Proses Masuk Rumah Baru 2023 : Kitchen Appliances (Cooker Hob & Hood, Built-In Oven and Nano Sink)

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I cannot believe people would ask about my choice of appliances because I thought with so many brands available in the market, one will follow their favourite brand & budget..

I choose the same brand for my appliances : ELBA, because of good past experience with the brand..

I was given a heating oven (my wedding anniversary gift) by my colleague before -and until today it stands strong! ELBA to me never disappoint, cooked so many savoury dishes, bread & cakes with it..

I was about to buy the normal cooking hood -chimney/wall mounted, or the slim hood.. But when we are about to buy the hood, I realized I am a little bit tall that I can easily bump my head to the hood. Example as I recently found below :

Photo source : IG reels

Look how close, her forehead about to rest during cooking!

So we decided to change to an angle/slanted design. The typical ELBA hood that I previously add on my wishlist are : HERE.

But then there is this latest ELBA designer hood (slanted) that offers more advantages :

- Self-cleaning (in case I forgot about it for so long!)

- with Air Blower blows straight to my head when cooking (this is nice!)

- looks futuristic to me (my fellow resident also asked about it)

Now there is some headspace for me.. and the air blows straight to my face during cooking.. which is a bonus since you can get hot while cooking (forgot to do extra wiring for baby fan in the kitchen LOL)

So we bought it! For cooker hob, I am initially would like to use my dearly-loved, FRICO induction cooker (been using it since 2010, so it has been 13 years!), but husband suggests to stick with conventional cooking.. (which I don't mind too because I really love this FRICO, and it can be placed on my island in case I want to have some extra cooking done, like steamboat party?). It only needed some plug-in, therefore, is portable. So yeah, I'd like my FRICO induction cooker be something portable for later event..

Anyone here loves induction cooker? I really really love it, because of some features like :

1. Child lock button (safety!)

2. Automatic cut off if left idle for some time (safety!)

3. No physical fire means more safety for a child!

4. My pots/pans bottom area is super clean and looks new because there is no soot/burn marks hehehehe (and they looks like I never cook before hahaha!)

5. The compatibility pot/pan is aligned with my favourite cookware : cast iron & stainless steel!

So, for added safety, my conventional (gas) cooker hob is from ELBA, not the very basic one, since I wanted it to have flame failure device because I had an experience of leaving something cooking (with fire) after I left home for work.. hehe (although maybe the one time event is because my mom stays with me, that I became careless)

So far nothing bad happened, and I had an episode of my flame going off but there is no gas leak (because of this extra feature)

For the oven, it is just a standard one from ELBA, enough for me to upgrade from my old, table top heating oven (wedding gift) that I love so dearly.. Hope this new oven is dearly loved like my old oven (still keeping it no matter what!)

Total cost for the above appliances (bonus : double bowl sink included, before anyone asked, hehe):

ELBA Built-In Oven DIVO EBO-N67700(BK) : RM 1,099.00

ELBA Designer Hood ZITTO EH-M9138ST(BK) : RM 1,499.00

ELBA Double Burners Built-in Glass Hob EGH-K8742G(BK) : RM 739.00

Cabana Double Bowl Nano Sink : RM 799.00

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TOTAL = RM 4,136.00

Rest in Peace, my Raya bonus. My budget was RM 3,000.00, others were topped up by husband.. haha. This is all I can afford to contribute to the new house, Kitchen Cabinet and appliances only! Later I will sum up all the cost involved around moving house during this post-pandemic era of inflation and all.. haha (gerams)

Until next post!

Double Burners Built-in Glass Hob EGH-K8742G(BK)

Designer Hood ZITTO EH-M9138ST(BK) - Gesture Motion Sensor Technology

Built-in Oven DIVO EBO-N6770(BK) 7-Function

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My 35th Birthday Trip at Alun Retreat, Pulau Pangkor, Perak

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Kudos to Husband who managed to get this shot (of the best view away from the container)

Since my birthday this year falls during Ramadhan (fasting month), husband decided to celebrate early. We as a small family of 3 never been to Pulau Pangkor (although I work in Perak for 5 years! haha). And since we were staying in Klang (coastal side near Kuala Selangor), a trip to Pangkor seems good..

I have been eye-ing this container hotel named Alun Retreat, for its picturesque photos on IG..

The place is beautiful, but the overall experience is so-so.. My personal reviews of Alun Retreat:

1. Container hotel is small, and superbly hot in the afternoon!

I never stayed in a container hotel before, so this is new to me. I cannot believe how hot the hotel became, even the lowest Aircond temperature couldn't beat it! And since the container size is typical, the room size is tad a bit too small for us 3! Our room has queen bed, where we usually got ourselves a king bed..

In the afternoon, must draw all curtain closed and they don't have minibar/chiller!

(Time of visit = early March 2023)

2. Alun Retreat "Oceanfront Room" is quite a scam to me!

I personally believe the best room in Alun Retreat is the Oceanfront rooms (they only have 2 rooms! while the other rooms at the back are called Oceanview rooms). Of course, while promoting this Oceanfront room, they always go for the one nearest to the beach/shoreline for unobstructed view)..

Since we booked last minute (also paid a high price of RM450/night), we got the second Oceanfront room -with obstructed view! This is to me a "quiet scam" because this room should be a Oceanview only..

The website portrays as if we were about to get this nicest view :

The oceanfront should be 1 unit only (I think).. The other should be oceanview..

Our room view :

Even when we tried to sit at the balcony, there is always another "container room" in the background! Cannot avoid this obstructed view.. zz

Videos below :

3. They are weird, and not sure if they are Kid-Friendly

Not sure if the one we spoke to is the manager level, or the regular staff, but upon check in, they warned us this : "Kami tak recommend couple yang ada anak kecil, untuk duduk bilik atas. Puan make sure anak tak buat bising/hentak kaki ya". This is nowhere been written anywhere in their website/prior to booking.. so wow, for romantic couple (who wants good view), don't bring child here-lah!

Anyway, my son got no tantrums whatsoever, Alhamdulillah, so no warnings given to us during our stay. But the warn upon check-in really caught us off-guard (and annoyed us too!)

Beach is okay, but ocean quality is poor..

Breakfast is so-so (not memorable actually)

The best view I could get, but can be deceiving (since I cropped the photo, removing the front container unit LOL)

Hotel Rating = 2/5.

The marks given due to their good location (beachside, I love the beach! But Pangkor beach is erm, dirtyy), and minus points for experiences, room type and breakfast spread not really memorable.. I forgot all about it already! Haha

I would not recommend this hotel to anyone I know, haha

Until next post!

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