I saw a video from Mike Matsuno about Japanese high tech rice cookers. In Japan and all over Asia these rice cookers are quite normal. According to him, the Fuzzy Logic type rice cookers with traditional heating elements are a thing of the past in Japan. Now, everybody want the Induction Heating, since it delivers better results because it can heat the rice more evenly and it has more control over the cooking process. The biggest brand is Zojirushi, but they're insanely expensive, especially the high end ones. For people in Asia, where they eat mostly rice, it's not strange to invest so much money in a rice cooker. That's where Yum Asia cleverly jumped in by making Zojirushi 'inspired' rice cookers for a reasonable price.
Time to replace my old Zojirushi, but I am not going to pay £600. I have ordered the Yum Asia Bamboo Induction Rice Cooker and look forward to using it. This video was great in getting started once it arrives.
Is the timing changed for the amount of rice being cooked? Let’s say I want to cook more than 2 cups of rice, will I have to increase the time on the rice cooker? Thank you 🙏🏼
I received mine today and there’s a noise coming from the front of the rice cooker. I haven’t used it yet but just out of the box, there’s what sounds like a loose screw noise from the digital screen? I’m from the UK. Stickers still on and everything. Removed the inner bowl along with the plug and stuff to ensure it wasn’t any of that. It’s definitely a loose inner component, sounds like a screw. A rattling noise is how I’d describe it
i sincerly hope that Yumasia will go for the ultimate one in the future. im talking about the all stainless steel rice cooker i would pay whatever price it comes with!
If you mean a stainless steel outside, we have found our own brand rice cookers are outselling the stainless steel Zojirushi rice cookers by a lot. If you mean a stainless steel inner bowl, these are not good for rice cooking - rice sticks to the bottom of a stainless steel bowl like glue and means you have to soak the bowl to get the rice off and there is a lot of waste. This is why we opted for a safe and healthy ceramic coating on the inner bowl which the rice does not adhere to during the cooking process.
Yum Asia at least stainless steel gasket and steam vent would be perfect together with a ceramic inner bowl. hope you guys will achive this like cuckoo has done!
We will consider this for future rice cooker models. However, as the inner lid/gasket and vent is a part of the rice cooker that doesn't come into any contact with the food, the additional cost for producing the inner lid and vent in stainless steel would increase the costs of the unit as a whole by a significant amount. We considered this and found it to be an unnecessary addtional cost to customers.
Yum Asia could you please consider the parts where it gets hot and steam vents like under the rice cooker be made of stainless steel would be great. thanks
Does the cooker count down in time on the rice programmes or does it just show lines whirling round like my existing Yum Asia does? Also with the porridge setting can you use milk? My Yum Asia says not too because of possible boil over. Thanks so much. Dianne 😀
Hello, I know it's an older video but in hope that you respond I'm still asking. Is the Yum Asia Bamboo model worth it over the Sakura one if I mostly cook Long grain rice and Sushi rice ?
Sakura also has condensation collector but mine does often leave a little puddle under the rice cooker. Can you turn display/leds off with this one? I was thinking upgrading Sakura to this but probably not worth it.
hello, my name is Helmut from Germany and I have a question regarding the yum Asia bamboo rice cookers please. is it possible to make super soft, well cooked white rice with soft grains or super fluffly not firm basmati rice in this rice cooker? I have severe chronic bowel issues and I can only eat very soft and fluffly rice. I´m looking for a kitchen tool,machine where I can cook soft rice in bulk (300-400g raw weight) I appreciate every tipp or suggestion or a review if the yum Asia bamboo rice cookers are a helpful tool for cooking really soft rice without texture but not total mush. thank you very much for your valuable time and help Best regards, Helmut
Many thanks for posting this video. I'm in the UK, my wife is from N E Thailand and enjoys glutinous (sticky) rice, and we need to replace our rice cooker. Will the Bamboo and Sekura cook glutinous rice automatically (eg. on the short grain rice setting) or would we have to control the cooking manually?
Would you recommend this one over the Sakura? I've been looking at the Zouj's and these two, but can't quite decide which. I am a single person/student but budget is not really an issue, I just hate not getting the real deal immediatly so I would look to never upgrade unless it broke :-) You reckon the Bamboo does the job as well as/better than the Zouj? Any insight would help greatly as there are very few comparisons out there.
A few hours of research and I'm definitely leaning towards the Bamboo for some kind of futureproofing. From what I've read it barely should be noticable if it's a heating element Zouj. Now I've just got to pull the trigger... Help
mine arrived today and what was my disappointment when cooking the rice, it’s makes a noise throughout all the cooking, will it be the fan? It’s normal? I’m so sad if mine was a defect😣
@@geekanoids although the rice was delicious “Yumami” and I always use Japanese rice as it is my favorite. I will try to contact the manufacturer, thank you very much for your help and attention :)
@@prius12 Not sure if you contacted us already but that's the quickest way to resolve what seems to be a loose IH shield plate issue. This is an easy fix but it's challenging for us to help our customers if we are not told of a problem.
@@hannahluc2841 Hello. You need to contact us with your order details and the issue. It's very strange because we haven't had Bamboo in stock for 6 weeks now so not sure how it's brand new?. Again you need to contact us because a comment on another you tube channel is not really the best or most efficient way for us to help you.
It's a pity this review didn't answer the most important questions for me. I am very particular about hygiene and therefore the ease of cleaning both the inner lid as well as the top lid are what I was looking for. All the rice cookers I have had were designed badly despite their price. There was always some groove here or there where food would get stuck and this happens when the pot is used at its supposed capacity. So a 4-cup cooker for instance would leave whitish layer of rice and water on the bottom and top of the inner lid and on the inner side of the top lid when used with exactly 4 cups of rice. The top lid is often designed with rubber baskets and especially where these meet the metallic parts are grooves which get clogged over time and gets harder and harder to clean. Also, the inner lid frequently has some design issue that leaves gunk trapped in places that are hard to reach. This would get worse if you cooked anything other than plain rice. What I really wish to know is this: How easy is it to clean and if there are places where food would get stuck.
Sorry to be so negative but this is a pointless video. It would have been better if you actually cooked some different rice and showed the results and ease of use. How many people would buy a car just based on the brochure??. A test drive is always a must.
@@geekanoids do u have a video of the rice made from this yumasia IH rice cooker , how well does it cook compared the normal ricr cookers , is the rice nice and fluffy , not sticky , have you tried basmati rice in this cooker..thanks
This rice cooker is still no good enough. The one thing I hate about all these cookers is that no matter how expensive they are, they almost always comes teflon coated. Believe it or not, researchers has actually detected teflon in human blood! Furthermore, after a few years of use, they starts flaking away and then exposes the neuro-toxic aluminium metal underneath. Aluminium leaching from cookwares, especially with more acidic foods and at higher temperatures, has been implicated to have played a part in the development of Alzheimer's disease. The only rice cooker brand on the market that I know of at present that uses stainless steel bowl seems to be the Buffalo brand. That's a unique selling point for health conscious people and it seem like they don't have any competitions yet. Seems like either all the other manufacturers are still asleep or not too concerned for people's long term health. Hopefully more manufacturers will come to follow that "healthy" design trend for all rice cookers. I had to throw out a very expensive Tiger multi-function cooker just because the damn teflon had started to flake away excessively after about just 5 years of use; and it's not like I use it every day. What a waste that I had to buy another cooker because of one stupid teflon coated bowl. And they don't even make replacement bowls available to buy. Guess they want people to waste money on buying their newer models every few years. If only they had used stainless steel bowls like all the Buffalo rice cookers, it could easily last me another 10 more years. I'm sticking to Buffalo rice cookers from now.
Hi Quantum, Interesting you say this about Teflon coatings which is why our Yum Asia rice cookers (Panda, Sakura and Bamboo) only have ceramic coated bowls with no Teflon. They are also BPA and PTFE free, very thick and hard wearing...you won't get any flaking of coatings with our Ninja and Joubu ceramic bowls. We do sell spares in the unlikely event that you do need a new bowl. Pure stainless steel inner bowls we found don't go well with rice grains when cooked as they stick like glue to the surface. With our ceramic bowls you only have to lightly wipe with a damp cloth after cooking to get the bowl clean.
@@YellowCookiexD- Sakura and Bamboo inner bowls have several layers: Sakura has a 2mm thick inner bowl with a special 5 layer composition which is BPA and PTFE free. The layers can be seen on the Sakura product page - look at the tab on the product page titled 'What is the Ninja Bowl?'. The layer directly underneath the ceramic is stainless steel, there is an aluminium layer, but this is the second layer from the outside. Bamboo has a 3mm thick inner bowl also with a a special 5 layer composition which is BPA and PTFE free. The layers can be seen on the Bamboo product page - look at the tab on the product page titled 'What is Joubu and IH?'. The layer directly underneath the ceramic is stainless steel, there is an aluminium layer, but this is the second layer from the outside. Hope that helps!
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I saw a video from Mike Matsuno about Japanese high tech rice cookers. In Japan and all over Asia these rice cookers are quite normal. According to him, the Fuzzy Logic type rice cookers with traditional heating elements are a thing of the past in Japan. Now, everybody want the Induction Heating, since it delivers better results because it can heat the rice more evenly and it has more control over the cooking process. The biggest brand is Zojirushi, but they're insanely expensive, especially the high end ones. For people in Asia, where they eat mostly rice, it's not strange to invest so much money in a rice cooker. That's where Yum Asia cleverly jumped in by making Zojirushi 'inspired' rice cookers for a reasonable price.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.
Crust is for Tahdig ( Iranian rice with a crust), not bread
This one looks really nice too. Which is better this or the Sakura?
I can’t make up my mind. I’m new to rice cookers.
Thank you
I have used both. They perform the same. I would go with the more affordable option.
Time to replace my old Zojirushi, but I am not going to pay £600. I have ordered the Yum Asia Bamboo Induction Rice Cooker and look forward to using it. This video was great in getting started once it arrives.
Great choice 👍🏻
Is the timing changed for the amount of rice being cooked? Let’s say I want to cook more than 2 cups of rice, will I have to increase the time on the rice cooker? Thank you 🙏🏼
Seems to be 37-39 minutes for 1-6 cups.
I received mine today and there’s a noise coming from the front of the rice cooker. I haven’t used it yet but just out of the box, there’s what sounds like a loose screw noise from the digital screen? I’m from the UK. Stickers still on and everything. Removed the inner bowl along with the plug and stuff to ensure it wasn’t any of that. It’s definitely a loose inner component, sounds like a screw. A rattling noise is how I’d describe it
Sorry to hear that. Mine did not exhibit any issues.
i sincerly hope that Yumasia will go for the ultimate one in the future. im talking about the all stainless steel rice cooker i would pay whatever price it comes with!
Now that would be super cool.
If you mean a stainless steel outside, we have found our own brand rice cookers are outselling the stainless steel Zojirushi rice cookers by a lot. If you mean a stainless steel inner bowl, these are not good for rice cooking - rice sticks to the bottom of a stainless steel bowl like glue and means you have to soak the bowl to get the rice off and there is a lot of waste. This is why we opted for a safe and healthy ceramic coating on the inner bowl which the rice does not adhere to during the cooking process.
Yum Asia at least stainless steel gasket and steam vent would be perfect together with a ceramic inner bowl. hope you guys will achive this like cuckoo has done!
We will consider this for future rice cooker models. However, as the inner lid/gasket and vent is a part of the rice cooker that doesn't come into any contact with the food, the additional cost for producing the inner lid and vent in stainless steel would increase the costs of the unit as a whole by a significant amount. We considered this and found it to be an unnecessary addtional cost to customers.
Yum Asia could you please consider the parts where it gets hot and steam vents like under the rice cooker be made of stainless steel would be great. thanks
Does the cooker count down in time on the rice programmes or does it just show lines whirling round like my existing Yum Asia does?
Also with the porridge setting can you use milk? My Yum Asia says not too because of possible boil over. Thanks so much.
Dianne 😀
Not sure about milk. The timers shows for the last ten minutes.
I have the zojirushi neuro fuzzy model, how does the yumasia's compare?
I have not tried the model you mention but was very impressed with this.
How does it compare to the rice quality of a Zojirushi?
I am replacing my FuzzyLogic & prefer something Teflon-free
I have not tested the Zoj … but was very impressed with this.
Hello, I know it's an older video but in hope that you respond I'm still asking.
Is the Yum Asia Bamboo model worth it over the Sakura one if I mostly cook Long grain rice and Sushi rice ?
I still use mine today and have found it to be very reliable. If you purchase one, let them know about the Geekanoids video 🤓👍🏻
Thanks, couple of questions,
can you cook 1 cup of rice as the marks in the bowl start at 2 ?
is this model a pressure IH or just standard IH ?
Not sure on the model. Yes one cup is possible.
@@geekanoids Thanks, appreciate the quick reply
Sakura also has condensation collector but mine does often leave a little puddle under the rice cooker. Can you turn display/leds off with this one? I was thinking upgrading Sakura to this but probably not worth it.
I don't think you can turn them off.
Hi rawjunk- it sounds like the holes feeding the excess water to your condensation collector need unblocking. You can do this with a cocktail stick.
8:00 Can you select two features at once? For example "White rice" and "Yumami"? or you can only select one feature at a time?
Only one at a time I think.
I came here to see how this product performs before i buy it but yet again another tuber talking about how nice it looks, no actual proof!!
Thanks for your feedback.
hello, my name is Helmut from Germany and I have a question regarding the yum Asia bamboo rice cookers please. is it possible to make super soft, well cooked white rice with soft grains or super fluffly not firm basmati rice in this rice cooker? I have severe chronic bowel issues and I can only eat very soft and fluffly rice. I´m looking for a kitchen tool,machine where I can cook soft rice in bulk (300-400g raw weight) I appreciate every tipp or suggestion or a review if the yum Asia bamboo rice cookers are a helpful tool for cooking really soft rice without texture but not total mush. thank you very much for your valuable time and help Best regards, Helmut
Yes this is possible by adjusting the amount of water you add.
I see your manual too looks like it had a bath at some point in time. :D
It was! 🤓👍🏻
Many thanks for posting this video.
I'm in the UK, my wife is from N E Thailand and enjoys glutinous (sticky) rice, and we need to replace our rice cooker. Will the Bamboo and Sekura cook glutinous rice automatically (eg. on the short grain rice setting) or would we have to control the cooking manually?
It does it automatically, control the stickiness by adjusting the water quantity.
@@geekanoids Thanks for your prompt reply!
Hi.
Thanks for the review.
Just to ask. Is the steamer plastic or metal?
Thanks
K
High grade plastic outer. It must have a metal inner cage as it is super robust. Metal inner bowl.
Would you recommend this one over the Sakura? I've been looking at the Zouj's and these two, but can't quite decide which. I am a single person/student but budget is not really an issue, I just hate not getting the real deal immediatly so I would look to never upgrade unless it broke :-) You reckon the Bamboo does the job as well as/better than the Zouj? Any insight would help greatly as there are very few comparisons out there.
I have not tested the others, but was very happy with this. Still using today.
A few hours of research and I'm definitely leaning towards the Bamboo for some kind of futureproofing. From what I've read it barely should be noticable if it's a heating element Zouj. Now I've just got to pull the trigger... Help
Crust is for Persian rice not bread
Many thanks.
Tahdig ftw!
mine arrived today and what was my disappointment when cooking the rice, it’s makes a noise throughout all the cooking, will it be the fan? It’s normal? I’m so sad if mine was a defect😣
Mine is not that noisy apart from the bubbling steam type sound.
@@geekanoids although the rice was delicious “Yumami” and I always use Japanese rice as it is my favorite.
I will try to contact the manufacturer, thank you very much for your help and attention :)
@@prius12 Not sure if you contacted us already but that's the quickest way to resolve what seems to be a loose IH shield plate issue. This is an easy fix but it's challenging for us to help our customers if we are not told of a problem.
@@YumAsia hello I got my and have same problem is making humming noise, this is my first time use, is brand new.
@@hannahluc2841 Hello. You need to contact us with your order details and the issue. It's very strange because we haven't had Bamboo in stock for 6 weeks now so not sure how it's brand new?. Again you need to contact us because a comment on another you tube channel is not really the best or most efficient way for us to help you.
It's a pity this review didn't answer the most important questions for me. I am very particular about hygiene and therefore the ease of cleaning both the inner lid as well as the top lid are what I was looking for. All the rice cookers I have had were designed badly despite their price. There was always some groove here or there where food would get stuck and this happens when the pot is used at its supposed capacity. So a 4-cup cooker for instance would leave whitish layer of rice and water on the bottom and top of the inner lid and on the inner side of the top lid when used with exactly 4 cups of rice. The top lid is often designed with rubber baskets and especially where these meet the metallic parts are grooves which get clogged over time and gets harder and harder to clean. Also, the inner lid frequently has some design issue that leaves gunk trapped in places that are hard to reach. This would get worse if you cooked anything other than plain rice. What I really wish to know is this: How easy is it to clean and if there are places where food would get stuck.
Very easy to clean, even the upper most inside part just clicks off for washing.
@@geekanoids Thanks!
Sorry to be so negative but this is a pointless video. It would have been better if you actually cooked some different rice and showed the results and ease of use. How many people would buy a car just based on the brochure??. A test drive is always a must.
There's a link in the description to his other video where he does that.
Vladi isn't it a different model?
Yup, seems so.
There is a link in the video description to the other model cooking. Thanks for your feedback, I will remember this next time.
Tiger jpx rice cooker is better but is £2000! Uses clay type material ,with the best rice ever !!!!
🤓👍🏻
@@geekanoids do u have a video of the rice made from this yumasia IH rice cooker , how well does it cook compared the normal ricr cookers , is the rice nice and fluffy , not sticky , have you tried basmati rice in this cooker..thanks
How is the yumami setting, does it taste better than regular setting from a Sakura?
It is pretty much all automatic, the results are a little better than the Sakura, bot both great cookers.
I tried the yumami setting on my Bamboo tonight. Oh my, that was rice beyond compare. Worth every penny, and it's built like an elegant tank.
Too bad it does not make rice wine! LOL
Now that would be cool.
You can. Sort of. If you make a porridge and use keep warm function with koji And yeast you can get up to 6% alcohol. Google for amazake
Yo también lo comprado igual como tuyo.
Many thanks. It’s great 👍🏻
This rice cooker is still no good enough. The one thing I hate about all these cookers is that no matter how expensive they are, they almost always comes teflon coated. Believe it or not, researchers has actually detected teflon in human blood! Furthermore, after a few years of use, they starts flaking away and then exposes the neuro-toxic aluminium metal underneath. Aluminium leaching from cookwares, especially with more acidic foods and at higher temperatures, has been implicated to have played a part in the development of Alzheimer's disease.
The only rice cooker brand on the market that I know of at present that uses stainless steel bowl seems to be the Buffalo brand. That's a unique selling point for health conscious people and it seem like they don't have any competitions yet. Seems like either all the other manufacturers are still asleep or not too concerned for people's long term health. Hopefully more manufacturers will come to follow that "healthy" design trend for all rice cookers.
I had to throw out a very expensive Tiger multi-function cooker just because the damn teflon had started to flake away excessively after about just 5 years of use; and it's not like I use it every day. What a waste that I had to buy another cooker because of one stupid teflon coated bowl. And they don't even make replacement bowls available to buy. Guess they want people to waste money on buying their newer models every few years. If only they had used stainless steel bowls like all the Buffalo rice cookers, it could easily last me another 10 more years. I'm sticking to Buffalo rice cookers from now.
Thanks for sharing your experience with this.
Hi Quantum, Interesting you say this about Teflon coatings which is why our Yum Asia rice cookers (Panda, Sakura and Bamboo) only have ceramic coated bowls with no Teflon. They are also BPA and PTFE free, very thick and hard wearing...you won't get any flaking of coatings with our Ninja and Joubu ceramic bowls. We do sell spares in the unlikely event that you do need a new bowl. Pure stainless steel inner bowls we found don't go well with rice grains when cooked as they stick like glue to the surface. With our ceramic bowls you only have to lightly wipe with a damp cloth after cooking to get the bowl clean.
@@YumAsia what kind of metal is the bowl under the coating ? Of the Sakura and bamboo? Because I don't wanna get sick from that aluminum stuff
@@YellowCookiexD- Sakura and Bamboo inner bowls have several layers:
Sakura has a 2mm thick inner bowl with a special 5 layer composition which is BPA and PTFE free. The layers can be seen on the Sakura product page - look at the tab on the product page titled 'What is the Ninja Bowl?'. The layer directly underneath the ceramic is stainless steel, there is an aluminium layer, but this is the second layer from the outside.
Bamboo has a 3mm thick inner bowl also with a a special 5 layer composition which is BPA and PTFE free. The layers can be seen on the Bamboo product page - look at the tab on the product page titled 'What is Joubu and IH?'. The layer directly underneath the ceramic is stainless steel, there is an aluminium layer, but this is the second layer from the outside.
Hope that helps!