how about Ikea?
i think they wont use low grade for their product bah unless they want to reduce their reputation...
there have more choices to choose also... but the pricing quite expensive if compare with outside...

yup... concrete + tiles will be the better choices in term of longer lasting especially wet kitchen...
but for dry kitchen, may look fugly that if concrete + tiles... maybe i will go for granite type table with wall cabinet...

but bigger tiles should be more expensive bit than smaller tiles?