Japanese Rice & Guests

Thinking that Renee will soon be getting sick of home-made sandwiches and those breads bought from the bakeries, I've been thinking of packing rice + 'something' for her on some days for a change.

She was happy with the suggestion, 'cos since the day we stopped her from buying the chicken rice, burger, etc etc from school, she's taking a longer time to decide on the choice of recess' snacks. 

However, fearing that the food flask might be a little too heavy to be added to her already heavy bag and the lighter one we have is not tight enough for her to handle, I asked around and heard from my Japanese SIL that she always prepare Japanese rice balls for her girl.  This is because Japanese rice still taste nice when it's cooled.  I've given it some thought and after discussing it with hubby, we decided to give it a try.

Yesterday, whilst sipping our bubble tea(mine's milk shake, heeee, seems like I MUST hv it every Sunday, hahaha), I brought this up again and thus, after our little shopping at Plaza Sin, we drove over to Bukit Timah Plaza, hoping to get a pack of the rice.

It's a good thing we had gone to this branch 'cos not only we saw this authentic Japanese rice on the rack, we were greeted with a few other choices too.  However, remembering my SIL's 'warning' that those made in USA and Vietnam won't taste nice, I avoided those from Australia and even Korea too(though she said Korea's not bad).  This pack of rice, 2kg, cost S$20.

Did a trial on the cooking of the rice this afternoon and by the evening's mealtime, I can roughly gauge on its cooking timing and quantity.  The portion cooked for her lunch was too little and it's a little too much for her dinner, but she said she must finish it 'cos it's expensive, awww...  I guess, with a couple more test runs, I should be able to get it right for the maid to prepare it in the morning - must make sure she REMEMBERS how to do it!

This afternoon, midway through practice, Papa informed that his clients are coming up to our home for a viewing as 1 of them is intending to buy another home from one of the blocks here.  When they arrived(which was super soon), Renee happily stopped her practice and even Rachel was happy to see the guests at our place, oh no, another 'please come to my place and play with me' girl? hahaha