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I bought a sandwich maker recently in a quest to save some money. But come to think of it, this Cornell sandwich maker practically eats electricity at 700Watts. Though i wont use it for more than 3 minutes at a time, it’s still costly to use it on an everyday basis. But compared to driving to the shops to buy food back, it’s still relatively cheaper to make my own in the morning.

There werent that many sandwich makers sold at Parkson where i bought this. This Cornell sandwich maker caught my eyes with its bright yellow and i asked for one. Not an expensive item at rm69.00. The model is CSM-EL602A.

I’ve never owned a sandwich maker before in my entire life. I used to borrow my mom’s when the urge to make sandwiches arise once in a while, lol. See how nice my yellow colored Cornell sandwich maker is. It even has some flowery pattern with the words “Bon Apetit” on it.

All sandwich makers look the same inside. The only difference is the price and the hotplate’s heat distribution. For this Cornell sandwich maker, the heat is more centered and i find my sandwiches getting burnt easily especially the middle two lower triangles.

Another negative point about this Cornell sandwich maker is the three pin plug’s quality. It somehow warped where the electrical cord goes it. I think its due to the low quality plastic which cannot stand the high heat. 700Watts wei, dun play play. It may be a Sirim approved three pin plug, but still, its quality sucks. I’ll post a pic on how it looks like later, k.

I’ve changed the first unit. Cant get it refunded. If not, i would have changed it to a different brand. The best thing to do now is to go to an electrical shop and change the three pin plug to one that can withstand high heat for safety sake. What a waste of time and money. If you want my opinion on this Cornell sandwich maker, dont buy it.

How to bake a cake without a proper mixer? Went to buy this Philips Cucina Mixer from Sen Q last week. Oh, dont you worry. I know all about those Kitchenaid mixers, k. But not until i have a kitchen of my own. I was an interior designer by profession and i do know my brands well, ya.

I bought this cos it had this flour sifter as you see on its box. It’s suppose to help you sift the flour as you add more to the batter. Eh, am i saying this right. Noob like hell.

This is the whole setup. Looks professional, right. As long as it does it job, can lah. What do you expect from Rm179 worr, haimai.

And here are its tools. Both the kneading and mixing tools.

And if i dont want to use the base, i have the option to remove the mixer itself to use this on its own. Not bad, hoh. So, do you prefer to use an electric hand mixer or beat the batter by hand? Care to share?

It all started with a loaf of Gardenia Toastem’ bread. Gordon loves it and we’ve run out of it. After tea, hubby drove to 7-11 to pick it up. I was saying it tastes much better toasted as the name suggests. That led us all the way to Parkson and i ended up with the Philips Toaster Oven HD4495.

It’s not a big toaster oven. Only 9L and toasts 4 pieces of bread at a go. It’s a multi-purpose toaster oven that does more than toast bread. I can bake, broil and keep food warm too. It’s easy-cook features promises delicious results every time. This small little wonder comes with an adjustable thermostat, 45-minute timer, baking tray and crumb tray.

This will suffice until i learn all the basics required to cook a decent meal. Then, it’s time to upgrade to something more adventurous like a convection oven. I’ve placed this on top of my old microwave oven, which i still havent discarded, lol. I chose this simply for it’s retro design and deep finish. I shall refrain from buying appliances in white finish as it gets dirty in our kitchen easily. As both the timer and thermostat is located at the bottom, it’s space saving too. Not bad for Rm169, huh.

And this is how its interior looks like. With just enough space for 1n 8″ x 8″ baking dish. Talking about baking dishes, it’s time i get all my Pyrex back from my sis’. I bought them when the urge bake struck when i was pregnant with Gordon. And that’s more than 4 years ago. So, now you know how long it was since i last baked, right. More later on. Thanks for dropping by…..