A perfectly cooked single-serving of rice with just this mug and a microwave, no rice cooker needed.
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Because if you’ve got fresh-cooked rice right at your desk, you’re going to want something to go with it right?
Essentially a portable rice cooker, this amazing gadget revolutionizes lunch in the office.
Realistic cases are great for storing coins, creating scenes of home life for scale anime figures.
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Whether rightfully or not, Chinese products are much maligned for their supposed lack of quality. Even the Chinese people themselves are often critical of their own country’s products, criticizing everything from Chinese news to rice cookers.
But are they really that bad? Our Japanese reporter Meg recently went on a trip to China and brought back a Chinese rice cooker to test it out. She had a couple of surprises along the way, involving everything from getting the rice cooker to even work, to the taste of the final product, so read on to see how it all turned out!
Last spring, pictures of a series of Japanese train-themed rice cookers surfaced online. Die-hard train fanatics were quick to rejoice, and eagerly awaited the products’ release date. After all, what better way to show a love of your hobby than in the form of a practical, everyday object that feeds you?
There was just one little problem–these awesome appliances are actually only fan-made inventions.
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