(1) Dried Oddities Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and (2) Some Colorful Cakes of Asia

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I am re-posting these photos from my Facebook. One set shows some of the weird things you find in Chinese Medical Shops in Singapore. The other shows some of the very colorful cakes you can get here in Singapore.

ASIAN CAKES


LAYERED MULTI-COLORED RAINBOW CAKE FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR


PATTERNED CAKES FROM SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

 ASSORTED PERANAKAN# CAKES 1


ASSORTED PERANAKAN# CAKES

What are Peranakans? See http://www.fu-lu-shou.net/2009/02/my-peranakan-heritage-discovering.html 


DRIED STUFF USED IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE



Flying Lizards


Giant Wood Mushrooms


Pipefish


Skin of some reptile


Clumps of earth containing some minerals.



Cuttlefish tentacles



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