{"product_id":"marumiya-charcoal-chicken-rice-bowl","title":"Marumiya Charcoal-Style Chicken Rice Bowl — 249g","description":"\u003cp\u003eChicken, bamboo shoot and spring onion sit in a sweet-salty soy sauce over Japanese short-grain rice. If teriyaki chicken from the supermarket is your reference point you are in the right family: sweet soy, savoury with it, and \u003cstrong\u003eno chilli at all\u003c\/strong\u003e. The rice is already in the box, so it is about a minute and a half in most Australian microwaves, with nothing to add and nothing to wash up. At 249 g it is a light lunch rather than a full dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack it reads 炭火焼き風とり丼: sumibiyaki-fu toridon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePay attention to the sauce rather than the chicken. It is the part that carries the bowl. Reviewers in Japan call it rich rather than delicate, and sweet-salty rather than sweet. This is an everyday Japanese supermarket bowl, not a premium line.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapanese reviewers find the chicken tender. There is bamboo shoot and spring onion through it, and the most repeated complaint in Japan is that there is not much chicken for the amount of rice: while others simply find the whole box small.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRead \"charcoal-grilled\" as a style, not a method.\u003c\/strong\u003e 風 means \u003cem\u003e-style\u003c\/em\u003e, and Marumiya never claims a grilling step, the charcoal character is built into the sauce. If you are picturing a charcoal-chicken shop you will not find it: Japanese reviewers who went looking for smoke said it tasted like tinned yakitori, the supermarket tin of grilled chicken in sweet soy, rather than anything off a grill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is one modest serve, 249 g, and 160 g of that is the rice. A hungry adult in Japan eats two of them. Treat one as a light lunch, and plan on something alongside it if you are properly hungry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains wheat, soy and chicken. Chicken is on there because Japan asks for it, not because it is an Australian allergen. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rice is included\u003c\/strong\u003e: this is a whole meal in one box, not a sauce sachet to pour over rice you cook yourself. It keeps in the cupboard rather than the fridge: the rice is aseptically packed and the topping is sealed and heat-sterilised. The pack prints four microwave times: take the 1000 W one, about a minute and a half, since most Australian microwaves are 800 W or more and the 500 W and 600 W lines are the slow ones. \u003cstrong\u003ePeel the film lid right off the rice tray, open the sealed topping pouch and tip it over, then rest the lid loosely back on top\u003c\/strong\u003e: the tray is the only part that goes in the microwave, and sealed shut it can burst while uncovered it spatters. It comes out very hot, so lift it with a tea towel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marumiya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48261072158946,"sku":"SH-RCE-0006","price":7.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/marumiya-charcoal-chicken-rice-bowl-pack-front.webp?v=1787652772","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/marumiya-charcoal-chicken-rice-bowl","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}