So since our kitchen got renovated, new stoves were also installed! I was really excited to use them, yet hadn't paid much attention to them. But when came time to cook for the first time, I was told that my old pans would no longer work on these stoves. They had brought IH stoves (induction heating), which only work with IH pans (which have a special bottom to allow the heat to transfer). I was NOT impressed.

That night, I used my friend Miguel's pan, but the next day I set out to buy my own. Shotaro came to make sure I didn't buy the wrong one. I must say that these pans are not giveaways. They were quite expensive, and I believed it was in my best interest to buy two of them. But at least I had received a pan from the Iwasa's and the Brazilians so I technically never bought my own in the first place. I also took the time to get a better knife to cut vegetables since it was really bothering me and getting dangerous to cut anything.

I ended up getting two pans of my favourite colours. Check 'em out!


Now, when I came to use the stove, I also found out that you can't lift the pan. I had learned from watching my roommate how to stir a pan with the flick of a wrist, and I quite enjoyed it. It saved me time, effort and sometimes having to wash and extra spatula. But now, as soon as you lift the pan off the stove, the heat shuts off.

In other words, my cooking style was forced to change, but I guess it's not too bad. Here's some examples of what I have done so far with these bad boys.