Philips Viva Pasta Maker Review

I'm always on the lookout for kitchen gadgets to feature in a video. This is touted as the number one fresh pasta maker in Italy, although most people there, just like elsewhere, prefer to buy dried pasta. You can buy a heck of a lot of bags of dried pasta for the price of this machine, so it’s definitely not a way to save money, it probably makes a better gift than it does an investment.
Unlike most kitchen gadgets I’ve tested, this is one I will be using again. It’s surprisingly fun, it works well, there's something special about eating pasta you've just made and the cost of using it is negligible.
Unfortunately the place I bought mine from (Coolshop) no longer stock them - but according to the Philips website it is now being sold officially in the U.K. for £170
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It's pretty simple to make flavoured pasta - e.g. To make carrot flavoured pasta you replace the water in the mixture with carrot juice...and the same goes for Tomato etc.
UPDATES
1 - According to the Philips Website the machine should also now be available in the U.K. (when I bought mine in November 2017 it wasn’t). Although I can’t find anywhere with any stock.
2) - The toy I mentioned was not from Playmobil - it was the Playdoh mop top hair shop
3) I pronounced penne incorrectly a couple of times in this video. That’s how my family always pronounced it - although to be honest I don't think it's a word we said very much. You'll also notice that I also pronounce it correctly once in the video. However this slight difference in pronunciation seems to have people rioting in the streets. I know it’s difficult, but please try to get past this horrendous and awfully upsetting event - I'm working on arranging counselling sessions for all the affected people. It is a deeply shocking and sobering event for us all, may god have mercy on my soul.
4) Very few people read this box or the pinned comment, so expect lots of comments repeating the things above.
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