Day 1: Watermelon Sailboat
Day 2: My adaptation of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’
Day 3: a tiny garden with a lemon sun
Day 4: Pray for Sabah, with soy sauce and ketchup
Day 5: ‘sonny, if anything, just stay far far away from colonel sanders’
Day 6: ‘all you need is love…’ with cherry tomatoes, nori and soy sauce
Day 7: My adaptation of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ with long-grain rice and nori
Day 8: a dragon in my dragon fruit
Day 9: “Hello there, Richard Parker!” made of chopped carrots, white radish and dried prunes
Day 10: dogs in my oreos
Day 11: Giant Squid Attack! With squid and squid ink
Day 12: Campbell’s Tomato Soup! …made of ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard and oyster sauce
Day 13: Banksy on my plate
Day 14: Arctic melting
Day 15: Guess who stay in these three little houses? House 1 made of angel hair pasta, house 2 biscuit sticks, house 3 dried chilli. Stuck together with peanut butter. Dill for grass.
Day 16: Three Little Pigs…part 2. Wolf made of charcoal bread, pigs made of kidney beans.
Day 17: Three Little Pigs – Part 3. This is how the third pig REALLY got away. He’s a big Pixar fan as you can tell.
Day 18: cucumber landscape. Made from one single cucumber
Day 19: Owl-nion! Haha. Made of onions and mint leaves. My eyes were teary as I was making this piece though!
Day 20: Tiny tutus. Something simple for all the ballerinas out there… Tried something different by playing with the shadows of the plate to create a spotlight effect for the ballerinas. Made of chocolate syrup and coloured chocolate shavings.
Day 21: “You’re my butter half”. Specially dedicated to my friends TY+VQ, AL+CH and JY+SY who will be getting married this year. Made of Bovril and butter and chilli…just to spice things up a bit. 😉
Day 22: Carnivore vs herbivore. Made of beef, spinach, and parsley. A new way to serve carpaccio…add olive oil, shaved cheese, salt, pepper n lemon n u’re done!
Day 23: An eggplant circus…and a nervous-looking elephant !I’ve made a video showing how I did this piece; check it out at http://youtu.be/zepKgzYh6AA
Day 24: Louis Vuitton monogram mushrooms!
Day 25: Field of tulips…specially dedicated to my Dutch friends (let me know if u’re one!)! Tulips are made of chilli padi, or baby chillis. 3 years ago I spent one semester studying in Delft, the Netherlands and tulips were in full bloom in April. Imagine strips of vibrant colours spread across large fields. That’s still one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in my life. I miss u, ur canals, stroopwafels, herrings and friendly people, Hollanda! 😥
Day 26: The Malaysian parliament has been dissolved! Malaysia, let’s make wise choices for the upcoming 13th general election! I’ll be traveling to the States but will def be coming back to vote! Made of Tang orange powder dissolved in water. Pools of water makes out a faint YELLOW map of Malaysia. Let’s pray for a BERSIH/clean election this time!
Day 27: Kuala Lumpur skyline in my nasi lemak! This piece is especially for Malaysians living abroad who are missing home! Let’s go back to vote! Do u know that Airasia is offering cheap flights for ppl who want to go back to vote? http://www.airasia.com/my/en/fly-home-to-vote.page #jombalikundi
Day 28: Red cabbage Marchesa Salad! Made of red cabbage, mayonnaise, basil seeds and silver dragees…
Day 29: Goldfish in my consommé!
A new way to serve appetiser (move over molecular gastronomy!) —goldfish made of pickled ginger (or substitute with raw salmon), eyeballs of century eggs (google if you haven’t heard of them…they’re Chinese black eggs!), grass made of dill and jelly made of chicken consomme and gelatine.
Day 30: Tropical fruit pufferfish! This piece is made of 4 different fruits from Southeast Asia! Can you name them?
Answers:
_Body: Durian – known as the “king of fruits”, it is strong smelling, has a spikey husk and creamy flesh. They say u either love or hate it. I love it!
_eye: longan, similar to lychees
_tail/fin: chiku, a super sweet fruit, texture like a well-ripened pear
_water: pomelo, looks like a giant grapefruit the size of a soccer ball!
(for more, follow @redhongyi on instagram or check out #creativemarch to see what my followers have done!)
Answers:
_Body: Durian – known as the “king of fruits”, it is strong smelling, has a spikey husk and creamy flesh. They say u either love or hate it. I love it!
_eye: longan, similar to lychees
_tail/fin: chiku, a super sweet fruit, texture like a well-ripened pear
_water: pomelo, looks like a giant grapefruit the size of a soccer ball!
(for more, follow @redhongyi on instagram or check out #creativemarch to see what my followers have done!)
My last piece for my “31 Days of Creativity with Food” project!!! Thank you everyone from all over the world who have liked, shared, commented and followed my work… I feel so blessed!
