) The first person to e-mail us a more accurate translation of the article wins the $55 platter.
2) Accuracy aside, the first person to e-mail us the most creative and/or laugh-till-belly-aches translation wins the $95 platter.

That’s right, valuing creativity over accuracy. Clearly we are people of good taste and solid character.

Closing date: 31 January 2012.
Winner(s) will be announced first week of February 2012.

Hear from youse soon.

Version 2011 comes with some Yuletide turkey w mushroom Chardonnay sauce + sausages + grilled ham w crushed apple glaze + cranberry almond greek salad + Real Mash™ by side. This is the portion for 1. (or 2 can share, but WHY SHARE?! ‘TIS NOT THE SEASON FOR SHARING, YO!)

The portion for 2-3 comes with all of the above PLUS a salmon & chestnut terrine with fresh, warm bread by side.

It’s good for 2-3, but you don’t have to share this either. Just sayin’.

Available for dine-in at our shoppe, all day, everyday, through December 2011.

What about non-dine-in guests? There are people who like to tapau things you know.
No por-blem. We also have a simple, good-looking, and somewhat-healthy (just like all of us Slugs.. hurhur!) Christmas Take-home Kit for youse, if you’d like to have the Ultimate Celebration in the comfort of your own home instead.

How it works – very simple.
1) Place your order online.
2) Orders above $385 get free delivery.
3) Or, come pick up your order from our shop – we’ll give you 1 bottle of Sommerton Shiraz Cabernet on the house.
4) Last day for ordering is 20 December 2011.

Hit us up if you need help – justask@thegardenslug.com (a rather friendly Slug mans the e-mail hotline dunch worry)

If you have yet to see our sexiest Christmas Take-home Kit brochure yet, it’s probably because you have yet to see it.

You also haven’t seen this brochure probably because we have yet to advertise at bus shelters, on taxi doors, the side column of your Facebook page, or a half-page of a non-glossy magazine.

So why haven’t we put out bus ads? No budget lor. Whatever profit we have for the year went into buying a pine tree.

The decorations are mostly gifts from people who took pity on us, Sharon Slug’s mother included, upon seeing a bare pine tree in our shop.

Also, bus ads are impersonal. In true Sluggy style, we prefer to tell you things ourselves, as we’ve been doing for the past five years.

Some of youse may have received a personal, cheery e-mail from Sophia Slug with an attached order form. Like Slugphile Nic here.

If you are at our humble li’l shoppe, you may pick up a dead-tree copy or two of our Christmas Take-home Kit order form at our newly set up Retail Therapy Shelf (more on the Retail Therapy Shelf soon.)

Bendy cardboard arrow and artwork by Mishal Slug.

Alternatively, if you’re quite savvy with the usage of this newfangled device called a computer, you may want to peruse the save-the-trees version of our order form.

It gets better and easier every year for you and for us, because we have the Facebook, the Twitter, the Posterous, the Flickr, and the Tumblr (actually we have two of the Tumblrs). We love all those online platforms like we love our bosom buddies.

Speaking of bosoms, if you are the one hosting a cosy Christmas do at your home this year, make sure you carve yourself a sweet piece of turkey breast. Because you deserve it.

The Garden Slug’s Christmas Take-home Kit 2011 ~ pared down, simplified, quieter, but still & always will be, created with only you in our hearts and minds.

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The Fine Print:
• Come pick up your order from our shop – we’ll give you 1 bottle of Sommerton Shiraz Cabernet on the house.
• Free delivery for orders of $385 and above.
• Last order for Christmas Take-home Kit is 20 December 2011.

Inspired by Indomie Rasa Ayam Spesial. This weekend we’re having Rasa Mama Spesial (Special Mama Flavour) for youse. There’s nothing instant about what we make here, but we always make sure it is spesial. That’s a promise. Not just any promise, but a double-triple-promise, k?

I remember back in 19xx, I introduced the Spice Girls to my Mum. To my surprise, instead of frowning and judging them to be the absolute floozies they were trying so hard to be, she said they were pretty cool and she liked them. I told her my favourite was Sporty Spice.

I had this pirated VCD (yes, pirated. Hello, I’m Malaysian!) of one of their concerts, and Mum actually sat through it with me. After which, she told me her favourite song of all was “Mama I Love You” and that they sang it very well.

Now, I happen to think most mothers are highly-trained in the art of guilt-tripping. Although this time, I think Mum actually meant what she said. ‘Coz at that very moment I got a lump in my throat and something happened to my heart. Maybe it broke, maybe it melted, maybe it felt a twinge of guilt. No wait, maybe my angsty teenage heart simply felt something… like… love? But hey, I was seventeen and I wasn’t about to show any emotion, yo. I wanted to hug her but I didn’t. Teenagers. Sigh.

Anyhoo.

We’ve never talked about this publicly, but without my Mum there would be no TGS. She was our angel investor, and perhaps in a way, our angel. She gave the three of us this opportunity to live our collective dreams. Mum’s visited TGS a grand total of two times in the last four years and I wish she could visit us more.

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This Mothers Day weekend, make a table reservation with us and we’ll give you something we think most mums will like: a Not-Too-Sweet Mango Alphonso, topped with freshly cut & lightly-honeyed strawberries. On the house.

For reservations, call 6346-0504, or e-mail justask@thegardenslug.com, or SMS 9225-7913, or send us a tweet @thegardenslug.

I was having a sandwich when I was watching this, and around 2:40 I nearly choked ‘coz I was getting that lump in my throat again. Show this to your mama, and if you’re a mama reading this, Happy Mothers Day with big sluggy hugs from all of us here

We know it’s not easy, and we hope that you’ll always think it was worth it – the day you decided to become a mother.

In true Slug-geek style, we’re celebrating Foursquare Day here at TGS.

A little background:

Foursquare Day is April 16th – because it is the 4th month, and the 4-squared day! (4/16) It’s also the first “Social Media holiday” and was officially endorsed by Foursquare.com (Twitter / Facebook).

So cut to the chase. Here’s what you get when you check in today (from 2.00pm onwards):
• 1 x bottle of Bittersweet Apple Cider on da house for the first 10 check-ins after 2.00pm.
• The 11th check-in onwards gets 1 x Brownie Popsicle FOC.

Show any one of our staff the screen of your smartphone to claim your mini surprise. And you have to claim it today hor.

Just for a bit of fun lah.

If you has a smartphone & you’re not on Foursquare yet, git yer butt on the bandwagon yo. Is as easy as 1-2-3.

CHILLI IS HOT, AND SO ARE YOU.

Update: Scroll down — Mystery menu revealed + Online booking system available, yo.

You like our attempt at romantic Valentine’s poetry?

Anyhoo, listen here, hotstuff. Here’s an idea: Valentine’s Day is for celebrating all kinds of love. Not just romantic love between lovers.

Families can (and should!) celebrate Valentine’s Day together, same goes for friends. If you are single, why not celebrate V Day with your bestie?

This year we have intimate couple seats and/or group seats available. Booking details will be out in a coupla days (check back here), but meanwhile, here’s some food pr0n to keep your mind off that red hot… er, chilli pepper. CLICK HERE, CLICK HERE.

You know what it is that keeps relationships alive? Mystery.

Click on the image below to view our mysterious V Day menu items.

Mystery Menu Revealed…!

Call the shop 6346-0504 or e-mail us at justask@thegardenslug.com to make a reservation.

NEW → Click here to make your reservation online.

… with a champagne cherry cheesecake truffle w/ pecan praline & amaretti … and a generous scoop of vanilla gelato + cider-marinated fruits by side

Look inside!

For you, we’ll keep on keepin’ on

Follow us on Posterous to find out how we got this lovely framed poster & for more photos of our New Year specialsssss KTHXBYE!

Last order is Monday 20 December 2010, 11.59pm. ALL SOLD OUT! Thank you for your support, from the bottom of our sluggy hearts! <3

The Essential Christmas Party Take-Home Kit is back again this year, featuring your familiar favourites and some exciting new yuletide additions.

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Three simple ways to place an order:
(A) Online order form available here – Click! (online credit card payments securely processed by PayPal)

(B) Fax : Download the PDF form here,  print out, fill up accordingly & fax it back to us at 6346-0504 OR e-mail it to us at justask@thegardenslug.com

(C) Telephone : Call our shop at 6346-0504 and speak to any of the shop supervisors / owners. We will be happy to assist you in taking your order(s) over the phone.

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

• Last order is 20 December 2010.

• Early bird offer: Secure your order by 15 December 2010, receive a bottle of Australian 2008 Sommerton Shiraz Cabernet on the house. A big thank you to those who ordered early!

Our theme this year will be a Spring menu, as Valentine’s day falls on the same day as the lunar new year which happens to be symbolic for renewal and as the returning of spring.

Typically Spring menus are bright, zesty, light and colourful. Fruits and herbs are also used in abundance. The focus is on quality produce with minimal rich sauces.

This year we will have smooth & light entertainment with Nathan on vocals & guitar 8pm-8.45pm

The dining area will be kept private, lights romantically dimmed & you will dine with your loved one by candlelight.

Reservations:
Friday Night 12th February 2010
6pm/ 7pm/ 8pm/ 9pm
call 6346-0504 or e-mail justask@thegardenslug.com

Why no preservatives? Why no artificial colouring?

‘cuz that’s just how we roll… we roll the dough with our rolling, rolling pin.

And that’s how we roll… we roll the super-sticky hand-grated pineapples into little heart shapes, painstakingly & carefully sitting them atop the heart-shaped almond meal crusts.

Impress the significant other and the in-laws (and some out-laws) by being clever — with heart-shaped pineapple tarts.

Why not, right? This way you wouldn’t have to choose between Chinese New Year and Valentine’s.

The significant other will be pleased. The relos will be pleased. You will be hailed the Golden Child of the year. Hurrah!

One (heart) shape, two tub sizes, two exciting flavours.

Original Hearty Tarts: hand-grated pineapples, top-grade high protein flour, almond meal, sugar, butter, eggs, salt.
Small tub $28 / Large tub $39

Rum Hearty Tarts: same ingredients as Original, but with lots of rrrrrruummmmmm, for that little extra sumthin’ sumthin’ ya know wha’ I mean? *nudge nudge*
Small tub $39 / Large tub $49

We bake ‘em fresh just before you come collect them. So pre-order at least three days in advance, can?

Pre-orders:
By phone: 6346-0504
By phone/SMS: Sophia 8138-7539 | Joseph 9006-4163 | Sharon 9225-7913
By e-mail: justask@thegardenslug.com
By internets: Order Online at http://thegardenslug.com/heartytarts

We’re all sold out! Thank you so much for your kind support & spreading the lurve. We loves you many many!