Product Description

Italian Countryside is Mikasa's best selling dinnerware pattern, and the new gift items and decorative accessories will give your collection even more variety. These each make great stand-alone gifts as well.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96196 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Mikasa
• Model: KT058420
• Dimensions: 7.60" h x 11.30" w x 11.20" l, 6.95 pounds

Features

• Work great for pastas, salads, or general side serving dish
• 9" diameter, 10oz capacity
• Dishwasher and microwave oven safe
• Scroll and fluted decoration
• Gift Boxed Set of 4

Customer Reviews

Made in China
I received these bowls tonight, washed them by hand and left them stacked without drying them. When I got around to wiping them, a little water had pooled in the bowls, but the water had left a dark wet mark that permeated under the glaze, through the bowl, and the water mark was present underneath and on the outside. Maybe I received a bad batch but I have never seen a glazed bowl do that before. Very strange. I was also disappointed in the quality. They appear as tho they will chip easy. Did I mention they are made in China? Aren't companies supposed to state when a product is imported?

Not what I expected of Mikasa
When I received these bowls, I inspected them before washing them, and found them to be uncommonly lightweight and "cheap" feeling. On most dinnerware pieces that are glazed and fired, there is typically an unglazed ring on the underside where the dish sits in the kiln during firing. When I ran my fingers across this ring, a powdery residue was left on my fingers, which shouldn't happen if the piece is of good quality. When they were hand-washed, the water went straight through this unglazed portion and left a ring of moisture (temporary discoloration) that was visible through the glaze on the bottom of the bowl when the bowl was turned upright. I immediately repackaged and returned them. This is quality that has no place in my kitchen. See also "A Busy Mom"'s review. I believe this is the problem to which she referred.

Very Versatile Pasta Bowl
Finally I found the perfect dish to serve individual servings of pasta. Also makes a perfect dish to eat a luncheon-sized salad out of.
If you have teenagers who eat a lot of cereal, these large bowl-shaped dishes will be better to use than your regular cereal bowls...they accommodate all the milk & cereal without the spills. Also, great for the BIG bowls of chili, etc. your husband or kids ladle up.
I'm sure I will come up with more uses in the future for these wonderful pasta bowls as well.
M.P. New Hampshire