Rice cookers

[cSpooge]

Anyone know of any good models of rice cookers and where I could get a good one in the city? Im looking to get one for my mom's birthday this weekend, and have had no luck on a finding a good other them on amazon.

[4X4]

I'm betting that you could find one in the chinese mall at 16th and center... If that's a mall.
Otherwise, go to chinatown. Gotta be able to find one there.

And what ever happened to WalMart?

[tvp2003]

There used to be a good store in Chinatown (like 3 years ago); I don't know if it is still there but I'm assuming that it is... if you're going south on Centre Street, you take your first left after the Centre Street Bridge. It has glass windows in front, about halfway down the street...

If you want to buy a rice cooker that Asian people would actually use, give it a try

[Hakan]

Spend the extra money and get a 'fuzzy logic' rice cooker. I've had one for two years and it makes the best rice, quinoa, wheat berry, oats, etc. that I've ever had. I love my rice cooker.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

There's a couple good places in Chinatown. the one TVP is talking about is called Hing Wah - as he said it's right on Center and between 3rd and 4th.

Further down right east of the Center St Bridge is Sakura (or something like that) that sells litchen supplies. You should see a window display of rice cookers and hot water boilers.

Finally, you could go to T&T Supermarket in the old Franklin Mall (now Pacific Center)

Don't bother with anything from Salton or other discount crap - they pale in comparison with the hardcore ones.

[ken0042]

A few years ago when my sister asked for a crepe maker for Christmas, I thought it would be an easy gift to find. Wrong!

Anyways, eventually I stumbled upon a small kitchen store in Willow Park (same mall as AMA) that has pretty much everything you could want for your kitchen. Not sure what the name was or if they are still there or not.

[StrayBullet]

There are plenty of places to go in Calgary. It won't be hard to find a good one. If you're willing to spend a little dough, buy Tiger Brand. It looks and cooks the best. You rice won't burn on the base of the pot and it comes with a bigger moisture filter. They'll come in any size that will accomodate to you.

[NSFL]

Rice is supposed to burn on the bottom. You then use soup to soak it for a couple minutes, then eat it. It's the chinese way.

[StrayBullet]

Originally Posted by NSFL

Rice is supposed to burn on the bottom. You then use soup to soak it for a couple minutes, then eat it. It's the chinese way.

...Filipinos definetly don't do that.

[RedMan12]

look for an Asian supermarket or something similar. Me and my wife got a Zujirushi, works great. She got it used for 30 bucks.

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by StrayBullet

...Filipinos definetly don't do that.

All I know is that all the Chinese people I know do it that way. But it could just be a small group...How do Filipinos cook their rice?

[cSpooge]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

There's a couple good places in Chinatown. the one TVP is talking about is called Hing Wah - as he said it's right on Center and between 3rd and 4th.

Further down right east of the Center St Bridge is Sakura (or something like that) that sells litchen supplies. You should see a window display of rice cookers and hot water boilers.

Finally, you could go to T&T Supermarket in the old Franklin Mall (now Pacific Center)

Don't bother with anything from Salton or other discount crap - they pale in comparison with the hardcore ones.

sweet i'll check thouse out. My work is right on 4th and riverfront so I can just go on my lunch tomorrow and check them out.

[Temporary_User]

Originally Posted by NSFL

Rice is supposed to burn on the bottom. You then use soup to soak it for a couple minutes, then eat it. It's the chinese way.

could you please describe this method a lil better please?
What kind of soup are we talking about?
etc....
thanks it sounds interesting!

[ricosuave]

huge bump because we're looking for one, and well, I thought that there may be new companies/opinions for these...

how about it, CP?

[Nammer403]

The tiger brand is what ive been using in my house for ages

[FlameOn]

national or panasonics for as long as I can remember having one. They sell them at TnT and places in Chinatown

[Regulator75]

Tiger for the win.

[Yasa]

I'm pretty good. I'm only available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday mornings. You must supply your own rice. I can bring my own water though.

[Caged Great]

I have a good method to cook rice from an old friend of mine that's a chef.

1/3 cup of regular white rice (the amount doesn't really matter, just make sure that you adjust the amount of water accordingly)

Rinse the rice with warm water, stir, dump the water and repeat until the water remains clear after stirring.

Let sit for 30 minutes or more (the rice can only soak up so much water which takes around a half hour. After that it's just sitting there not doing anything exciting.....)

Get a pot, put a pinch of salt and add 1.5 times the amount of water as there is rice (for 1 person, 1/2 cup works best.)

Heat water to a boil, add rice, cover, wait 1 min, stir, then cover again. About 10 minutes later, turn the heat on again on low for 1 min then turn it off. Wait another 10 and it's ready to serve.

It makes consistently good rice and you don't have to worry about it being over or under done.

I've done it both the usual way and the way above and it makes a huge difference. The rice is nice, fluffy and good.

[REDVAN]

I have a Cuisinart that I got for free on reward points. Sat in my cupboard for two years before I started using it last week. Seems pretty cheap/simple, but I don't really understand why you'd need something more fancy to heat water for rice...?

Plus it's like anything else- spend 50 bucks and replace it every two years, or spend 500 and use it for 20 years. Depends what you want.