Breville RC 3

When I was a child my Hong Kong-living cousins came to visit for a while and my auntie brought a rice cooker with her. Back in the 70's boil in the bag rice with a sloppy chilli con carne was as exotic as it got in our house - but with the arrival of my cousins there was a whole new world of delicious Cantonese dinners, a mince dish for breakfast and the most memorable fluffy white rice. Now I cook a lot, but over the years even rinsing the rice, letting it stand or using a microwave I have never quite recreated the delicious rice I remember from my childhood. I had long hankered after a rice ... more

The rice cooker was bought to replace another rice cooker with a hinge style lid. No problems with its operation and the instructions in the booklet were spot on for the measures of rice to water. It's very reliable and consistent in its operation. However there is a lot of steam when cooking so it needs a window to let the steam out otherwise the walls get steamed and you do get a lot of rice foam bubbling over the lid and down the sides of the cooker. Having said that the outer case and bowl and lid are all very easy to clean. And after some use you soon get the balance of rice to water and ... more