Violet Oon's cookbook

Jon and Courtney said:

I saw a program on FoodTV (Sara's Secrets) with guest Violet Oon preparing recipes from her new
cookbook "Singapore Family Cookbook." I'm trying to locate a copy of this cookbook but can't find
it anywhere. I've checked Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Jessica's Biscuit, and Books for Cooks with no
luck. Has anyone seen this book?

Hit #1 on google

selectbooks.com.sg28027.htmOpen ↗

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Jon and Courtney said:

I saw a program on FoodTV (Sara's Secrets) with guest Violet Oon preparing recipes from her new
cookbook "Singapore Family Cookbook." I'm trying to locate a copy of this cookbook but can't find
it anywhere. I've checked Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Jessica's Biscuit, and Books for Cooks with no
luck. Has anyone seen this book?

I Googled for it, and came up with this site:

selectbooks.com.sg28027.htmOpen ↗

No experience with this online company, though. HTH...

Ariane

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Quoted message said:

I saw a program on FoodTV (Sara's Secrets) with guest Violet Oon preparing recipes from her new
cookbook "Singapore Family Cookbook." I'm trying to locate a copy of this cookbook but can't find
it anywhere. I've checked Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Jessica's Biscuit, and Books for Cooks with no
luck. Has anyone seen this book?

Courtney Schatz

I've never seen Violet Oon's books available outside Singapore (I was lucky to be able to buy some
there). I don't know if you've already tried, but perhaps the people at FoodTV could give you
information.

FWIW, I don't think the cookbook is new. I found references to it as far back as 1999. But maybe it
will be published for the first time in the US?

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Thanks to Reg and Ariane for their replies. Unfortunately it would cost U.S.$26 to ship the book
from Singapore (which is more than the cost of the book) so I'll need to keep looking.

Courtney

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Jon and Courtney said:

I saw a program on FoodTV (Sara's Secrets) with guest Violet Oon

preparing

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recipes from her new cookbook "Singapore Family Cookbook." I'm trying

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

locate a copy of this cookbook but can't find it anywhere. I've checked Amazon, Barnes and
Noble, Jessica's Biscuit, and Books for Cooks with no luck. Has anyone seen this book?

I Googled for it, and came up with this site:

selectbooks.com.sg28027.htmOpen ↗

No experience with this online company, though. HTH...

Ariane

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

I've never seen Violet Oon's books available outside Singapore (I was lucky to be able to buy
some there).

How was the food in Singapore? Would you recommend it to someone taking a food oriented tour of
the region?

Thanks.

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 08:57:26 -0500,

Jon and Courtney said:

Thanks to Reg and Ariane for their replies. Unfortunately it would cost U.S.$26 to ship the book
from Singapore (which is more than the cost of the book) so I'll need to keep looking.

Ouch. FWIW, their FAQ says that you can e-mail them and
request the price of surface (vs. airmail) which will be cheaper, but
a lot slower. Good luck on your search, it sounds like a neat cookbook.

Ariane

Jon and Courtney said:

Thanks to Reg and Ariane for their replies. Unfortunately it would cost U.S.$26 to ship the book
from Singapore (which is more than the cost of the book) so I'll need to keep looking.

Courtney

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Jon and Courtney said:

I saw a program on FoodTV (Sara's Secrets) with guest Violet Oon

preparing

Quoted message said:

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recipes from her new cookbook "Singapore Family Cookbook." I'm trying

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

locate a copy of this cookbook but can't find it anywhere. I've checked Amazon, Barnes and Noble,
Jessica's Biscuit, and Books for Cooks with no luck. Has anyone seen this book?

I Googled for it, and came up with this site:

selectbooks.com.sg28027.htmOpen ↗

No experience with this online company, though. HTH...

Ariane

Hmmm, sounds like time to see if you know anyone that knows someone in the Pacific fleet that may
make a port call at Singapore - or a business person heading there for a trip. Did the Navy bit once
about 20 years ago, works fine.

jim

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How was the food in Singapore? Would you recommend it to someone taking a food oriented tour of
the region?

Yes to the food tour!!!!! Singapore is my favourite food country in the world--even beating out
Thailand (and I'm half Thai). I was only in Singapore for 4 days but I think I gained about 10
pounds. All I really did there was eat and buy fabric (very well-priced sari fabric can be found
there). The sightseeing there sort of sucks and there's no real beach to speak of so eating is
all there is!

One of the great things about Singapore is the variety of food you can get there. Little India is
full of Indian food stalls and restaurants, while you can get excellent Chinese food all over the
city (including Chinatown, of course). Then there's the Nonya/Peranakan food, all the other Asian
food, European-style food, etc., etc.

If you do go, I highly, highly recommend Tien Tien at the Maxwell Street hawker stalls. They have
Hainanese chicken and rice that is excellent, and you can't visit Singapore without having Hainanese
chicken and rice. Another stall at the food court has freshly fried you taio (sp? Chinese long
donuts) for just pennies (or at least it was pennies in 1999). I also had the best gulab jamun and
jilebi I'd ever had from a place in Little India. It was so good I called my mother from Singapore
to tell her about it.

I was planning a trip there last April but we would have been there while SARS was in full swing. I
was so very disappointed since our trip would have coincided with the Singapore Food Festival :-(.
I'm planning a trip there next Christmas, though :-). I dream of the food there, often, and am
longing to return!

For more Singapore food information, www.makantime.com is an excellent resource, though it can be
difficult to get through all the recommendations. www.makansutra.com is also an excellent place for
food information, and the people on the board (Lor Sor is the link for the discussion boards)
really know their stuff. You can also get some good information from e-Gullet. A former FoodTV
personality highly recommends SIN HUAT Eating House in Geylang. From what I've seen of the guy's
show, he knows his food (and he like Tien Tien, too:-)). For an excellent (am I using that word too
much?) Sg. food thread on e-G try forums.egullet.comindex.phpOpen ↗ or
forums.egullet.comindex.phpOpen ↗ for more of an idea on what else you can
eat there.

I'd live in Singapore just for the food...I've seriously considered it (really, I have).

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Reg said:

How was the food in Singapore? Would you recommend it to someone taking a food oriented tour of
the region?

I'm not Rona, but I wouldn't pass up at least a quick trip to Singapore for the food. Alas,
we didn't make it there on this past summer's trip to Malaysia. BTW, I wouldn't pass up
Malaysia for great eats, either. My Malaysian relatives claim the food is much better than
Singapore and cheaper, but that's what you'd expect them to say! 😉 Seriously, just about
everything I ate during a three week stay (Kuala Lumpua, Cameron Highlands, Ipoh, Melacca,
Penang, Langkawi) was excellent. Best meal, however, was in Ipoh, which isn't really much
of a tourist town. I think it'd be hard to go wrong choosing a decent food court and seeing
what the locals are eating.

Have fun on your trip, and I too, would love to see a trip report when you're through! 🙂

Ariane

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

I'd live in Singapore just for the food...I've seriously considered it (really, I have).

Thanks for the great post Rona. I can't wait to visit the place.

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Thanks for the great post Rona. I can't wait to visit the place.

After you go, would you mind posting a report of your trip? I'd love to do some vicarious eating!

rona

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Thanks for the great post Rona. I can't wait to visit the place.

You're welcome! After you go, would you mind posting a report of your trip? I'd love to do some
vicarious eating!

rona

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Singapore is my favourite food country in the world--even beating out Thailand (and I'm half Thai).

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Rona, thanks for this. I sent a copy to my son, who leaves today for his fourth business trip to
Singapore. He usually eats either street vendor food or wherever his Singapore associates take
him. After going through your information, he says he'll try to get to the Sin Huat Eating House
this trip.

He asked if I'd like anything from Singapore, so I asked him to bring me some street food!

David

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Rona, thanks for this. I sent a copy to my son, who leaves today for his fourth business trip to
Singapore. He usually eats either street vendor food or wherever his Singapore associates take
him. After going through your information, he says he'll try to get to the Sin Huat Eating House
this trip.

He asked if I'd like anything from Singapore, so I asked him to bring me some street food!

David

:-(! You're making me so jealous!!! You have no idea how often I think
about going to Singapore to eat. I just love it there!

If you like Indian sweets, jilebi and gulab jamun would keep very nicely, I think. I wish I could
remember where that stall in Little India was. Sigh!

Glad I could help! rona

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He asked if I'd like anything from Singapore, so I asked him to bring me some street food!

David

:-(! You're making me so jealous!!! You have no idea how often I think
about going to Singapore to eat. I just love it there!

If you like Indian sweets, jilebi and gulab jamun would keep very nicely, I think. I wish I could
remember where that stall in Little India was. Sigh!

I'm not much on sweets, and my son knows that, but here's an excerpt from an e-mail I got from him
this morning ...

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I have asked a local grocer to get me two cases of laksa flavored noodle bowls, and one of them
will have your name on it. Decadent Americans, importing their instant food from around the world!

What a guy!

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Glad I could help!

Me, too ... Thanks again, rona!

David

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: about going to Singapore to eat. I just love it there!
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I *adore* gulab jamun!! There's a little Indian restaurant semi-nearby that serves it. Mmmmmmmmmm.
And I just love the rosewater syrup that's ladled over it.

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

I'd live in Singapore just for the food...I've seriously considered it (really, I have).

Thanks for the great post Rona. I can't wait to visit the place.

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Aside from the chicken dish, - the fish: oh, my the fish is the best. Make sure you drive out (by
taxi) to the restaurants along the beach for the fish dishes and scenery. But most of all, what I
thing I really like about eating outside in Singapore in their little courts and stalls is that
Singapore has NO flies! and they are continuously washing down their stalls, their floors, etc.

PS, if you are into oriental art, shopping for art supplies is great, too.

Dee

Dee