A beautiful bowl in a series that I wish Ikea had never discontinued. I searched elsewhere for another simple, well-designed, hemispherical, stainless-steel bowl and couldn't find one. There are similar bowls that are not as attractive, priced at several times what Ikea charged. The Blanda Blank bowls are still available from other sellers, but at more than twice the original price. Nevertheless, I bought one. I am very pleased with it and am sure it will last for years. I read the news that items placed in the bowl outdoors had ignited. Clever of Ikea to design a bowl that also functions as a solar oven. If there's an emergency power outage, I can use the bowl to help start campfires. If it stays in the kitchen, it will never be put to this use and I don't have to worry about spontaneous combustion. Actually, I am planning on buying more of these bowls in smaller sizes. I recommend these bowls for their utility and pleasing minimal design.

Great for using as a "pot in pot" with my Instant Pot when I want to make rice for 4 to 6 people or when I am making something like fish stew. It holds a full 8 cups. I use it with the Instant Pot silicone steamer rack and the long handles make it possible to lift out the hot bowl.

These are my 2nd and 3rd of these great bowls: super for prep work but also passable for serving a salad or fruit salad

I really love salads, like really like salads, a lot.
And what's not to like, salads is really good for your body, and for your health. And mostly i'm talking about green salads. Because there are alot of dishes that called salad, but doesn't have any leafy greens in them at all, i think it's wrong. Real salad should be with some kind of green plants in them. I think some mix of different ingredients should have some different name, not salad, and salads only should be with greens, so people wouldn't be confused as much.
And i had a lot of those wooden salad bowls. They all cracked after some time. Because i used them extensively, 2-3 times a day. They start to leak a little first, and than more and more, and in the end just crack in half. And i know that some people have those for years, but that was my not pleasant experience
So this time i decide to try something new. And metal sounds like an awesome idea. And it is from every angle, it's really light, not bulky.
And, let me tell you that thing looks sleek, it's nice it's shiny, best futuristic design ever, for the bowl. I think Ikea should do more of that extra futuristic stuff, geeks and nerds would love that. So if you love modern design, or everything in your house is modern and nice, it will be a safe bet to go with that salad bowl.
Now of course it's probably cheaper to go to ikea and buy one, but it is only valid point if you have ikea not far from your place, and a lot of people don't, so order on amazon and paying little bit extra makes a lot of sense for a lot of people.
In conclusion Ikea 500.572.54 Blanda Blank Serving Bowl, Stainless Steel, 11-Inch, Silver is a nice looking, modern and really functional piece of kitchenware, highly recommended.

I used this bowl for preparing salads mostly. It's a nice bowl that is strong and stands up to wear and tear. As a salad eater more than 3 times a week, this bowl gets used often. It's beautiful and shows well. My only issue with it, is that when drying the bowl off, some type of silver, greyish paint, I assume, rubs off from the bowl (outside only). I've had this bowl for many months now and a little bit of it, still rubs off (not as much as before). Anyway, the interior is free of it, so I am confident about using it.