Saturday Review: Haba Play Food

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It was a delight to receive a parcel of play food from Haba for us to try out and review. We are big fans of the well crafted toys that we get sent as ambassadors. This is the selection we were sent on this occasion:

My children immediately decided that the toys were perfect for setting up a play restaurant. It was a good selection to be able to offer on their special menu! These were the individual parts:

Hamburger and French Fries

The burger bun is magnetic to hold everything together and you can choose from 2 hamburgers, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese to go inside. This stops all the contents from slipping about. It all looks pretty realistic. The fries come in a cardboard box of a similar shape to those in real life fast food restaurants. They cost around £13.95 to buy as a set.

Vegetable Basket

I have noticed that my photograph hasn't got all the contents in it! It came with 1 leek, 2 carrots, 1 banana and 2 tomatoes. No doubt the missing items have been secreted somewhere round the house! My children were especially taken with the peelable banana. Its great to have lots of healthy options for the play food. All of these items are soft for easy handling. The basket is made of wood. This is around £20 from retailers.

Fish

This was another fun idea as the fabric fish can be filleted and a plastic bone removed from the inside. A great way to show children about food preparation without all the gore. The fish comes for around £12.

Biofino Salami

A very realistic looking salami sausage with some pre-sliced sausage for better effect. It even has the string at the top like a proper one. This would set you back around £9.

9 Petit Four Cakes

These looked good enough to eat in their little paper cases. It was pretty mouth watering to look at them in their display box. They would be a wonderful part addition to a tea service or any play food set. They retail for around £15.

All the Haba play foods are very well made and look like they will last a long time. They aren't the cheapest on the market but they are of a very high quality.

Haba Mums Club: Savoury Breakfast

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The second item in our latest parcel as Haba Ambassadors was the Savoury Breakfast (RRP £18.99). My daughter had decided that this was her part of the parcel and quickly got the contents out and happily played by herself in a corner with them. The pack contains:

• 1 breakfast board 
• 1 roll
• 1 egg 
• 2 slices of ham
• 2 slices of salami 
• 1 slice of cheese
• a lettuce leaf

The breakfast board itself is made of melamine and appears to be very robust. It appears tough enough to actually handle a "real" breakfast or a cup of tea.


The set is pretty simple. You choose the fillings you want to put into the (magnetic) bun and if required crack open the egg (I can't for life of me crack it but she does it really easily!:

If you do have the egg in the bun then the magnetic bit doesn't work as the yolk is nice and thick! This was my daughter's favourite combination of simply bacon and egg:

Here she is pretending to eat it:

As with all Haba products this set appears to be very well made. Each piece of food is finely detailed with streaks of fat in the bacon and the seeds in the bun.

My daughter and I were very impressed with the magnetic bun as it ensures that the flat ingredients stay inside and don't slip out. This means that if a child was delivering the breakfast to mum or dad in bed then they are likely to actually receive it!

This is a small part of the available kitchen, grocery and role play range from Haba. It does stand alone quite nicely as an individual part. With children too young to bring their parents a real breakfast in bed its a great way to introduce them to providing little treats. They could then move on to using the board for carrying proper food.

Probably because of the board it's quite a pricey product. I have found it on Amazon for £14.85. If your children are really into food role play then it would be a great investment.