{"product_id":"maruchan-attaka-gohan-microwave-rice","title":"Maruchan Attaka Gohan Japanese Microwave Rice 200g","description":"\u003cp\u003eCooked Japanese short-grain rice in a sealed tray, two minutes in the microwave and it's done. No water, no pot, no rice cooker. It's plain, unseasoned rice, sticky the way Japanese rice is meant to be, and it's the answer when you want Japanese rice with dinner but won't cook a whole pot of it for one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: マルちゃん あったかごはん (maru-chan attaka gohan), roughly \"Maruchan piping-hot rice\". That's the name across the front, if you're matching it to what you had in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Toyo Suisan's plain everyday tray: the standard white one, below the single-variety packs, the larger 250g size and the firmer and softer cooks in the same line. The entry point to Japanese packed rice, not the premium end of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne ingredient, the rice itself: no added oil, salt or preservative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat is a process, not a recipe choice. The rice is cooked and sealed under sterile conditions instead of being pressure-cooked inside its own pack, so nothing has to be added to keep it stable on a shelf. The maker states plainly that it uses no acidity regulator.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort-grain japonica: the sushi-rice family. This is the grain you eat with chopsticks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rice is a rotating \"best blend\" of named Japanese varieties, and the mix genuinely changes between production runs. The Japanese panel on the pack names the ones that went into your tray. Whichever blend you get, all of it is grown in Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's a soft cook. Two panels of Japan's top-grade certified rice tasters rank it behind Sato no Gohan, the pricier Japanese brand, on texture. Sato also costs more, and one Japanese reviewer who prefers it admitted that blindfolded he probably couldn't pick which was which.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is plain and unseasoned: a base, not a meal. It goes under a retort curry, becomes fried rice or a donburi bowl in a pan, or turns into ochazuke with nori and hot tea over the top.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA few things worth knowing first. \u003cstrong\u003eIt's already cooked\u003c\/strong\u003e. There's nothing to boil and no water to add, though people often expect both from anything sold as instant rice. It still has to be heated, though: the pack says so, and cold from the tray the rice is hard. A microwave or a pan of boiling water both work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo more. This is a \u003cstrong\u003esingle 200g tray\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a multipack. Japan sells the same rice in three- and five-packs with near-identical artwork, so it's an easy thing to misread on a shelf or in a photo. What you're paying for is the two minutes and the absence of a saucepan, not better rice. On ingredients, the maker's list is one line, rice, and under Japan's allergen rules it declares none. Japan's list isn't identical to Australia's, so if you're checking for something in particular, read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maruchan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223189663970,"sku":"SH-RCE-0001","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/maruchan-attaka-gohan-front-of-pack.webp?v=1786953644","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/maruchan-attaka-gohan-microwave-rice","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}