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Great little Rice Cooker - Be sure to press the "cook" switch after setting it up to cook!

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2016

Love this little rice cooker! Small and compact, it is perfect for those who do not want to make a larger pot and leave a pot of rice warming for days.
The size is perfect for 2-4 servings of rice. My general use is - 1/2 the included cup of rice to 1 full included cup of water. Then I add seasonings to the pot and a spritz of meyer lemon oil or coconut oil.

Contrary to others, I always insert the warming container. Due to the design of the cooker, it seems that the warming container provides additional seal/protection from over boiling. In 6 months of use, I have never had the pot boil over.

Make sure you press the "cook" switch after setting up your rice! Nothing worse than waiting 30 min and finding nothing but hot water and semi soft rice in the pot! (Only the warmer is automatically engaged as soon as you plug in the cooker).

Note - the inner metal lid is removable for easy cleaning. Simply pull an edge of the metal part and it will separate from the lid at the silicone gasket.

The teflon coated interior pot is a breeze to clean.

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E. Lee

What an awesome and great working rice cooker!

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016

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Was in the market for a small and portable rice cooker and found this little gem. What a cute and good working rice cooker! At first, I was a little hesitant seeing the couple of reviews stating it was over boiling and taking a long time to cook. But I decided to take a chance on it anyway and boy, am I glad I did. It serves the perfect amount of rice for 1 person use and the rice comes out fluffy and delicious! It also comes with a heating tray for which I tried with vegetables and the vegetables came out nicely steamed--I guess no excuses not to vegetables anymore. This rice cooker is perfect for my traveling use as it is very convenient to carry and doesn't take up too much space. Overall, worth the price and I highly recommend it!

Tips: My use is 1 cup (the measuring cup it comes with inside) to 1 cup (same cup) of water. Follow the rest of the instructions and voila! Perfect rice on the go!

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SP

6 months in it stopped working

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021

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Used to have a similar model I loved; loved, loved, loved. That one I lost when I moved and lost the lid, so I bought this one. ... It worked okay for about 6 months, then one day it just stopped working. The lights didn't come on and there was no heat at all - I even tried changing which outlet I plugged it into. I left it plugged in to see if it was maybe just the lights that were burnt out, but nope, a half hour later the heating elements were completely cold.

I won't buy another Narita rice cooker ever again, nor will I replace this one with a similar looking model since they appear to be all the same with different brand logos applied.

Regarding cleaning, it's pretty easy, but the lid doesn't give you full access to the vent holes so it feels like you're just collecting swampy rice water in there with no way to clean it out.

Regarding this 1.5 cups uncooked size, I love it. Excellent for 2 people for a side of rice or 1 person devouring a whole big bowlful.

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Wanning Chen

Good cooker

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024

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I like mini rice cooker

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Misha Lupisha

Not the best rice cooker, but for its size it's pretty convenient

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2016

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As other reviews mentioned, it does not come with any instructions as to how to use it. I grew up using the standard Japanese rice cookers, so it wasn't an issue for me, but I could see that it could be for others who are not familiar with Japanese style rice cookers. I'd like to provide some guidance here. There are some tricky things, too. I will explain.

How to use this rice cooker (Let's just ignore the food warmer/steamer for now)
1) The measurement of rice must be done with the plastic measuring cup provided with this rice cooker (or by any Japanese made rice cookers). "1 cup" in rice cooker world is 180 ml. (Trick #1) This is based on the old Japanese measurement system. In this review, I will refer to "cup" as the plastic measuring cup (180 ml) that comes with the rice cooker. Here is how it goes. (see from 2 below)

2) This rice cooker is capable of accommodating up to 1.5 "cups" of uncooked rice. I think you can cook as little as 0.5 "cup". Measure the uncooked rice with the measuring "cup". Wash the rice in a container OTHER THAN the inner pot that comes with this rice cooker. (if you wash the rice in the inner pot, it will ultimately scrape the non-stick coating) (Trick #2) Wash the rice, changing water, until the water runs clear.

3) Once the water runs clear, rice is ready to be placed in the inner pot of the rice cooker. Put the washed rice in the inner pot. If you used 1 "cup" of uncooked rice, fill the inner pot with the washed rice already in it with water up to the level that says CUP 1.0 on the inner pot. (If you used a half "cup" uncooked rice, then fill the water to CUP 0.5 level. If using 1.5 "cup" of uncooked rice, then fill to CUP 1.5.) Do not use more than 1.5 "cup" of uncooked rice.

4) Place the inner pot into the rice cooker, making sure the bottom of the inner pot is NOT wet.

5) Place the outer lid and lock the lid by raising the green ring on the either side, clicking to secure the lock.

6) Plug in the unit. The red "cook" light will come on, but this does NOT mean that the unit is on and ready to cook! There is a green switch below the "cook" and "warm" lights. You need to press the switch down to actually turn on the rice cooker. (Trick #3)

7) When the green switch comes up, the red "cook" turns off, and the green "warm" (this means 'keep warm') light comes on, the cooking is done, BUT leave the cooker closed for at least 5 minutes. I think 10 minutes is even better to let the rice finish steaming. (Trick #4)

8) Raise the green handles up (Trick #5) before unlocking the lid to open the rice cooker, otherwise you may burn your hands with the hot steam coming out of the cooker when you open it! (Yes, I burned my hand more than a couple of times until I figured this trick out)

9) You can leave the unit on and leave it "warm" if you are not finishing the rice on one meal. It will keep the rice warm for up to probably 12 hours safely. That's the standard for general Japanese rice cookers. (I often leave the rice 24+ hours and it keeps it warm and fine) HOWEVER, this rice cooker is SO tiny, and the amount of rice left in the cooker is so small, it will dry out the rice so quickly if you leave the rice in "warm" setting for more than just a couple of hours. So, the "warm" setting is really impractical once you eat some of the rice and have leftovers. I'd as soon keep the leftover rice in the fridge. (Trick #6) It is, however, nice that the rice cooker keeps the freshly cooked rice hot if you are not opening the rice cooker and eating it right away.

10) Obviously, you can't wash the base unit by immersing it in water! The inner pot is of course washable. Since the inner pot is non-stick, use non-abrasive only to wash. The lid SHOULD ALSO BE WASHED. There is an inner lid part that easily pops out. (Trick #7) You should wash the inner lid as well as outer lid. The outer lid's silicon rim should be thoroughly dried otherwise mold will eventually form. Leaving it in drying rack will do it. At any rate, I wouldn't put any part of the rice cooker in dish washer.

That's it! It seems like a lot of work, but it really isn't once you get the procedure down. This tiny rice cooker is so portable, you can take it anywhere. It's also perfect for one or two person meal. I have two larger rice cookers but I no longer use those if I'm cooking for one. The small steamer/warmer container that came with the rice cooker - I find it to be mostly useless. If you are cooking 1.5 "cups" of rice, the steamer/warmer container won't fit the rice cooker. (By the time the rice is done, the rice will be squished, which is not a good thing) I think it is just meant to be a warmer. If you have, say a cup of soup in it, it will probably be warm by the time rice is cooked. But I can easily do that either on stove top or in microwave. I tried steaming bits of broccoli, but they didn't cook through and the broccoli smelled like plastic. So, I'm not using that little steamer/container.

This rice cooker seems to work best when you just make 1 "cup" (measurement is uncooked rice) of rice. When I made 1.5 "cups" of rice, the center of rice was soggy and the outer edge dry. When I made 0.5 "cup" of rice, it seemed a little undercooked. By the way, most of these Japanese style rice cookers are made to optimally cook short grain (and maybe medium grain) rice. I haven't tested with long grain or brown rice yet. When I do, I will update my review to let you know how it does.

Conclusion: It's great for the size, it cooks rice ok (not fantastic, but adequate). If there is a 3.5 star, I'd probably do that. But since I can't, I'll give it a four-star. It is after all handy to have this size of rice cooker, and the price was very reasonable.

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LIZA J.

Five stars to Narita!

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2017

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I have to give this rice cooker 5 stars because of Narita (the manufacturer). This rice cooker actually stopped working after 6 months of use and since it was out of warranty from the company that sold it, they actually directed me to Narita because they have a 1 year warranty. Turns out Narita is located by my work so I was able to stop by there. They fixed it for me and it turns out it was user error, ooops! I didn't realize that I burnt something on the bottom of the rice pot so where the heating element touches, it wasn't making good contact to turn on. After they fixed it and pointed out what happened, this rice cooker has continued to work like a champ.

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Jeany Porter

Mini rice cooker

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023

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I recently purchased this mini rice cooker. Perfect size for me and my husband. I love it. I brought this rice cooker about 2 months ago ,it stopped working.

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Len R.

Well made rice cooker until it broke

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019

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Works extremely well for making 1+ cup rice. Have not tried it for smaller amounts. Keeps rice warm and moist

update 2/16/2019: rice cooker broke, will not work. Expected it to last more than 4+ months,

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alex

works great for quinoa!

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017

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NOTE: when you plug it in and have everything you want in it, the "COOK" light is illuminated but it will not begin COOKING until you push down the switch.
ok, onto my review! because i have had a rice cooker for my entire life, i literally have no idea how to cook rice or quinoa without one. i have a big cooker at home, but i decided to buy this mini one to use at my office (if i make lunch at home to bring to work, i always forget it). i used it today to cook some quinoa with vegetables, and it worked perfectly! i filled the included measuring cup half way with quinoa (which is about a quarter of a normal measuring cup), dumped it into the metal pot, and then the same cup i filled completely with chicken stock. i added some cut up zucchini, some frozen kale, and some diced tomato directly into the quinoa/stock in the pot (rather than using the little plastic steamer container), and ended up with a tasty and extremely easy meal. the veggies were a little overcooked from boiling with the rice, but not more so than they would be in a stew. i haven't tried the little plastic warming dish yet because i read in another review that it left the vegetables smelling like plastic.
the reason i give 4 stars instead of 5, is because i was led to believe that the wall cord was removable from the device; since the rice cooker is looks as though it's meant to be toted like a lunch pale, i expected to be able to remove the cord, and the user manual's diagram also makes it appear that the cord is removable. the one on mine looks like it is fixed there, but i tried to remove it anyway and couldn't, so i don't know what the deal is. other than that, it seems great and i look forward to having cheap and healthy lunches at work on the regular!

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Ethan G. Surbaugh

Worked great until it didn't!

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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Purchased this cooker as a more compact means to cook meals during my travels as a regional airline pilot, which takes me through many hotels. The cooker lasted about a month and a half before it suddenly stunk of melting plastic and powered off, despite my best attempt to disengage it the moment I became aware of its imminent destruction. After inspecting it visually there was no outward damage, and no signs of any seepage possibly damaging the internal components. It simply burnt itself out and stopped working. Considering I often travel with a laptop and other delicate electronics I cannot attribute its demise to being moved around, besides it was advertised as a "travel" rice cooker, so I cannot believe what little tossing by bag endures exceeds a travel rice cooker's capabilities. (Additionally I usually took care to pack it among clothes in the center of the bag to minimize any impacts.) Should it be a fluke and I acquire a replacement I will follow up to amend my review here, since otherwise I had really liked it! It cooked fast, made enough rice for dinner and usually a little left for a lunch, and otherwise worked just as advertised without any leaking around the cap (a problem that plagues my larger home rice cooker).

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