Sheldon wrote:

>
> I don't know why you say "definitely". I've never seen any Chinese
> restaurant in NYC that uses a rice cooker. I'm pretty observant when
> it comes to kitchen stuff, and every kitchen I've observed the rice was
> cooked in an ordinary aluminum pot, a huge pot, but ordinary
> nevertheless... and not just Oriental, Hispanic restaurants as well,
> and they eat a lot of rice too, although they tend to use cast aluminum
> of a wide but shallow configuration.

I have seen a number of Chinese restaurants in NYC using ricecookers. We
had lunch in NYC Chinatown a few weeks ago and the restaurant had one
that looked like this:

http://www.centralrestaurant.com/Aut...&st3=-31699471

or

http://shorterlink.com/?VD48MX

I have also seen this type in use a number of times:

http://www.yourdelight.com/panasonic...ice_cooker.htm


I have also seen those ricecookers in common use in restaurants in Asian
countries. They are just too practical not to use.

It is pretty much impossible not to find one similar to this in a
Japanese restaurant:

http://www.livingincomfort.com/zonycoricoan.html



>
> Just because one is Chinese is no recomendation one can cook Chinese...
> I beleive those who don't cook very well are who use rice cookers, of
> any ethnicity.

Using a rice cooker simply indicates that the chef has chosen to use a
more convenient device for preparing rice and in no way indicates a lack
of competence. Some of the best Asian meals I have ever had were served
with rice that was prepared in a ricecooker.

>
> Sheldon.
>