Woohoo!! Shopping spree (Mother's Day gift to myself)

[cbayer]

So, I discovered this really cool restaurant supply store in LA on the internet and checked it out yesterday.

All of my knives were dull and all of my bakeware rusty, so I decided that if I am going to do this much cooking, I needed to upgrade my tools. My justification - I save us tons of money because we rarely eat out.

So I bought:

knives - Victorinix - chef's 8 inch, utility, bread and paring.

bakeware - heavy duty, stainless - half sheets with racks, lasagna pan, bread pan

mixing bowls - set of 10, nesting, tempered glass - can go in refrigerator, microwave and oven

I had a blast and feel like I have a whole new laboratory!

[beac]

1. How fun!

Care to share that website?

I'm not in the market (and don't have the funds) to buy right now, but virtual window shopping is always a treat.

[cbayer]

2. I found the site on the web, but actually went to the real store yesterday.

Like a kid in a candy shop, I tell you.

Here is the general website:

http://www.surfaslosangeles.com/

and here is the online shopping site:

http://www.culinarydistrict.com/

Have fun!

[pinto]

3. Congrats, sounds like a good find. Link? I'm in the market for knives. (edit) Got it.

That Victorinix set sounds good.

[cbayer]

6. I had done some research and found that the Victorinix were the best deal.

Not inexpensive, but not as expensive as some others, that's for sure.

They carried only a few brands at this store, and their choices of Victorinix was extensive.

Add to that that this is the place where LA's chefs buy their equipment, I was sold! Used the first one last night and it was all I had dreamed of.

[Phentex]

4. Hooray for you!

You can't have too many mixing bowls. Or knives...or bakeware!

[cbayer]

8. Well, I can, because I have an extraordinarily small kitchen.

But I did some purging and rearranging and got it all in!

[HeiressofBickworth]

12. Looks like a boat galley

And I thought I had a small kitchen. 1960's house with the washer and dryer in the kitchen. I have purged my kitchen a few times, but the gadgets keep multiplying!

[Phentex]

13. It is a boat I think, lol...

I was also thinking I need those latches on my ancient kitchen cabinets. I have the kind that when you close one door, another door pops open.

[cbayer]

15. The cabinet latches are great.

The doors all swing freely when released, but stay tightly shut when secured.

[cbayer]

14. It is a boat galley, and pretty spacious as galleys go.

I keep my laundry equipment in the bathroom (hand crank washer and spin dryer).

Anyway, I did a deep purge when I brought my new things home. Lots of people in this community can use what I no longer want.

[yellerpup]

5. That shopping spree sounds like fun!

What a haul! Now, get back into the kitchen and make it pay for itself.

[cbayer]

7. It's made me even more excited about cooking than I already was.

Can't wait for dinnertime!

[blaze]

9. New toys!!!!

Woohoo!!!!!!

LOVE getting new stuff to play with!!! Congrats!!!

And thanks for the pic. I really enjoy reading about your on board adventures... nice to have a little visual aid to add to the stories.

ETA: So.... what's the bar in front of your stove for? Something to hold on to when things get rocky?

And what are all those dials (are they dials?) to the left?

imwtk

[cbayer]

10. I love my little kitchen, although it took some adjusting.

Not only do I have very limited storage space, things have to be stowed so they don't go crashing around.

I had to give up my much beloved glass wine glasses early on, lol.

[Lucinda]

11. Awesome! And I have bowl envy!

I have shifted to stainless steel for the most part...much easier for me to handle weight-wise and virtually indestructible, but I love the idea of glass bowls...and you can use yours in the micro!

I've been longing for a great set of lidded glass food containers for refrigerator storage, maybe one of these days...