And.....she's back to blow your mind away! It's time to pat off the dust and bring our party suit for this Wednesday's official launch of Violet Oon's Kitchen! Yes, that's right! Ms Oon is right back and working up the sweat(and so are the rest of us) to satisfy all your deprived taste buds for the nation starting next Monday.
Craving for Nonya cuisines? We regret to inform you that you have to hold your temptations till next Monday when you are able to sink your teeth into mouth-watering kueh from Ms Oon - our Peranakan specialist chef. I am sure that you would not want to miss out on this and be one of the first to savour the all-new menu!
With this Violet Oon food craze sweeping the nation, you'll never find what you've been missing until you have tasted a morsel from the kitchen. ;D
STAY TUNE FOR MORE!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Greetings to all faithful followers!
As Violet Oon's Kitchen continues to receive an overwhelming amount of phone calls regarding the operation timing and information, our team would like to extend our gratitude to all the readers and we really appreciates all the concerns and interests in us.
As the founder of this Makan Place , Ms Violet Oon is still away in the faraway United States in a culinary mission for Singapore, we are glad to announce her comeback into the scene end of next week!
Please do stay tune with us for more juicy updates on Violet Oon's Kitchen.
As Violet Oon's Kitchen continues to receive an overwhelming amount of phone calls regarding the operation timing and information, our team would like to extend our gratitude to all the readers and we really appreciates all the concerns and interests in us.
As the founder of this Makan Place , Ms Violet Oon is still away in the faraway United States in a culinary mission for Singapore, we are glad to announce her comeback into the scene end of next week!
Do come on down to support us in action from Monday to FRIDAY, 9am to 4.30pm.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
It has been a fruitful three weeks since our operation had started and Violet Oon's Kitchen sincerely thank everyone for their support.
While Ms Violet Oon is representing our hometown, Singapore, in a Culinary Showcase in Napa Valley, the stall will be featuring their soft launch menu till December 2009 when Ms Oon is back in action.
During our soft launch opening, one of the diner, Mr Chan, had reviewed Violet Oon's Kitchen in his blogspot webpage. The details is as follow:
http://http://bobcatsysop.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-afternoon-at-around-12-noon-i-was.html
http://http://www.phpbbserver.com/sgcaraudio/viewtopic.php?p=19202&mforum=sgcaraudio#19202
While the team is still preparing for a big show happening in December, please do continue to support Violet Oon's Kitchen.
Best Regards!
While Ms Violet Oon is representing our hometown, Singapore, in a Culinary Showcase in Napa Valley, the stall will be featuring their soft launch menu till December 2009 when Ms Oon is back in action.
During our soft launch opening, one of the diner, Mr Chan, had reviewed Violet Oon's Kitchen in his blogspot webpage. The details is as follow:
http://http://bobcatsysop.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-afternoon-at-around-12-noon-i-was.html
http://http://www.phpbbserver.com/sgcaraudio/viewtopic.php?p=19202&mforum=sgcaraudio#19202
While the team is still preparing for a big show happening in December, please do continue to support Violet Oon's Kitchen.
Best Regards!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Violet Oon's Kitchen Soft Launch Menu
Menu disclosure! Violet Oon's Kitchen is finally open for business! During this soft launch period before our official launch, the above will be our daily menu.
Violet Oon's Shepherd's Pie
Nonya Dry Meesiam
Nonya Beef Lemak
Rum and Raisin Ball
Kueh Bengkah (with durian flavour)
Cupcakes (assorted flavours)
Monday, October 12, 2009
Our Location **UPDATED
Violet Oon's Kitchen is finally open for business!
Violet Oon's Kitchen started our soft launch on the 28th October 2009! And we sincerely thank all the supporters for their presence, encouragement and feedback during this special day of ours! Please do stay tune to our blogspot and be updated of our upcoming news!
Win 18 Eating House
Blk 1008A Toa Payoh North
Singapore 318998
Braddell Mrt Station Exit A:
Walk through housing estate, opposite Blk 206
Bus stop name: Braddell Road Blk 1004 (bus stop no. 52029)
Service no. : 93, 157, 163
VOK will see you soon at the stall!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
NEW STORE ON YOUR WAY
SNEAK PREVIEW:
Your long awaited news is here! While waiting for the store to open later this month, Violet Oon's Kitchen is offering a sneak preview of the sweet treats!
Customers can start ordering these items via reply to this entry. Our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
PONDERING – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
As we are going our liberated way on this International Women’s Day, I’m celebrating my “liberation” by indulging in one of my favourite Sunday afternoon pursuits – cutting up spices and veggies to cook again one of my favourite all time dishes – the Malay dish of Sambal Goreng. That I suppose is what going ahead means for women – to be able to choose just what we would like to do during our leisure AND work time.
Now increasingly I am seeing that the pursuit of the joy of cooking is not seen by Singapore women as bondage to the idea of male superiority – I suppose it is due in no small part to the fact that the guys amongst us, have “liberated” themselves from the notion that domestic cooking is only for the women and have taken to the wok and ladle like ducks to water.
I say “domestic cooking” because the profession of cooking has always been a male pursuit! Not too long ago, women were not allowed out of their homes to work and socialize so all professional work was done by men, including acting as women on stage.
When I was a teenager and took up cooking as a hobby it was considered quite a freak pursuit – it was in the 1960’s during the days of Women’s Lib where one was exhorted to Burn the Bra and Make Love Not War and this pursuit of the pleasures of the kitchen was considered positively medieval amongst the young women of my generation. We were supposed to set our sights on more intellectual pursuits and that accounts for the fact that many women of my generation do not cook.
But my daughter’s generation of women, in their early 30’s are quite a different breed altogether – they have reverted to the pursuit of domestic pleasures as well as the pursuit of high powered careers and today it is quite the done thing to be making decisions to hire and fire by the droves in the day time and to return to hearth and home after that to cook up an Italian meal for family and friends.
That is something great that has happened to the women’s movement – that the young adults amongst us do not even know there was a Women’s Movement and have reverted to having babies as well as a career and are now all breast feeding their babies.
Now increasingly I am seeing that the pursuit of the joy of cooking is not seen by Singapore women as bondage to the idea of male superiority – I suppose it is due in no small part to the fact that the guys amongst us, have “liberated” themselves from the notion that domestic cooking is only for the women and have taken to the wok and ladle like ducks to water.
I say “domestic cooking” because the profession of cooking has always been a male pursuit! Not too long ago, women were not allowed out of their homes to work and socialize so all professional work was done by men, including acting as women on stage.
When I was a teenager and took up cooking as a hobby it was considered quite a freak pursuit – it was in the 1960’s during the days of Women’s Lib where one was exhorted to Burn the Bra and Make Love Not War and this pursuit of the pleasures of the kitchen was considered positively medieval amongst the young women of my generation. We were supposed to set our sights on more intellectual pursuits and that accounts for the fact that many women of my generation do not cook.
But my daughter’s generation of women, in their early 30’s are quite a different breed altogether – they have reverted to the pursuit of domestic pleasures as well as the pursuit of high powered careers and today it is quite the done thing to be making decisions to hire and fire by the droves in the day time and to return to hearth and home after that to cook up an Italian meal for family and friends.
That is something great that has happened to the women’s movement – that the young adults amongst us do not even know there was a Women’s Movement and have reverted to having babies as well as a career and are now all breast feeding their babies.
Time was, up to nearly 20 years ago, when breast feeding was considered positively savage and, having been influenced in my decision to breast feed by the late Professor Wong Hock Boon, that great champion of babies, I found myself one day, carrying my son in his Moses basket to Alexandra Hospital, to teach the new mothers how to breast feed with a real baby for the live demonstration.
Wow! Everything I think about has a “food” or “feeding” element to it – Happy Women’s Day to all the women and men out there!
Wow! Everything I think about has a “food” or “feeding” element to it – Happy Women’s Day to all the women and men out there!
AKAN DATANG: The Violet Oon TV Trailer
Soooooo exciting. Yesterday, we started filming in earnest for my youtube debut – 5 dishes in total and Gary came over full of enthusiasm and with his video gear – we started off in Kitchen No 2 with Stir Fried Vegetables Singapore and after a shaky start, we went full steam ahead with the traditional Fukien family dish of Tauyew Bak, how a well loved classic of the Singapore Family Kitchen, and while the pork stew (which is what Tauyew Bak is all about), simmered on the back burner, we went outside the apartment and pounded our way through Nyonya Sambal Belacan, complete trad style on a mat, sitting on a stool, with a pestle and mortar and squatting.
Then it was back to the kitchen to film Nyonya Satay Ayam Goreng, a classic Nyonya first dish for girls in puberty and which was featured in the food programme I filmed for Little Nyonya – part of the 4-parter preview to the super hit Channel 8 TV series called, of course, LITTLE NYONYA!
Then it was back to the kitchen to film Nyonya Satay Ayam Goreng, a classic Nyonya first dish for girls in puberty and which was featured in the food programme I filmed for Little Nyonya – part of the 4-parter preview to the super hit Channel 8 TV series called, of course, LITTLE NYONYA!
We trotted off to Kitchen 1, my fiery kitchen with its red and blue flames, overlooking MacRitchie Reservoir, to film Aglio Olio with Fusilli – as cooking Italian is one of my passions – dunno whether I am doing it uber corret Italian style, but the end result tasted Italian enough! It was yummy.
It was all wrapped up in 4 hours – a pretty great feat and next time Gary and I reckon we can film 6 dishes in 4 hours – if we have more assistants in the kitchen. Reality TV Violet-Gary style.
Hey having your own TV station via youtube is pretty fun and considering I started off in TV in the black and white days – in 1968 – singing Opera in a long gown, with hand on the piano (PICTURE) – I think I do know pretty much about TV filming, especially after being filmed not only by Mediacorp but also by BBC, Fox TV, CNN and even for Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods.
Big dreams apart, Gary and I finished the day typical Singapore-style – tucking into the food I had cooked and Gary had filmed. Next change……..
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