Viv's Kitchen

Viv's Kitchen Good old fashion food, made with REAL ingredients, the way it used to be. Also our large wholesome homemade pies are a hit !!
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Here at Viv's Kitchen our motto is "Food The Way it Used To Be", good old fashioned homemade food, using real ingredients, no packet mixes used here !! and we are Famous for our huge CREAM HORNS, with literally thousands having been sold ! We realise times have change so we can also cater for the Gluten Free, with a specific menu. We have lovely staff, a huge car park, and a massive outdoor area t

o enjoy. We have a tree house, and playground equipment for the kids to have some fun and give mums and dads a bit of peace while enjoying their food outside under one of our a lovely new umbrellas or a tree. and we are also happy for the family dog to get out and stretch their legs as well. Why not pay us a visit and enjoy it all for yourself !!!

Good morning ebryones HELP !!I don't know what to do's.Mum got dad to take this picture fing last ni...
15/07/2026

Good morning ebryones

HELP !!
I don't know what to do's.

Mum got dad to take this picture fing last night....its of me, showing how much I loves my Mum, but then this mornings I heard her tell Dads Im gonna be For Sales 🙀
I knows shes not feeling properly well cause she was making those loud "arrrrchoo" noises 🤧and sounds funny when she talks.
But is that any reason to get rid of me ?
I FINKS NOT !!

Then I heard her saying about me annoying Lucy and chasing her with my 2am Zoomies.
Well.....Lucy needs to stop being a cry baby and anyways, what does Mum & Dad expects....they're gone all day, Boo & Lucy stay in the garage all day so what am I supposed to do? All I can do is sleeps and get full of energies...so whats they're problem?
Not my fault they wants to sleep when I wants to play !!!
So if I wants to do 2am Zoomies....
I WILL !!!! Because I knows mum is too much of a softie and they won't get rid of me !!!

So have a good day ebryones, Im off to annoy Lucy 😹

Good morning everyone A little bit of a long read for you today 😊I have to admit, I would love to have been able to slee...
12/07/2026

Good morning everyone
A little bit of a long read for you today 😊
I have to admit, I would love to have been able to sleep for a couple more hours this morning, but sadly not possible, so Im sitting having my morning coffee and disecting the holiday weekend.
We want to truly thank everyone who called in, I think its fair to say it was quite possibly the biggest holiday weekend we have had in a very, very long time,( if not ever)
Yesterday we sold 495 cream horns,
So with Friday & Saturday added, thats a total of 1321 .
The work involved in putting out these numbers, needs to be seen to be believed. It takes one person all day to roll and cook those horns and at times like this, a little helper is often called upon.
Then theres the filling of them. All by hand of course. So although it can become a little overwhelming trying to keep up, it can also be a challenge, and as I always say, thats just one thing, then theres the pies, the sweet cabinet, the savoury cabinet, the grill cooking, then serving the long line of visitors, the drinks, the food delivery, the table clearing, the dishwashing ( oh the hundreds of dishes 😫)
All while trying to smile.
BUT.....Im proud to say we might make the odd small mistake along the way but all in all the team deliver exceptionally well.
So a huge thank you to them and all who visited this weekend 👍

NOW....A different subject altogether...
SAGE has gone missing in Wanganui.
She is a very well known and loved family member at the Hairdressing Salon in Wanganui East and last year her owner asked if I could make her a hi vis jacket like Kitkats,( which I happily did) Sadly Sage never came home on the 6th of July and as you can imagine they are desperate to find her. The worrying thing is, this is not the first time shes gone missing, and the last time she was actually stolen!! So you can imagine the relief her mum felt when she was finally returned. Hopefully this is not the case again, but if everyone can keep a look out for her or if you hear of anything please contact them.
Lets get Sage home where she belongs 🏡 😿

Thanks everyone, have a great day 😀

11/07/2026

Hello ebryones
Yes...its me.
Mum said I hads to jump on the Facebook fing and do my stuff because peoples are waiting to hear from me. I has no idea what shes talking about.
Doing my stuff...what stuff ???😼
Why does people wait to hear from me...this page is about Viv's Kitchen and all the fings they do and the yummy foods they have, like those cream horn fings and pies and loads of other stuffs.... so whats so important about me?
Im just a kitten, ( that mum calls a little sh*te at times), just a ball of fluff, that was living it rough, was colds and hungry and lonely and this lady started feedings me, talking to me and then she tricked me and caught me in this cage fing and now the rest, as they say, is history.
I didn't know it at the time, but that lady was going to become my mum and DON'T tell her I said this but....shes really cool, and I'll tells you why...

Because she really loves me that much, she doesn't want me to eat my meats cold, so when she gets home, she takes it out of the big white quiet fing calleds a fridge or somefing and then she puts it into the noisey little white fing and boom....just like magic, when it comes out it warms😸
Anyways I got her to do one of those film fings so you can sees for yourself, and just so mum finks I love her for doings this, I make my very special loud motor run for her cause I know she loves to hear it.....BUT !!
All alongs, Im just finking....

HURRY UP WITH THE FOOD WOMAN.....I REALLY DON'T CARE IF ITS HOT OR COLD 😹😹😹

Oh dear, I gotta love her though...she really does care for me.
Anyways have a great day everyone, enjoy the film fing and tells me what you fink, does my mum love me or what ? 😸

10/07/2026

Good evening everyone
Well I hope your Matariki Friday has been a good one and the start of a great weekend.
Matariki always proves to be a busy one for us , but today just blew us away. The video speaks for itself, when I say we were busy, I'm not lying, it was crazy from start to finish, with no let up.

Im not feeling 100% and finding the energy to get through today was a bit of a challenge, but the team gave it all they had and we got through, what turned out to be a record day !!
It was huge....over 490 transactions through the till and get this...
481 cream horns 😳
We are however very thankful for it as there is no doubt about it...things have been a little quieter with the fuel costs and people not having that little extra to spend.
So a big thank you to everyone who stops by, as hard as these days are....I do still enjoy the challenge.
Also a big thanks to the team....Cris, Amelda, Reyna, Jessica, ( our little mum to be), Trudy, Nickey, Crystal, Jacqui, Kate, Florence and Sahara who, for a young girl was ever so pleasant while serving the hundreds of people she faced.

Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone and for all the Charlie fans, there will be an update this weekend 😻

09/07/2026

Good afternoon everyone
Oh my goodness
I don't know how many of you have heard about Kosmos and his pie reviews, but hes looking for the best mince & double cheese pie in NZ.
We don't do a double cheese, but im sure we could look at it.
Now considering we're not a bakery and pies are not a specialty for us and something we have learnt to make ourselves, (including the base pastry that Kevan makes)
Never in a million years did we think he would call on us, so Im pleased to say we are over the moon with his review. 8.8 out of 10.
Thanks so much Kosmos, we value and thank you for the review.

Have a great arvo everyone, we certainly will 😀

Good evening everyone Ive been continuing to make my cheesecakes and experiment with different flavours.Ive done Biscoff...
08/07/2026

Good evening everyone
Ive been continuing to make my cheesecakes and experiment with different flavours.
Ive done Biscoff, Oreo, Strawberry, and something very different was a banana caramel one, the Lemon ones are still proving to be very popular and for the school holidays Ive done this very colourful one especially for the kids.
Something else Ive got back into doing and they are selling out on a daily basis are my custard squares.

Hopefully we see you over the holidays to try one of our truly yummy treats 😋
Have a lovely evening everyone, try not to drool too much 😀

02/07/2026

Good morning ebryones

Mum said you wills be waiting to hear any news I might has and news for you I do.

Ive had a huge week, first of Ive's done it, I mastered the escaping hole. Mum finks she taught me how, but I don't want to hurts her feelings and say it wasn't, but instead it was my big sisters, ( well Lucy really). Me and Lucy just slip through the hole fing, but poor Boo almost gets stuck. Don't you laugh at Boo's when you watch the video fingy. Its not her fault she gets stuck....its Mum & Dads fault cause Boo really, really loves food and shes always demanding it, and guess what else?..... I fink shes Dads favourite, cause he always feeds her and says
" Naww my poor baby"
Let me tell you.......she ain't no baby, shes HUGE!!!

Guess what else has happens...
Well since I came here to lives, I had my own little tent fing to live in and Mum left it open in the day times, so I could walk around the big place, but at nights I was locked away 🙀
I know....how mean was that?!!!!
But not anymore, I must haves been really good cause 3 nights ago, Mum didn't lock it and now.... even better, Mums put the tent fing away and I don't live in there anymore and I can do whatever I likes now, (which is great), but not when I want to go to the toilet fing, cause I has to go outsides in the cold.
And not great for Mum and Dad cause guess what ebryones ?
They forgot about the 3am ZOOMIES 😹😹😹
Just because they all want to sleeps at 3am...I DON'T. So I makes Boo and Lucy wake up and play chasing games.

Wow, how lucky am I.
How much my life has changed...
I'm warm ( except at night when i has to go out to the toilet fingy), I has a full belly, 2 very special sisters to play with,( whether they want to or not), and a Mum & Dad who let me do whatever I want 😸
Life is good....life is very, very good 😻
Have a lovely day ebryones.

Good evening everyone We just want to let anyone who might be visiting tomorrow, that we are closing early at 2.30 so t...
29/06/2026

Good evening everyone

We just want to let anyone who might be visiting tomorrow, that we are closing early at 2.30 so the team can do a bit of a refresher on coffee making from our wonderful supplier Streff at Redline Coffee.
We hope this doesn't cause an inconvenience for anyone, but its a good thing for the team, and because Streff roasts his own coffee beans, its a great opportunity for them to see the process of coffee making...
From start to finish.

Thanks everyone ☺️

27/06/2026

WARNING, WARNING
Hello ebryones

Please I needs your help.
Please tell mum that I really am a good boy, that Im still just a kitten and thats why Im so naughty 😸

Mums told me if I don't be goods and stop picking on my sister Lucy, I can pack my bags.....and, as if thats not scary enough...guess what I fink she has planned now?
I fink shes going to send me to the ZOO 🙀...

WHY? I hears you ask...

Well its because, when shes being really lovely in the mornings and she gives me my treat, she tells me Im a Meerkat and I knows those Meerkat fings live at the Zoo.
I fink my mums a bit silly if she confuses me with a Meerkat, when Im just a normal moggy.
She said its somefing to do with the ways I stand.
I has no idea what she means or finds so funny, do you?

Anyways, I hope you all has a better day than me...ive got some worries to sorts out 😼

Good morning everyone Im sure this will make you smile..I WANT MY DINNER AND I WANT IT NOW LADY !!!😹😹Have a great day.
26/06/2026

Good morning everyone
Im sure this will make you smile..

I WANT MY DINNER AND I WANT IT NOW LADY !!!😹😹

Have a great day.

Address

9 Dundas Rd (Main Road ) Ohakea End
Sanson
4817

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 3pm
Tuesday 7am - 3pm
Wednesday 7am - 3pm
Thursday 7am - 3pm
Friday 7am - 3pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm
Sunday 8am - 3pm

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06 3293234

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