eat drink don't think!

specials: creamed tomato soup, roast beef pizza, slow-braised pork belly, strawberry ganache pancakes

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:18:00 -0800

this week's specials, available from today, all day, and possibly all week or while fresh ingredients last

soup of the day: creamed tomato soup w/ chunky vegetables, served w/ warm bread by side

pizza special: roast beef w/ white button mushrooms, baked w/ french mustard and paprika onion rings

special main: slow-braised pork belly in spiced gravy, served w/ choice of brown rice or pasta + refreshing tangy green salad by side

dessert special: strawberry ganache pancakes w/ choc fudge cubes, sea-salt caramel cereal clusters and wild berries, topped with a generous ball of vanilla gelato

booze: Brothers Pear & Lemon Cider (4% ABV) ~ fruity, cool and refreshing

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specials: tomato corn chowder, ONION RINGS, lebanese chicken on falafel pasta, pancakes in choc ganache

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:00 -0800

It's Valentine's Day in just a few days, and while some of us may have found true love, rich love, self-love, or even convenient love, we recognise that some of us may be aching and pining for love that once was. All the ronery hearts, this is for you. Wail away.

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You know everytime you comprain asking us to bring back a weekend special? Everytime you gnash your teeth on Twitter? Everytime you shake your fist at us on Facebook? We hear you. We write it down in le little black book. We take note.

And then we clutch le little black book close to our hearts and we sit and we wait.

We wait until a double rainbow appears on the eastern horizon. And when that happens, we wait three weeks more and we grant thy wishes.

'Cuz that'z how we roll, yo.

Anyhoo.

this week's specials, available from today, all day, and possibly all week or while fresh ingredients last

soup of the day: slow-braised tomato & corn chowder, with a foshizzle drizzle of cream.

(p/s: can ask for the without-cream version if you are cream-intolerant)

things to share-share: hand-battered onion rings w/ spiced mint sourcream dip by side

teh sexz shot 1:

teh sexz shot 2:

special main: grilled lebanese chicken, atop falafel buttered pasta

dessert special: pancakes smothered in Bailey's chocolate ganache, topped with a generous vanilla gelato ball & almond brittle

booze: Wychwood King Goblin (6.6% ABV)

"Brewed only on a full moon".

If you haven't noticed, we spared you our usual drivel this week. As a token of your deep gratitude and appreciation, you may thank us by booking yourselves a Lovey-Dovey Dinner, or come party with other shameless like-minded Slugphiles on Mingle-Mingle Night.

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The Island of Misnamed Toys

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:54:39 -0800

"My three year old daughter names all of her toys herself. Based on the names she chooses, you would think she was being raised a bewildered hooker. That may in fact be correct."

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Mini contest: Roses are red, violets are blue..

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:36:12 -0800

Thank you Nicholas for your honest comment on our Valentine's blog post.. -_-

And thank you Daphne for your encouraging words.

Would you like to submit a four-line Valentine's poem? It can be charming, funny, or simply uncool. We'll pick a winner by Thursday (9/2/2012) this week - winner will win a pair of tickets to our Lovey-Dovey Dinner on 14 Feb 2012.

1) Submit your poetry in the comments box below.

2) Please use a legit e-mail address, so we can contact you should you win lah.

3) Closing date: Thursday 9 Feb 2012, 11.00pm.

Winner will be announced on Friday 10 Feb 2012.

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Super Bowl Chili Recipe with Beer, Black Beans, and Chocolate

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:54:22 -0800

First we thought, ugh yuck just another angmoh chilli recipe. Then we saw the word "tempeh" .. !! *renewed respekt!*

http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/02/01/super_bowl_chili_recipe_wit...

(Source: http://twitter.com/noellechun/status/165256737455222784)

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specials: golden pumpkin tomato soup, lunar greek salad, cajun dory linguine, lunar apple streusel

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:45:00 -0800

Have you seen that video that's been going round? The young boy with the slightly inconsistent American accent dissing Chinese New Year. While it has ruffled a few feathers, we can't decide if it's satire or... well, we're staying out of this one. Not because we "don't have the courage to make a stand", but often, meddling simply isn't necessary.

Anyhoo.

this week's lunar new year specials, available from today, all day, and possibly all week (except for 22-24 Jan coz we're closed, yo) or while fresh ingredients last

soup of the day: golden roasted pumpkin & El Tomate

"Pumpkin" is often used as an affectionate term of address, especially to a child or a loved one. How is it "Tomato" is never used as a term of endearment?

Let's try this: "Hey Tomato, how's your day coming along? Would you like to eat in or go out for a quiet dinner tonight?" That doesn't sound half bad, really.

things to share-share: Lunar Greek Salad with sesame vinaigrette, starring Mandarin Orange, Greek Feta, Chilled Greens, Olives and guest-starring El Tomate

Mandarin Orange & Greek Feta -- a happy marriage of the Orient and the Occident, of whose offspring will have promising careers in modelling and veejaying. Unlike poor El Tomate, who's never had a starring role due to discrimination. Is El Tomate discriminated against because it's always been fluid and/or undecided about its orientation? Discuss.

pasta special: Cajun-grilled Dory with chunky vegetables, gently rested atop spiced Tomate linguine

Despite not being used as a term of endearment and having career difficulties, El Tomate is not faring too badly as Ingredient of Choice this week. There is hope in this world.

dessert special: apple streusel with orange cinnamon coulis, topped with a generous ball of vanilla gelato

Now if only people would see that deep down, El Tomato really is a fruit, it might've made it to the dessert special this week. However El Tomate is not one to be greedy, and is ever grateful to be featured in 3 out of 4 specials this week. Ganbatte, El Tomate!

hey it rhymes.

booze special: Badger Blandford Flyer (5.2% ABV) ~ a refreshing ale with mild ginger tones

What's worse than being an unfairly discriminated El Tomate? Having "Blandford" as a middle name.

The Garden Slug wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year. And remember! We will close shop for the Lunar New Year from 22-24 January 2012 (inclusively). Business as usual from Wednesday 25 January 2012, 10.00am.

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specials: mushroom chowder, double cheese nachos, pumpkin cheese gnocchi, peanutbutternutellacheesecaketart

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:32:00 -0800

"All families are dysfunctional." ~Sharon Slug's Dad

this week's dysfunctional specials, available from today, all day, and possibly all week or while fresh ingredients last

soup of the day: slow-braised triple mushroom chowder a.k.a. The Terrible Triplets

As mushrooms are proverbial for rapid growth, people have started declaring the humble fungi as a performance-enhancing food. In keeping with ungrounded fads, we have decided to offer not one, nor two, but three types of performance-enhancing fungi in today's soup. Remember these three names if it's the last thing you utter before you begin your wild weekend of debauchery: White Button, Portobello and Shiitake, the holy trinity of spore-producing organisms.

things to share-share: double cheese nachos, served with a lime herb salsa by side a.k.a. The Black Sheep

If this looks familiar, that's because it is. It used to be a stellar example of fine Things To Share-Share on our regular menu, until it got caught intruding upon the 5-piece Grilled Portobellos' backyard. While some may brush this off as a petty misdemeanour, a complaint was filed and as with most first-world countries, invasion of privacy is a serious matter and The Starter Formerly Known as Double Cheese Lava Nachos had to be put away for good.

However, just as there are women who are drawn to men behind bars, the offending nachos has its legion of fans too. While a royal pardon may not be possible, the double cheese nachos has been let out for parole this week, and this week only, with strict orders to report its whereabouts to Parole Officer Sophia Slug every 3.5 hours.

pizza special: spicy bacon, tomato & fresh coriander a.k.a. The Feisty One

Don't get on the wrong side of the fresh chillies and you'll be alright. That's all we have to say.

special main: pumpkin cheese gnocchi in a beer-spiked lamb ragù, topped with sour cream a.k.a. The Golden Child

The Golden Child, as the name suggests, is the best and most wonderful - at least in the eyes of Ning "The Narcissistic Parent" Slug. Said parent picks The Golden Child to be an extension of herself, onto whom she projects all her own supposed wonderfulness.

The Golden Child can do no wrong, and gets the best of everything. Their most minor achievements are celebrated and held up for admiration.

The Golden Child taught us something new today: that ragout is French, and ragù is Italian. And in Malay: Jika ragu-ragu, tanyalah Wikipedia.

dessert special: peanut butter nutella cheesecake tart with rummy wildberry coulis by side a.k.a. The Overachiever

The Overachiever studied psychology at Havard University while still working as an actress, speaks French, Japanese, German, and Arabic, has co-authored two papers that were published in scientific journals, is an advocate for animals rights and has been a vegetarian since childhood, is the Ambassador of Hope for FINCA International, has won several Best Actress awards and to top it all off, is young and beautiful. Oh wait, we just described Natalie Portman.

booze special: Badger Blandford Flyer (5.2% ABV) a.k.a. The Slow But Kind Second Cousin

Is best friends with The Golden Child and has a crush on The Feisty One.

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If Facebook existed years ago...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:12:32 -0800

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If Facebook existed years ago...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:56:38 -0800

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This was voted as the e-mail of the year.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:59:56 -0800

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Stop being Tempuramental. Just gimme my goddam leave. And other puns.

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:24:01 -0800

This was part of a Whatsapp conversation between Mindy and Sophia Slug... about Mindy not being able to apply for leave.

"Mr Manager, Udon understand.. I need to take leave."

"Oden, I'm supposed to anyhow give you leave arh??"

"Kani Nabe, I quittt!"

"Wagyu mean? I don't understand."

"You stop being Tempuramental. Just gimme my goddam leave."

"You Tamago to hell!"

At the end of the night, Mindy & Sophia Slug end the conversation.

"Good night, Miso sleepy."

"Ok, Shoyu don't forget to check your roster tomorrow ok? Good night."

Recently, Nicholas shared a video of a Pun-Off World Championship in Austin, Texas.

It wouldn't be complete, of course, if the other Slugphiles didn't chip in with puns of their own.

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This morning's fish joke got totally PUNNED.

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:02:30 -0800

It was only a fish, it was only a fish, how did it end up like this... (sung to The Killers' "Mr Brightside")

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We've updated our in-house menu.

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:53:00 -0800

<corporate speak>We've removed quite a few items, to facilitate inventory management and to manage wastage and spoilage. </corporate speak>

<plain English>We want to serve only the freshest ingredients, and we don't want to keep stocking up on stuff that hasn't been selling. </plain English>

We apologise if we may have removed your favourite dish (yeah, we're talking to all three of you). If we still have the ingredients, or variations of it, we can still make it for you. As always, just ask :-)

Still no GST and no service charge, but always at your service.

xoxo
your humble Slugs

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Hey, who says Maths can't be pun... >.<

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:58:21 -0800

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Blessing Home Adoption Drive, 10-11 December 2011

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:01:48 -0800

(from e-mail)

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Dear All,

We are still looking for homes for the animals at Blessing Home. The houses that we have viewed are way too much to accomodate 5 dogs and hundered over cats.

Not only the space is small, the rental are also very high.

Hence after discussing with some of the owners who had cats with us, we had decided to have an adoption drive on 10th Dec and 11th Dec, from 11.30am to 5pm.

We hope that some of the cats can be rehome to a good home.

Kindly see attached poster for more details.

Please help to spread the news to responsible adopters.

Thank you very much and see you on 10th Nov/11th Nov.

Regards,
Phyllis

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
~ Mahatma Gandhi

If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please accept our sincere apologies. We would appreciate your alerting us to this error, before deleting the mail. Thank you for your cooperation.

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A Love Note from Sherri and KC

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:23:00 -0800

(from e-mail)

p/s: We love the mock-serious faces on the laptops... :D

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Dear Sophia

All thanks to you and your team, we have completed our casual pre-wedding shoot and have received the photos !

I cc.our lovely photographer Peiying here as she was really excited at the venue too !
We would like to express our sincere thanks for allowing us to use the premises and thus we attached a few photos to share our joy with u

Thank you so much once again and we will be back soon !

Sincerely,

Sherri and KC

p/s: i m missing the cheese nachos....

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When Bananas Go Bad..

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:30:28 -0800

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specials: brocolli soup, 3-cheese dip w/ polenta fries, saffron tikka pasta, lemon poppyseed tart

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:17:07 -0800

Welcome to another edition of The Garden Slug's weekly specials.

This week the Kitchen Slugs have been particularly inspired by the weather forecast and have whipped up things to help some, if not all of us, get through the wet days ahead. I honestly think they might've outdone themselves this week. But don't let them know I said that. The only problem here is the writer of these specials blog posts is not particularly inspired this week. So if you'll excuse me, we shall simply get on the with the food pr0n.

Anyhoo.

soup of the day: broccoli w/ roasted orange chutney

things to share-share: 3-cheese dip, layered w/ roasted bell peppers & basil leaves, served w/ polenta fries

We've only made polenta once before, a long, long time ago. Wayyyyyyyy back when things were simpler (where we had only ONE weekend special per week), people were friendlier, the globe was cooler, and taxes weren't due*.

I'm talking, of course, about April of 2010.

And as always, when I don't know how to explain something to you, I refer you to the one and only most authentic source of information, ordained by god herself, Wikipedia.

So it turns out, according to holy decree, polenta is made out of ground corn meal and you can has many many things made out of it. And so Ning "Ning-ja" Slug decides to make thick fries out of them. There's also a story about the 3-cheese dip... apart from the roasted bell peppers & basil, there was supposed to be a layer of blended onions & garlic but our dear Ningsy-poo got distracted by Joe Slug, Jian Yun Slug and Sharon Slug and forgot to layer it in. So ah well, "it'll go towards another dish," she says. Cuz that's how we roll. Nothing goes to waste in this esteemed establishment. Do you notice how job applicants always refer to their potential future workplace as an "esteemed establishment"? Hobviously I've been reading one résumé too many lately. We're still hiring, by the way.

Anyhoo.

*Giving credit where credit is due: Just so you know, I've plagiarised this from one of Dreamhost's monthly newsletters. We host with Dreamhost 'coz they are DA BOMB and they send really phunny newsletters. No one paid me to say this. Just sayin'.

special main: coriander & almond-coated tender white fish atop saffron tikka buttered pasta

I don't think one photo alone gives this dish enough credit.

So I thought I'd give you a second photo.

dessert special: lemon poppyseed tart w/ fresh plums topped w/ sweet potato snaps, served w/ spiced pumpkin mousse by side

Aren't poppy seeds illegal in Singapore? o_O

If they are, then I don't know anything about them. I never posted this special and you never read it.

In any case. We haven't put enough poppyseeds in the dessert to get you opiated, so don't get your hopes up too high (hurhur).

booze special: Thatcher's Gold Somerset Apple Cider (4.8% ABV) ~available for a limited time niah, hor.

Also, we apologise for a couple of typos, irregular font sizes and misuse of inverted commas on the specials menu this week, as some of you pedants would've invariably noticed. (We're looking at you, and you.) This can only be explained by the fact that we had been having summathat apple cider while we were preparing the specials menu. True story. Or maybe not. HOW WILL YOU EVER FIND OUT?! #mindf*ck

This week's Easter Egg ~ thanks for sending this to me and Mel, Daphne. Somehow, in your mind, we are forever ingrained as "peoples with cats who sit on their keyboards". Love you muchly, nonetheless. xoxo

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