Jan-chan’s Tidbits

The second clay project course I took last month was making the Chinese Sweets Shop (茶果店). It was really fun making Chinese sweets which I had when I was a kid such as glutinous rice ball (糯米糍), “Put Chai Ko” (砵仔糕), white sugar sponge cake (白糖糕), black sesame roll (芝麻卷), banana cake/roll (香蕉糕), etc. I have no idea what  some of them are called in English.

The completed sweets shop (front view).

The back view. A better look at the bucket of tofu pudding.

For close up shots of the individual sweets and a description of what they are, visit my Picasa Album.

I glued down most of the items onto the stand so I can transport it around but left the trays “glue-free” so people can take them out for a closer look. As a foodie I really liked making the food stands but have decided to concentrate on learning flowers first as I can make those as gifts. I’ll probably continue with the food stands series after I finish up with the flowers classes.