Friday, February 12, 2010 by Samuel Koh
Sushi fanatic Doug Lambrecht wanted to make his sushi experience as authentic as possible, so he vowed to grow his own wasabi.
He headed to China and Japan, where he learnt the art of growing Wasabi which requires year-round contact with chilly moving water, so a sloping stream is pretty much the only bet.
Then he headed to the North Carolina mountains and began to grow his own. Five years later, he had his first harvest.
Hence Real Wasabi, Doug’s mission and business, which offers organic, real-McCoy wasabi (a.k.a.
Wasabia Japonica) in one of two forms: dried powder or fresh rhizome. The rhizomes, the plant’s thickened stems, are chilled and shipped overnight.
To serve, grate in a tight circular motion. Then pack the shavings down into a pile and cover for about ten minutes. And, as they say at Real Wasabi, Resist the urge to shorten this timeframe.
Grate yourself a little green pile of love at www.realwasabi.com
I so want to get one of these!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Samuel Koh
Alexander McQueen is dead. London designer has committed suicide.
Story Developing.
[via WWD]
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Samuel Koh
That’s right! It’s here faster than I expected!
MakerBot Industries brings to us affordable 3D printers which would allow people to create almost any plastic object.
CupCake CNC is the company’s main product. It is made from a fully open source design that can be freely downloaded, and the CupCake takes digital design files as its input and produces 3D objects by building up layers of plastic.
The machine is sold as a flat-pack kit that can be assembled by two people in a couple of days.
The best part is that it can even make its own replacement parts! (But how’d you know which part you’d need and when? hmm)
You can create your own designs from scratch using CAD software, or download a design file from Thingiverse, an online repository for the sharing of open source MakerBot designs.
3D printers usually cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Surprise surprise! The CupCake CNC kit is going for only USD 750.
It’s even cheaper than a 2.13 GHz, 128 SSD, 2GB RAM Macbook Air.
(hmm maybe i can make one using the CupCake CNC……..)
[via Springwise]
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Sunday, February 7, 2010 by Samuel Koh
Courtesy from ZOUK
Dr. Martens can now be bought at a 10% discount for regular items and a 5% discount for limited items…
and I’m gonna get the Dr. Martens x Stussy 3 eye desert boot in waterproof grey suede!
Offer is valid till 28th February 2010.
And remember to print out the flyer and bring it to the Dr. Martens store over at Orchard Central, #03-05.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Samuel Koh
Apologies for the delay in posts! I’ve been really busy buried in my school work as well as my dissertation!
But here’s something to perk you up. Courtesy of my best friend myrtle the turtle.
A Kate Spade sale – in Singapore.
I’ll be going with a friend!
We’ll see what stuff we can pick up =)
29th – 30th January 2010, 9am-7pm
Only cash and nets allowed.
SAFRA Toa Payoh
293 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh
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