2009/10/03
Electric rice cooker – Akihabara, Tokyo
Find out at “Akihabara Electronics Quarter”
(Sofmap Akihabara Head Store 2F)！
“Electric rice cooker,” a secret trick for tasty Japanese Cuisine
The “Rice cooker,” is an up-and-coming product among hot-selling electric appliances for foreign people. We can say that “Sushi” is a byword of the Japanese Cuisine, the world’s greatest pride, and “rice” plays an important role in the taste of sushi. Every electriconics manufacturer has been working hard to make a fuss-free product which lets people easily cook tasty rice, as if it was cooked by Kamado (a traditional Japanese cooking method using a large earthen oven with a metal pot that was horizontally inserted then heated from the bottom using wood for fuel)
There is a healthy following of high performance, multi-function models that are usable overseas. The made-in-Japan electric rice cooker has superb thermal conduction to the rice kettle; therefore it makes tasty boiled rice. It also has a great thermal insulation feature, so the taste will remain the same, even after hours.
The shop has highly recommend a model that is usable overseas
A new model that is obsessed with the taste of cooked rice
“ZOJIRUSHI NP-HLH10-XA（5.5 cups）”
It is a rice cooker that adapts IH and has a thick kettle that is rare among overseas models. Since it conveys heat all over the inner kettle, it almost boils the rice evenly. You can choose nine rice cooking modes including, white rice, rice with added ingredients, sushi rice, sprouted rice and others.
Other recommended models
A multi-function model that can cook steamed vegetables and cakes
“HITACHI RZ-VM10Y（5.5 cups）”
The model can do steam cooking using accessories. It can also cook various kinds of rice such as sticky rice and jasmine rice.
Sofmap Akihabara head store
Among “Sofmap town,” which consists of12 shops in Akihabara, the Akihabara head store deals with a variety of electric appliances , home electronics is its main product line. They have a varity of watches which are popular among foreign tourists and products that can be used overseas as well as duty free products which are sold on the 2nd floor. English and Chinese-speaking interpreters are also available in the store. The shop accepts the Discover card. It also offers an additional 5% discount when people use the Ginren card.
- Address: 4-1-1, Soto Kanda, Chiyoda-ku（5 min. walk from JR Akihabara station）
- Tel.: 03-3253-1111
- Opening hours: 10:00-21:00
Photo by : Nozomi Takahashi
