Breadmaker?

Posted by pixiejo (90 days ago)

I really want to make my own bread! Ideally would like to buy a Panasonic breadmaker machine. Has anyone ever bought one in HK, and if so, where from?

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Posted by axptguy38 (90 days ago)

Try Wing-On. Appliance section on the ground floor in the back.

Posted by onemorething (90 days ago)

Panasonic does not sell their breadmakers in HK. I guess the market is too small.

Wing On sells Tefal and Morphy Richards bread makers. The MR machines get good write-ups in the UK. I have no experience with any of those two brands. It might be that Princess sells bread makers as well, but I do not know where to buy them.

Edit: I meant Kenwood, not Tefal

Posted by Green-Catalonia (90 days ago)

I must point out that the apparent enthusiasm for making bread seems to be quite short-lived - if the quite frequent offers for such second-hand [ but "scarcely used"] breadmakers' adverts are anything to go by.

Possibly part of the gloss goes off the breadmaking experience when one has to knead the dough - and wait around for it to "prove" itself.... and that's even before finding out how long it needs to be cooked for.

Posted by axptguy38 (90 days ago)

SoGo has three models. Oddly enough you can find one (can't remember the brand) on floor 7 in the kitchen section and two (from Kenwood) on floor 10 in the appliances section.

As for making bread, I used to make it all the time in the US. We had this massive kitchen appliance (though not a bread maker) which meant the labor involved was minimal. The only real job was cutting into slices for freezing. Here, we have an excellent but quite small kitchen appliance so the batches become too small to make it worth it. I could of course knead by hand but blech...

Posted by mixeymum (89 days ago)

I saw one in Broadway in Times Square I think it was Princess brand and was about $700, but the loaf pan was tiny inside, about 1/2 the size of a reg loaf.

Posted by axptguy38 (89 days ago)

The biggest ones I have seen do about 1 kg. Most do about 1 lb. So don't expect a big loaf. ;)

Posted by Thames (87 days ago)

I don't mean to sound like an advertorial but I would definitely only buy the Panasonic one. You have obviously heard good things about it so I won't bore you with the details (3 loaf sizes, 13 hour timer, different breads etc.) but I've been using mine every other day for five+ years and it's knocking out great bread, unlike the loaves I've sampled from friends who have other brands. I don't know why the others haven't got it right yet but there's a big difference - bread from the Panasonic tastes home-made whereas from other (especially lesser known brands available here) taste like, well, bread-machine bread and not worth the bother.

It's a shame you can't get Panasonic ones here. The only thing I can suggest is you pick one up on your travels or persuade a friend to bring one back for you :(

Posted by bob the builder (87 days ago)

Totally agree with Thames. We bought our Panasonic in Aus on our holidays and brought it back with us. Use an adapter or chop the plug and everything is fine. The breadmakers are not heavy to carry.
HK bread is okay but sometimes too sweet, but your own freshly baked bread is 100% better.

Posted by pixiejo (84 days ago)

Thanks everyone - yes - I really wanted the Panasonic. Where in Aus did you get one?