Ori Silicone Cooking Utensils

With such bright colors, the ORI range of silicone cooking and baking utensils are very eye-catching! First noticed their booth at Mid Valley Megamall. They also have one booth at Pavilion. 50% of their product range are also available at Metrojaya Living Quarters and Parkson Pavilion.

Bought a number of items from them cos I like the striking and bold colours.

Reversible baking/pastry mat RM39.90 or RM31.90 depending on size.

Rolling pin RM59.90

Fold-up coasters RM22.90

Round coasters/mats RM16.90

Colander RM43.90

Bread/Cake knife RM13.90

Fryer/Turner RM39.90

All items are made from Silicone which can withstand high temperatures in the oven/stove plus they are all dishwasher compatible.

Lebensstil Kollektion Designer Cooker Hood Review

The cooker hood in action! The model above is the LKCH 9300 by Lebensstil Kollektion.

There are three suction power levels to choose from : low, medium and high. Just press the speed button to adjust accordingly. There's also a light button to illuminate the cooking area.

I find the cooker hood is effective in sucking up the cooking fumes and grease. When deep-frying, the kitchen floor was a tad bit oily but not as bad as without using a cooker hood. Most of the oil fumes were condensed inside the hood. The grease was mainly inside and on the filters. Had to clean the hood with soapy water after frying. However it was very easy to clean as the material is glass.

2 easily removable filters located inside the hood. Just pop them into the dishwasher and they come out clean and ready to for next use.

Overall, I like the design of the hood as it allows more 'head-room' above and also the good suction power plus easy maintainance.

Coffee Table

We are still searching for the perfect coffee table to complement our living room furniture. Been to a host of furniture shops e.g. Space Furniture, Haus Living, Vianni Mobili, Harvery Norman, Miva Furniture, Courts Mammoth, Ikea, Xtra, Gudang, Boconcept and XZQT.

Recently we were at XZQT Pavilion and the salesman there showed me a catalogue with their latest designer coffee table. 

Wow, very eye-catching! The table has sleek clean lines with rounded edges and has a certain retro-ish look to it. Storage area below and easy to maintain. 

The table is made in high quality smooth polyehylene (a hard wearing and fade resistant material) using a rotational moulding technique to create those smooth edges. The table can also be used outdoors.

Designed by Matthias Demacker under Bonaldo. We are keen to purchase the white (outside)/grey (inside) colour combination. The showroom model is at 30% discount whereas ordering a new one, we get 25% discount. As we are existing customers (purchased my dining table from them), we get additional 5% off on top of the 25% discount. 

The other coffee table which we were also keen to purchase is the Functional Table by Boconcept (RM3195), Bangsar Shopping Center.

Bosch Dishwasher Review

Here's how the Bosch SMS50E12EU Free standing dishwasher looks like under the kitchen countertop. My kitchen designer removed the top cover of the dishwasher so that it could fit under the counter and appear integrated.

Very easy to use. Just load all the dishes into the pull-out baskets.There's also a cutlery basket not shown in the photo. I removed it to make space for the other bulkier items.

Fill the rinse-aid compartment on the left and the detergent compartment on the right. Recommended powder detergent is Finish. The dishwasher comes with 2 free tablet detergents which can be used in the detergent compartment as well. Refill the rinse-aid whenever the indicator lights blink. But for the detergent, refill for each wash cycle  and the quantity according to load.

Once everything is loaded, close the door and just turn the dial to select the preferred program function. I usually use the 'lightly-soiled' function which washes at 45 degrees celcius. It washes very well and the dishes come out squeaky clean, dry and warm. The intensive load (washes at 70 degrees celcius) works very well with dirty pots and pans. Everything came out beautifully clean! Other functions include the eco function which saves water and electricity. The auto function allows a sensor to select the best cleaning mode for the items in the dishwasher.

Half-load function is good for washing a small amount of dishes. Vario-speed cuts down the washing time into half. These optional choices on the right hand side of the control panel can be selected once the main program is selected.

Am very impressed with my dishwasher although I initially had some wiring problems with it. The model came with a 2-pin plug which needed to be changed to a 3-pin plug.  I didn't know that so I was happily using an adapter. My wireman said it was dangerous to do so as sparking occurs around the adapter. So my wireman changed the plug for me and I also checked with the technician from Bosch. However with the change of plug, my entire condo unit's power kept on tripping as soon as the dishwasher was switched on. The Bosch technician, Mr. Tan came to check and said the fusebox should be re-set to a higher level as it was too sensitive. Once the necessary change was made, the dishwasher was functional again.