Today we went shopping in Vivo City again and bought a NEW rice-cooker. Yes, we used the old rice-cooker several times, but the minimum amount of rice for the cooker was way to much for the 2 of us. Even before we introduced portion-control in our kitchen, we would throw away more rice than we ate. I know, our modern rice-cooker can keep rice warm for 24 hours, but it’s not often you eat rice 2 days in a row of you’re not Chinese.

We were a little confused and misled by the amount of cups required for one serving. Logically, one cup would serve one portion. That’s why we initially bought a rice-cooker that takes 3 to 8 cups (in case we have guests). Only recently we found out that an average portion of rice is 1/2 a cup. If 3 cups is the minimum amount in your rice cooker and 1/2 a cup is a serving, the rice-cooker is obviously too BIG. So, today we bought the smallest rice-cooker we could find, one that takes one cup as well.

To make the buying of a rice-cooker even more confusing, like with shoes and clothes, there’re diffrent measurements of “one cup” in different parts of the world. Typically, a rice-cooker cup is 180ml, which represents a traditional Japanese cup. I am not sure if the Singaporeans measure with the same cup. But I am sure we’ll find out after we unpacked the new cooker.