Violet Oon restaurant apologises for ‘nasi ambeng’ dish after cultural appropriation claims

Violet Oon restaurant apologises for ‘nasi ambeng’ dish after cultural appropriation claims

Channel NewsAsia - Lifestyle·2020-06-04 14:00

Local restaurant Violet Oon Singapore has announced that it has renamed one of its dishes after receiving backlash for originally calling it nyonya nasi ambeng trays, which led some people to accuse it of culturally appropriating the Javanese dish.

In its Tuesday (Jun 2) Facebook post, the restaurant apologised for “causing any hurt, anger or offence”.

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