Your budget, cooking style, and personal aesthetic will dictate this.

Most people go for simple tiles in their wet kitchen (because, y'know, it's wet and all) for easy maintenance.

If you like the industrial loft look, concrete is one of the most versatile options. You can mix a colour in it, polish it or leave it raw (personally I like polished concrete).

Granite is considered the best stone considering its low porosity but I find it too heavy/hard to look at and a bit dated depending on the type of granite you choose (Black Galaxy stone is too popular here so it doesn't feel as special).

Marble is a classic but hard to maintain considering it's on the opposite end of the porosity scale from granite. Although, sealants are available to seal your stone periodically.

Continuing on the industrial look, you might go for simple stainless steel in either kitchen or just the wet kitchen (you can get your entire stainless steel kitchen from restaurant kitchen manufacturers).







Stainless Steel source: here

I went for a cement counter top look and found a supplier that has such products, using the kitchen over a year now and i must say it does require a little more care than other counter top materials, and also the price is consider rather pricey too.




but here's where you can find the supplier, do drop by their showroom near Subang airport and have a look at their showroom.

http://pioneerprocess.com/content.php?id=33&sid=7&lang=1

you can call stanley 0123052183

on a side note, i am looking for a kitchen cabinet guy that could do solid wood doors with plywood carcasses, the previous guy that i was using was having financial problems and they have ceased business, was wondering any of you guys out there have someone to introduce?Thanks in advance!

This sort of concrete material are a different types than those of the hipster cafes, for one thing i know is that you can't be doing light cutting on top of it, and that if there are water collected on top of it u will have to wipe it dry before it sips into it, it will dry up sooner or later but the marks will be there for a few days before it has totally dry up.

But i have come to realise that the usage marks has left quite a unique texture on to the surface after a year of using it.

I dont quite understand what is that you meant by it is not polished?