Mini-oven for fast, tasty food

Advantages: Cooks faster than a traditional oven, uses less power
Disadvantages: Not as quite as fast as a microwave

...including main meals and baking and either can function like a conventional oven. If you are short of space and only want to cook for one then the Remoska is ideal. If you want something more versatile or for two or more people (and you have the space to keep it) then I would recommend the JML halogen mini-oven. Safety ~~~~~~~ The outside of the oven does get very hot when cooking. The manufacturers do recommend that you allow the glass bowl to cool properly before washing as if you immerse the hot glass in cool water it could break and they also warn that you should always unplug before washing!!!! Overall ~~~~~~~ I am very happy with this little oven. It cooks food quicker than my conventional oven and meat is much more tender. It is easy to clean and to operate. At £49.99 it represents good value for money in comparison...

laramax 07.02.2007 · Read review
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Stylish Chinese Cuisine

Advantages: Good food, service and surroundings
Disadvantages: Not disabled friendly; minimum charge

...accepted). I would say that it was a reasonable price to pay for prawn crackers, main courses, desserts and drinks, but I would nevertheless quibble with the £10 minimum charge. A vegetarian who did not require a dessert could easily end up paying extra, unless they had several drinks. Tang's does have an 'all you can eat' offer for £14 a head (£8.50 for under twelves), but I'm not sure if this is available on Fridays or Saturdays. I don't have a huge appetite so this kind of offer is not something I would be interested in. I noticed on their take-away menu that they now have a Thai section which I don't remember seeing on the restaurant menu, but I could be wrong about that. For those who are going with a group but don't like Oriental food there is a choice of omelettes and the take-away menu offers mini steaks with accompaniments. Tang's is...

denella 24.09.2009 (26.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Tang's Chinese Cuisine, Southsea

Brilliantly reliable food processor

Advantages: Lots of accessories, reliable , long lasting
Disadvantages: Cant take a whole christmas cake

...I used to make my own bread and pasta by hand it was satisfying but hard work . When I got a part time job , I found I just didn't have time to bake anymore. I'd seen a few processors in the Argos catalogue and drooled over them. Then one day I bit the bullet and bought one. It was a revelation , I could whizz up biscuit dough in five minutes , my bread was kneaded in seconds and pasta became a doddle. Best of all was the marmalade , now instead of sticky orange juice everywhere I could peel my oranges by hand , grate the peel with the grater disc and juice the orange flesh with the citrus juicer which caught all those wretched little pips. Bliss. That first processor lasted 10 years. As soon as it died ,I bought another the FP470. This newer model had extras... A liquidiser and A whisk It also had all the attatchments...

eyebright1234 07.11.2006 · Read review
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Gourmet food for Dogs

Advantages: Nice treat for dogs
Disadvantages: Expensive for everyday feeding

...My daughter has a lovely Staffordshire Bull Terrier and his name is Mampi Swift, he sometimes comes to visit us and stay for the n night, if she and her boyfriend are going out so that he?s not alone all night and at times like these he like to get a little treat. His favourite is Cesar Canine Cuisine. Cesar comes in a little tin which is 150g per tray and there are quite a few different flavours to choose from. Mampi loves the T-bone Steak flavour and will sit patiently until you have opened the tray and put it in his dog dish then he waits until you say he can have it before devouring the lot in about five seconds flat. The other flavours are Porthouse Steak, Beef, Braised Beef and Vegetables, Lamb, Top Sirloin, Pork Tenderloin and the new breakfast flavours of Smoked Bacon and Eggs. There?s also a Chicken, Chicken...

Sunnysmiles 16.06.2009 · Read review
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Mini 10

Advantages: Quite a lot
Disadvantages: Hard to adjust to

...the size of the machine that I am writing about for me the biggest change is going from a laptop to something as small as the mini 10, it?s hard to lower my expectations of things like the sound. Performance Processor The mini 10 uses a 1.6ghz Intel atom z530 Silverthorne processor which I believe is common in similar machines, the mini 10 also has 1gb of ram, I was most surprised at this as this is not too far from an old laptop I have, which is so much bigger. My mini 10 runs with windows xp which I was quite chuffed about as I am so used to using it, it made the adaptation to a different machine so much easier to handle. I have noticed that while browsing and making my way round the computer in general, the machine reacts quickly and I am satisfied with near enough every aspect of its speed and performance. Even whilst...

amyloop 09.04.2009 (10.04.2009) · Read review
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I LOVE my Lean Cuisines

Advantages: Tasty, convenient, nutrition information is printed on the box
Disadvantages: could be expensive for some people; sodium content is quite high

...Lean Cuisine is a range of pre-packaged frozen meals for those people who want to eat a lower calorie intake and lose weight, and are great for people to take as lunches to work as they cook in minutes in a microwave. The range is very complete, and they cater to all tastes. There are Asian style dishes for those who like me love Chinese food - teriyaki beef, oriental beef, chicken fried rice for instance. For those whose passion is Italian, they do spaghetti, lasagne, and some other pasta selections, and they do a range of everyday type meals with vegetables. Most of the selections are between 250-320 calories and they have a nutrition guideline on the package so you can check fat gms, sodium and cholesterol content, ideal for those who have other dietary problems and need to keep track of their intake of those items. I...

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Tefal Steam Cuisine Steamer

Advantages: Great idea saves time
Disadvantages: None

...Well, it had to happen, I suppose. All good things must come to a end, as they say. Our faithful steamer gave up the ghost after nearly eight years of Stirling steaming service. Time, we realised, to buy a new one. We decided to make our purchase of a new steamer at the BBC Good Food Show. After circling round and round the stands and displays several times ("too small, too big, doesn't look quite good enough, no WAY" are we paying that much!") we discovered the Tefal stand. We both fell in love with the Tefal Steam Cuisine Steamer. My comment was: "My god, it looks like something out of Star Trek voyager!" For yes, indeed, the Tefal Steam Cuisine steam cooker does look incredibly funky and very, very modern. It also has, for the amount of food that it can cook, a relatively small footprint. And this is, in the tiny and pokey...

Martinscholes 26.11.2005 · Read review
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Magimix 4200 - food processor

Advantages: Use it for everything in the kitchen
Disadvantages: You need extra space to store blade box

...If you are not versed in the world of food processor's - you are forgiven as not many are. We recently married and decided to replace our old processor with something more up to date and modern looking that would fit into our kitchen. What do you get for your money? The Magimix 4200 comes in a large box with a handle, so easy to carry around if you are shopping (although a bit heavy so buy it at the end of your trip). The product comprises of 2 parts: - the main food processor - a separate plastic storage box for all the components. The magimix has 3 bowls - mini, midi and a main bowl. The mini bowl is a small bowl which can be used for things such as chop garlic, to make a salsa verde or pesto. Equally, it is useful when you are only chopping a small amoutn of food, making less to wash up. The midi bowl is...

sianalrida 18.11.2007 · Read review
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Amazing Mini food!

Advantages: Beautifully designed resturant, interesting food concept, very buzzy
Disadvantages: Expensive, tables a little crowded, you may still be hungry when you leave

...amazing he said. We all had far too much to drink as well as my head bore testiment of the next day. The way they organise their wine list at Maze was you could either choose a bottle of a glass of many different wines. I actually don't think I've seen such a large list before. We ordered 3 bottles of chablis during the course of the meal, but one of our party wasn't drinking white so was ordering glasses of a red througout the meal. I also ordered a glass of port to go with my cheese, and then had a brandy with my coffee after the meal. Hence the bad head the next day? The grand total came to £340 for the 4 of us so £85 a head. (a sore head in my case) The waiters were attentive but not too much so, every time we needed more wine they noticed like a shot and the food came out in a very timely manner. Maze seemed to be...

Shoka 28.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Maze Restaurant, London

It's a Mini but not a Cooper

Advantages: Compact, well made with good connectivity
Disadvantages: HD Capacity, cramped keyboard

...not with the screen, running with a resolution of 1,024 x 600 it is bright and clear with vivid colours and sharp text reproduction. The discrete power cable, not unlike a phone charger, adds about 200g to the overall carry weight. The Mini9 runs on the back of an Intel Atom 1.6GHz N270 processor, partnered with 1GB of memory. Performance is never going to be its strong point and it?ll never be a match for the full size machines but that is not the point. It will run just fine with a single Office application open along with e-mail and internet ticking over in the background. Open a second or third application and you may begin to notice the difference but as long as you stay in 2D mode it is always workable. Watching video is a pleasure largely due to the excellent screen and another good use of the Mini9 when travelling. I haven?t tried...

brereton66 02.06.2009 · Read review
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