Anyone know where to find a good bread machine in Bangkok?

I have been to several stores and nobody even seems to know what I am talking about.

i was looking for 1 a while ago in udon thani , not a chance i found a few in the bigger

shops but they were crap up against the ones you can buy in europe ....

Make your own bread, easier and better.

How would a USA model work with voltage converter to Thai 220v 50 cycle ? they are 110v 60 cycles

These are easy to find new at yard sales etc

Wedding gifts , christmas presents etc that never got used

I bought mine for $1 ............and still have not used it ..................

Try Central, Lobinsan or one of the bigger Department Stores....

Verasu in Wittayu Road.

http://www.verasu.com

Take a look here:

http://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/hsh/4190218647.html

I bought mine from Amazon.de

You pay, they deduct the VAT as it is export.

They add an estimate customs duty.

When it arrives, UPS brings it like it would be a domestic purchased item. No customs problems.

If the customs duty is less than you paid for in advance, Amazon refund it (they do it themself, you don't need to do anything).

On mine the customs was lazy, no duty and I got back the full amount. I later bought something else and didn't get anything back.

I can really recommend them.

But you must use an European Amazon so you get the same electric currency. If you use Amazon.com it is 110 Volt.

Fagor make a good one which is available at central and robinsons stores. You may have to ask.at the store. Central also have it online with free delivery at http://www.central.co.th/en/products_detail.php?cid=84&ptitle=PAN850-:-Bread-Machine-#PAN850

I am pleased with mine.

Yes Verasu and Central have them but the next problem is where to buy the breadmix. I brought all kitchen electric equipment from Europe since here they cost 3 times more and even worse the sales in Verasu or Central have no idea what they are talking about but always approach me in a group of 5 or more (which annoys me). None of them speaks english and they only care for their bonus.

Aboout craigslist i found out it is full of scammers who use IP-adresses from the USA.....

White Rose brand flour is Australian bread flour imported by Tops and often (usually) available. Itt comes in brown paper bags with a red rose printed on it.

Edited November 14, 201312 yr by harrry

Everyone should have his own bread maker in Thailand.

Yes Verasu and Central have them but the next problem is where to buy the breadmix. I brought all kitchen electric equipment from Europe since here they cost 3 times more and even worse the sales in Verasu or Central have no idea what they are talking about but always approach me in a group of 5 or more (which annoys me). None of them speaks english and they only care for their bonus.

For most breads you don't need a mix...just mix it yourself. Digital Scale, put the chamber on the scale, zero it and weight in everything.

2-5 min work for simple dark or white breads.

Of course there are more difficult ones where a breadmix would be better, but for many kind of bread it isn't necessary.

The Fagor and several others are for sale in Cental Chidlom 5th floor from about 4,600 THB upwards as are many other good baking bits.

I buy my bread flour from the shop in the village, yeast from Makro along with bread improver but that is because I live in rural Thailand.

My breadmaker died several weeks ago and have been making it by hand since and that comes out pretty good too.

It means a bit more hard work when I am kneading it but then I think of my ex wife in the UK and the extra power to my arms and hands just seems to increase and the bread rises dramatically.

Here is a recipe if anyone is interested.

Handmade bread v01A.doc

The Fagor and several others are for sale in Cental Chidlom 5th floor from about 4,600 THB upwards as are many other good baking bits.

I buy my bread flour from the shop in the village, yeast from Makro along with bread improver but that is because I live in rural Thailand.

My breadmaker died several weeks ago and have been making it by hand since and that comes out pretty good too.

It means a bit more hard work when I am kneading it but then I think of my ex wife in the UK and the extra power to my arms and hands just seems to increase and the bread rises dramatically.

Here is a recipe if anyone is interested.

Handmade bread v01A.doc

you should knead the dough not punch it

I turned myself into a fairly decent bread maker over the years, and my advice would be forget a bread machine, buy a decent stand mixer instead. It's more flexible and useful for lots of other things. Now this is all assuming you have an oven, not a given in Thailand. The other important thing is the flour. A lot of the flour you see in Lotus and Big C tends to be cake flour. Tops sells decent plain flour, trust me it makes all the difference. This is fairly decent well priced unit from Lazada.

http://www.lazada.co.th/kenwood-km-260-101180.html

I turned myself into a fairly decent bread maker over the years, and my advice would be forget a bread machine, buy a decent stand mixer instead. It's more flexible and useful for lots of other things. Now this is all assuming you have an oven, not a given in Thailand. The other important thing is the flour. A lot of the flour you see in Lotus and Big C tends to be cake flour. Tops sells decent plain flour, trust me it makes all the difference. This is fairly decent well priced unit from Lazada.

http://www.lazada.co.th/kenwood-km-260-101180.html

The advantage of a bread machine is, if you are busy, you put everything inside, turn it on and forget it 2 min time, and 2 min for cleaning it.

If you make it per hand it takes much longer.

I sometimes use the bread machine only for kneading (mine has two "fingers" and works well, I don't know if others knead good or not)

I also tried baking pizza when we lived in a condo. I bought a Samsung combi-oven and the first time i used it the extensioncord for the power got on fire. Then we tried it directly plugged in the wall-outlet and then the outlet melted away. Since then we didn't try it anymore in that condo. In our own house is works great but i made a new high-power electric system for the whole kitchen.

The oven costed only 3000 baht in Homepro because they said it was malfunctioning. They showed me burnmarks on the iron rack which is for hot-air oven. The personell said this oven made sparks inside and so i really should not buy it. I plugged it on in the homepro and the personell all ran away. Then i knew the "problem", those idiots had used it as a microwave with the steel rack inside and yes then you will see sparks

When i bought it they even followed us to the car warning that the oven was vely dangerous...yeah right, it works 6 years now and no problem at all....

I also tried baking pizza when we lived in a condo. I bought a Samsung combi-oven and the first time i used it the extensioncord for the power got on fire. Then we tried it directly plugged in the wall-outlet and then the outlet melted away. Since then we didn't try it anymore in that condo. In our own house is works great but i made a new high-power electric system for the whole kitchen.

The oven costed only 3000 baht in Homepro because they said it was malfunctioning. They showed me burnmarks on the iron rack which is for hot-air oven. The personell said this oven made sparks inside and so i really should not buy it. I plugged it on in the homepro and the personell all ran away. Then i knew the "problem", those idiots had used it as a microwave with the steel rack inside and yes then you will see sparks

When i bought it they even followed us to the car warning that the oven was vely dangerous...yeah right, it works 6 years now and no problem at all....

I have an infrared oven (the normal cheap ovens) I tried to make pizza with it and to my surprise it works OK (I have thick bottom pizzas, almost like a thin bread).

Just on full speed on every oven cheap or expensive the temperature control dies. So I just cut it out and use it only full speed.

I never saw a real good oven here at a good price.....

I also tried baking pizza when we lived in a condo. I bought a Samsung combi-oven and the first time i used it the extensioncord for the power got on fire. Then we tried it directly plugged in the wall-outlet and then the outlet melted away. Since then we didn't try it anymore in that condo. In our own house is works great but i made a new high-power electric system for the whole kitchen.

The oven costed only 3000 baht in Homepro because they said it was malfunctioning. They showed me burnmarks on the iron rack which is for hot-air oven. The personell said this oven made sparks inside and so i really should not buy it. I plugged it on in the homepro and the personell all ran away. Then i knew the "problem", those idiots had used it as a microwave with the steel rack inside and yes then you will see sparks

When i bought it they even followed us to the car warning that the oven was vely dangerous...yeah right, it works 6 years now and no problem at all....

I have an infrared oven (the normal cheap ovens) I tried to make pizza with it and to my surprise it works OK (I have thick bottom pizzas, almost like a thin bread).

Just on full speed on every oven cheap or expensive the temperature control dies. So I just cut it out and use it only full speed.

I never saw a real good oven here at a good price.....

We may be talking variants of English here. I 'think' you guys are talking what I would describe as a toaster oven, the kind that sits on your counter top. I would say that for real good bread making you need a proper built in oven (tao op) its the only real way to get consistent temperature for the baking process

The Fagor and several others are for sale in Cental Chidlom 5th floor from about 4,600 THB upwards as are many other good baking bits.

I buy my bread flour from the shop in the village, yeast from Makro along with bread improver but that is because I live in rural Thailand.

My breadmaker died several weeks ago and have been making it by hand since and that comes out pretty good too.

It means a bit more hard work when I am kneading it but then I think of my ex wife in the UK and the extra power to my arms and hands just seems to increase and the bread rises dramatically.

Here is a recipe if anyone is interested.

Handmade bread v01A.doc

you should knead the dough not punch it

I do, honest guv but at 69 thinking of my exwife is like a turbo boost to my tired old hands and arms.

Also I had thought about replacing my bread machine but now I am not sure if it is worth the bother, at least until my arms pack up anyway.

Edited November 15, 201312 yr by billd766