The man who eats IKEA food for a living gives us insights on their famous meatballs and more
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- Ever wondered how IKEA makes its famous meatballs and popular chicken wings? How do they come up with new menu items? IKEA Singapore’s food manager Aeson Ong invited us into the kitchen to find out - and even got us to try some of their brand new dishes. (Video: Try Sutrisno Foo, May Seah)
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#IKEA #chickenwings #meatballs
00:00 Introduction
00:39: IKEA’s meatballs
01:16: IKEA’s chicken wings
01:31 Kitchen prep
03:35 New IKEA dishes taste test
06:55 IKEA’s special local dishes
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Why are there so many people commenting his English? How good the person is as a manager is more than his command of English, isn't it?
He could be a great leader- empathetic, consultative, analytic, having amazing work ethic etc.
Some people are just jealous of what this fellow is doing.
I thought that was Singlish.
He look like a nice person
So true. He seems to know what he’s doing - not something you can say for all managers. So what if his enunciation isn’t the best?
Lies again? Evil Angel USD SGD
nah, we dont know him to judge that. we only know his language skills
Dunno why the comments section so harsh on this guy. His expertise is in food, marketing, consumer preferences etc. Not politician or businessman or salesman. Calm your tits down jokers, and cut him some slack. Fine he cocked up the pronunciation of Ikea but overall he did a pretty decent run-thru here.
I'm Swedish and this does look really good! Do have to say though that the Falukorv is quite a bit off. While Falukorv does come in rings like seen in the video, the real Falukorv is a lot thicker with a diameter of some 5-7cm range and it's usually served sliced and the slices are pan fried, alternatively the whole Falukorv is cooked in the oven after making some partial slices into it and stuffing the gaps with cheese and sometimes it's covered with mustard as well. Another way to serve it is by making Korv stroganoff where the Falukorv is sliced and then the slices are cut into smaller pieces (think short fries almost) and cooked in a rich, creamy sauce that is flavored with ketchup and has onion in it. Korv stroganoff is ideally served with rice (usually long grain, not the very fragant kinds like jasmin or basmati) or mashed potatoes.
Just pan fried slices of Falukorv goes well with creamy potatoes seasoned with parsley (basically small pieces of potatoes in a white sauce), some types of pasta, mashed potatoes or with fried eggs and fried chunks of leftover potatoes (the latter combination makes a good breakfast as well, but can be eaten anytime of the day)
Well he is asking a presumably Singaporean to try if it is traditional enough 😅 so... probably she was not swedish enough to notice as you have valuably fed back.
Hats off to all those old grannies making Swedish meatballs for IKEA restaurants 🫡
you think grandmas are making meatballs for IKEA? LOL.
they are requesting factories to make the balls uneven to have that ‘traditional’ look.
@@DieThinking0:51
@@DieThinkingyou must be fun at parties. Do you not know what sarcasm means? Read between the lines..
matching the food to the picture - this is what I like best from the Food Manager
and if you work in the food industry...you know that's a lie LOL
UA-cam is scary. I just mentioned about going to dine in Ikea Jurong and this vid appeared top on my recommended list.
I seriously wonder how they always recommend videos on topics that I just thought about but have not told anyone else. It’s crazy
From your search history. And don’t forget your phone is listening too, there is mic.
Always happen to me even when my boss and customer are talking about a certain topic. It'll come out in my yt feed.
You need to block camera cause it reads iris
It’s a video uploaded just 5 hours ago. Obviously it appears on everyone’s recommended list. Don’t think too much. My hubby also just watched it..
Aeson is such a hands-on leader! kudos for the ability to explain all of the products well. Will definitely try that mushroom soon.
I really liked this interview. The interviewer said just enough to get the manager to tell us all about Ikea's food and not try to be the expert herself, which she might as have well been.
I personally love eating at the food court whenever I go to IKEA in the USA, it looks like I have to add this to my list of things to do when I visit Singapore in the future! I like how serious the manager is about the elements of the food (visuals, texture, smell, taste, etc.), you can tell he's very passionate about his job.
Love from Sweden fellow Singaporeans
😊🙏 Noticing the many older , more experienced & dutiful kitchen crew in this IKEA eatery , no wonder IKEA foods are always well prepared & served! 🙏 Thank You So Much IKEA for giving customers your good services & foods over the decades & to CNA for the sneak peek into IKEA's kitchen! 🌷🌿🌏💜🕊🇸🇪
i miss the older version of the salmon where it has those vegetable "cakes" and this tangy white sauce ;-;
I searched up May OF days ago, and i got this as my recommendation. Wow. Just wow.
What do you mean by OF lol
I want to know more about the freshness of the ingredients. Like how long they keep the frozen ingredients and so on.
that whole tasting menu looks incredible…keep it up 🥳
Malaysia Ikea got generous portion of delicious tender beef ribs at a great price
As someone who goes to IKEA Tampines wayyy too often, just for the food. This was a fun watch! :D
Always love IKEA foods! Hats off!!
i love this guy❤hes so inventive, and good at creating hospitality
I see it, I love it and I grab it
Chicken Wings and chocolate cake are yummy! Great that they vary the menu to local taste.
She is so cute and very excited
Creep
Chicken wing magic literally when its round!
I wish the hawker centres are as clean as ikea kitchen.
Keep dreaming 😂
Will you accept that they charge similar prices then?
you wish you had better Intellectual understanding level instead
I love his insight that the food should look like the picture. I like the meatballs and my sister bought 1 kg of it. I would cook it in tomato sauce or eat it with jam and gravy. The mushroom soup is an acquired taste.
Can ikea pls take note of the temperature of yr food as the aircon temperature is usually very cooling and by the time my food reach the table,it will be only lukewarm.Have feedback to ikea before but no improvement to the food temperature as it is still warm and not hot with smoke.
IKEA's approach to blending tradition with efficiency in their food service, particularly with the hand-rolled meatballs, shows their commitment to quality and authenticity. It’s impressive how they tailor their menu to local tastes while maintaining a fast and efficient self-serve system. 🍽
This is neat, I love seeing stuff like this. Keep up the good work IKEA! The food is great.
Love those round chicken wings!
🤣🤣🤣 1:16 - 1:29
Is it bad to eat food cooked/ heat up in plastic? Eg sauces in plastic
Yes
Depends, microwave plastic pots are ok to use
If you are not worried about getting cancer, then go ahead...
@jogo798
Still not recommended. Plastic and heat don’t mix well. You never know what chemicals will be leached into the food.
Nowadays, many eateries don’t prepare food from scratch, they use food that are actually pre-cooked in their central kitchens or suppliers. These vacuum sealer plastic bags ( sous vide style) are use to keep them frozen and then supplied to all restaurants and eateries. Many F&B outlets use this method to thaw and defrost these prepared bags of sauces and food using hot water. They claim they are using food grade plastic sous vide style so it’s safe to eat. I saw with my own eyes some eateries even steam the whole packet of Siew Mai and prawn dumplings still intact in their plastic packaging. 🙄 I have reservations about eating food prepared this way and surely boycott them.
Tried their pork cutlet today. HUGE portion, a little gamey, overall pretty decent.
Its Ee-Kay-Uh.... And OMG... Even its own IKEA Manager pronounced it the US way instead of how its called/pronounced from its country of origin... Speechless.....
wah syiok, got foot long sausage coming soon!
When someone's accent is different than yours, it's a charactertic trait of that person, not a flaw. Wherever you are from, your English will be DIFFERENT than another person from you country, that does not mean their English is bad or worst. Think about it again, if his English IS BAD, then most likely, he speaks another language BETTER than you.
I love dipping the fries into meatball sauce.
my dream job af
same 😅
its nice he calls his colleagues co-workers
It's IKEA's lingo. IKEA calls its employees "co-workers".
@@Kyle-kc8cw thanks. i didnt know about this corporate culture
The menu is damn confusing. The menu keep flashing around on the screen. Cannot stay still. Cannot see whats in their menu
What happened to the princess cake?
texture-wise is flavorful
mmmm...not just the meatballs but the freshly cooked chicken wings :) Now, if only people can get a seat when they go there to eat.
3:26 to match the photos to the dishes
Best Chicken Wings in town. Never fails
I've enjoyed food from IKEA for many years! My only gripe is , the servers at JEM. Always grumpy and rude. Doesn't matter if it's peak or off peak timings.
Recommend to go other outlets except JEM
Why IKEA Singapore no rice dishes!
Because u never send email to ikea hq.
I love their Swedish meatballs even though I don't shop there too much.
Sadly, the taste of their köttbullar (meatballs) isn't as good as when I first tried in 2007 at the Tampines outlet. I have eaten a few times during the period in between then and now, and the balls seem to have gotten bland and plain as time went on, sometimes gamey.
Yea. I had it recently. So disappointed! No longer how it was in the past
ooo they have fried mushrooms now!
The way they warm up the sauce🧐
Is this a paid or sponsored episode?
I love ikea Malaysia food
IKEA food is bang for your buck.
JEM outlet has food servers who are on another level of service.
Rolled eyes.. “speak up! I can’t hear you!” are just a few amazing experiences you can expect.
Have fun! 🙂↕️
$90 for 3 people(1 main course, 1 drink and 1 small soup each) is considered bang of your buck?
The standard of IKEA food is deteoriating in comparison to the past. The cleanliness is also quite disappointing these days.
175 workers for 3 outlets??? So much?
You also have to consider how many shifts they're working, if they're full time or part time, and how many positions in the kitchen you don't see.
If there's a minimum 2 shifts for each day at each outlets, there will be an estimated maximum number of 30 workers at one shift per outlet which sounds fair
Good healthy food for diet...
Not though… they’re all fried stuff 😅
@@GerakanLelakiSejati wrong
Fried mushroom, fried meatballs and curry chicken look good
Atas review for ikea food
So, that falukor is not how real falukorv really looks like. But I bet it is still yummy.
Not only Swedish grannies, but their descendants who do it 'old school, and hand roll our own recipes handed down. :)
In my country ikea food are considered luxury. You can buy 3 normal meal for 1 ikea meal
how one says ikea doesn't matter yall it's not that deep🙏
Its Poison?
Really love the variety of dishes available but just hope for the veggie sides to be cooked more thoroughly or just change out the water more often, every time it tastes so much like there are chemical residues... Maybe not everyone cares but I really don't like wasting food!
Keyword: “impulse buying” 😂
I thought IKEA themselves came out to say it's pronounced "ee-kay-ya"?
Yes, I just commented:
Please learn the proper pronunciation of “Ikea” before making the video. It’s “ee-keh-uh”. That’s the common way most Singaporeans say it anyway & it’s the correct Swedish pronunciation. You’re introducing a Swedish brand, obviously you need to pronounce it the Swedish way. Who says “Eye-keh-uh” 🙄🙄. Yes, the British say it but that’s not correct Swedish pronunciation.
“Eye-kay-uh” sounds so wannabe and grating.
@@ABC-ed8cg ya... Though I think it's the Americans who pronounces it Aye-kee-uh.
the manager sound vaguely similar to steven he 😅
Ikea needs to serve pork sausage. Last time they had and suddenly disappeared and replace by chicken, nothing like pork sausage as European food and its traditional
cos' it is not halai?
they need to bring back pork in their meatballs too…maybe have a halal and non halal section
@@matreen427 halal dont work like that
@@matreen427 no point to have 2 kitchens and twice the staff. This is not SAF canteen.
The god dxxn meatball looks the same here in US
5:02 "Texture-wise, it is flavourful" What?? Texture and flavour are 2 different aspects, boss.
Love the moderator. She did her study, and knowledgeable!
Ikea says, "It's Ee-kay-uh, not Ai-kay-uh."
I don't understand how a relatively senior member of their staff can repeatedly say Ai-kay-uh!
i pronounce it as "ee · kay · uh" all my life.
Not so affordable
They are all process food from a box
Can IKEA bring back the delicious chicken cutlet with salted egg sauce??? If today is my last day on earth, this will be my final meal ❤
MUSHROOMMMM!!!!
Beautiful dog food
Pasta sauce is too sweet
The Msia Ikea meatballs in Penang are terrible, totally different taste vs KL and Thailand
probably cos it's halal, & it's made with pure beef.
Leaving out the pork eliminates the tenderness
Decades old machine still say state of the art..wow
Maybe there is no other models and those machines are proven to be the latest even though it might be 20+ years old
We use the same equipment in most corporate kitchen cafes, they're work horses. New tech is nice but they need to be reliable for on time service.
Personally, this feature does not dive deep enough to be informative. Seems more like a publicity stunt
Price increase but foods standard drop.
It’s funny most Singaporeans pronounce ikea starting with an E which is what Swedish people do while he did the American and English way of starting with an I….
Uhhh, why is the manager even pronouncing his own company wrong? Isn't ee-kay-uh instead of iKea like iPhone?
shes cute !
Ikea guy: "You can taste & give me feedback of how food taste..."
Then totally start & dominate all the comments = not a fair review...
6:42
As a Swedish I can say that that’s not a falukorv sausage 😡
then what is it called?
Haha, no wonder he said he THINKS it is a falukorv sausage haha.
I'm not a fan of their food except for the smoked salmon appetiser and dill mustard sauce
The food quality at IKEA cafe is terrible now. I cannot understand the continued popularity. Coffee is just plain bad, shame to call it coffee. The salmon is less than half the size it used to be. Everything tastes artificial and highly processed. A shadow of what it used to be.
Regional Manager should know its pronounced YEE KYUH not AYE KEE YUH. Confirmed with my swedish colleague 😂
I was wondering the same when he introduced the 3 stores. 😮
8 minutes of IKEA ads
What oil is use to fry the wings? Seed canola (engine)oil?? Short cut to heart attack😅😅😅😅
Engine oil.
Why can’t the host and guest speak according to the dialogue given?
Colleagues not co workers
I bet isiah hit that
Tried IKEA meatballs. IMO it sucks. Just like western food in general. For someone who are accustomed to herbs and spices, the meatballs are very bland. Meatball themselves tasted fine but put everything together, they're pretty lackluster. They have something, a dollop of raspberry sauce(?) added which is akin to acar buah which is fine if you think of it that way but the gravy itself is already sweet so it became sickly sweet. Maybe iuf you're younger and/or dont care too much about sugar/diabetes then its fine.
The karipap / curry puff on the other hand is great. Big portion, definitely worth the money (if you buy in set).
IKEA NASI LEMAK ROTI PRATA..CHICKEN RICE🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣😂🤣. Nice accent by the manager. .👌💯.
😋😋
Warming up sauces in plastic. Oh gosh.