Having scraped through my teensy-weensy baby food processor, I’m finally ready to move up the bakers’ ladder and get me a real, full size food processor. *don’t I just sound baker-ish already?*

Whatever I decide or I find will be replacing this baby. *blows kisses*

So, I’ve been google-ing and bing-ing and amazon-ing, reading thousands *exaggerating* of reviews and forums and been writing down little notes and addresses and I’m down to these 4 models.

Mind you. I’m right here in Malaysia, not that far from Singapore but the prices are sure exorbitant, enough to pop your eyeballs.  Easily 3 times more expensive if I were to get it in the States or the UK. Blame it on the excessive import duty they slap on us, mere poor citizens needing some sane powerful food processor.

I digress.

Option 1 : Magimix 4200.

I called Eurochef this morning and behold! they carry the brand. Not so sure if they have the right model that I want. Am excited to go check it out soon. This doesn’t appear in most reviews but I’ve read blogs and forums discussing it and they’re quite loyal to it too.  Nicola is advertising this too.  I think Rose too once mentioned Magimix.
Price is gonna be at least RM 2000, I think.

Option 2: Kitchenaid KFP770 (in black or chrome)

Now.  Now. Now.

I’m a great KitchenAid fan and am still kissing my sexy red Artisan Mixer. This model comes head to head with Cuisinart and it should be a no brainer for me. Except that I read a lot of comments on the way the small bowl sits inside the big bowl and spewing processed food all over BOTH bowls. Yeah. Stuff like that. And something about the blade come whirring out and stuck permanently. Apparently Kitchenaid’s support is superb wherever I’m not which is questionable right here in Kuala Lumpur.

Apart from that, I really want this for its kneading muscles and looks. Price wise RM2399 for a white and RM2699 for the chrome. Which is very very disheartening when it retails at just USD170 and converts to RM578. Mind-boggling! I know. *pulls hair out*

Option 3: Cuisinart Data Prep 11 Plus.

So, according to the review, it’s either KA or Cuisinart. According to the prices, both will kill me. I can’t find Cuisinart anywhere except at Robinsons and they only carry the rollsroyce of cuisinart i.e. the chrome-plated machine with 20 year warranty at a whopping RM2999.

Trust me. I’ve been to Robinson’s 3 times in this week alone touching the sleek machine, imagining it sitting right next to my red KA mixer and it works for me.  And it breaks my heart to leave it once I realise the salespeople have started to congregate near me, like vultures ready to strike.  *rolls eyes*

My only problem is that Robinsons don’t carry the more practical and cheaper DataPrep 11 Plus instead of this RollsRoyce. After-sales service would be tricky I guess. Kitchenaid is more well-known here than CUisinart, I guess.

Last Resort : Kenwood KFP 925

This is by far the cheapest at RM 1099 and widely available here. Opss I take that back. Not that widely available but I found 2 places that carry the model. But at least Kenwood is very well known here so service would be okay, I guess.

But I need a food processor as I want it to knead dough too and I have a feeling that that could be tough for the long run for this machine. And the last time I checked the thing, the stick that the bowl needs to sit on comes loose i.e. can easily be misplaced. KA and CUisinart have their sticks (for lack of a better word) fixed but rather precariously placed as it can be snapped broken.

For all the good reasons for researching any topic, it sure beats me when I’m back to square one, still unsure.

So there. I’m confused. And it’s so hard to get it here anyway.

Yesterday I decided to just get the Kenwood but today I learned about Eurochef carrying Magimix. Back to square one.

Help?