Soap like Food -- #11 Chwee Kueh !

Chwee Kueh (水粿) is a uniquely Singapore culinary creation. The Chinese transliteration of 水粿 is "rice water cake". The steamed rice cakes are topped with fragrant and crunchy diced preserved radish --- DELISH! 

Chwee Kueh was first created by Teochew immigrants in Singapore and is a popular hawker breakfast dish. I have loved this simple economical dish since I was a little gal and have recently introduced it to my children. Meimei's favourite Chwee Kueh stall is located at the Ghim Moh food market and this is her soapy choice for Week #11's Soap like Food. 

Enjoy!

Chwee Kueh Soap

Chwee Kueh Soap

Chwee Kueh Soap

Mama's Milk Soap

Breast milk soaps are a hot favourite with mothers who are breastfeeding their babies. I have made soaps using various types of milk but have never tried soaping with breast milk. Overwhelmed by curiosity, I decided to offer a free one-time service to make a personal batch of breast milk soap for 5 mothers residing in Singapore. 

The response was amazing and I found my 5 lovely mothers within a week! Apologies to all the mothers that I had to turn away and I hope you enjoy the Carrot Buttermilk Bastille soaps that I have sent out to all of you. 

NOW...I can proudly declare that I LOVE breast milk soaps! Whilst each batch of soap appears slightly different due to the mothers' diet, the soaps have a fine delicate lather and cure to a lovely light tan colour. Each batch has its distinct slightly sweet natural scent and I find this a very beautiful and unique trait. 

My very first batch of Mama's Milk Soaps are well cured and ready to be delivered to Mummy J. Thank you so much for letting me share my passion with you! ....xoxo

Mama's Milk Soaps

Mama's Milk Soaps

Mama's Milk Soaps

Soap like Food -- #10 Iced Gem Biscuits !

Soap like Food! is my personal soapy project to celebrate Singapore's 50th birthday. Whilst brainstorming for ideas, one nostalgic food item that kept popping up in my head was Iced Gem Biscuits a.k.a Biskut Ais Gem (Malay transliteration). 

My dear grandma used to affectionately refer to them in Cantonese as "Belly Button Biscuits". The biscuit bottoms resemble cute lil belly buttons and each biscuit has a brightly coloured icing piped on top. I loved them when I was a kid and still do! I would sort these lil gems by the colour of their icing and munch them according to colour preference - white, yellow, green & pink. Sometimes I would eat the biscuit bottoms and save all the icing (the best!) for the last.  

I had a soapy good time making these lil gems !

Iced Gem Biscuit Soaps

Iced Gem Biscuit Soaps

Iced Gem Biscuit Soaps

Soap like Food -- #9 Gummy Bears !

Things got just a wee-bit tough on the home front last week and I was unable to soap as planned. To make up for week 9 of Soap like Food, I went into a soapy overdrive this week, making over 1000 pieces of these cute lil soapy Gummy Bears!

Handcrafted Gummy Bear Soaps

Handcrafted Gummy Bear Soaps

Have you seen the Soapy Gummy Yummies that I made way back in 2011? Take a peek here !