Rice Man by Koda Farms

Coming from Hawaii where fresh poke is easily found and Oh So ono! So good! Da bomb I’m always looking for some here in Cali. And I’ve found a few places that would satisfy me. So I came across the rice man tent at the Torrance farmers market. The poke don had caught my eye. I order a spicy poke don and was pleasantly surprised that it was served with some yummy greens over rice and topped with a nice amount of spicy poke which had a mix of salmon and ahi tuna, avocado and onions. Poke sauce was okay not really my fav but fish and ingredients were definitely nice and fresh, nicely made. My kids love musubis and I’m sure I can make some at home but we ordered some anyways… 2 musubis per order you can have it regular or with cheese or eggs. We had it regular with just spam. Nice size and I was surprised by the fancy cutout design on the nori seaweed. Almost to pretty to eat but luckily we were hungry lol. My 8 year old ate 2 and was begging for more but his younger brother was not willing to share. Very nice owners and I definitely would come back for more when I’m craving for Japanese rice bowls, musubi’s and poke don. They have quite a few options to choose from on their menu.

fresh and organic
omusubi/​onigiri
at the Torrance Farmer’s Market
When you don’t want to make your own onigiri or don’t want the supermarket rice balls then on Tuesdays and Saturdays you have an option for warm omusubi made to order with organic white or brown rice.
The Rice man’s ulterior motive is to get you to buy their Organic Koda Farms rice which is grown in California, which is by the way where all of the white rice comes from in every Japanese Restaurant in the US, so what better way to open an omusubi/​onigiri stand at the Torrance Farmer’s Market.
Besides rice balls they have Oyako-​don, Sushi Rolls, yaki-​soba, chicken teriyaki bowls, and omu-​rice. I am pretty sure the most popular items will be the sushi rolls, but I will stick to the ume-​onigiri.
We ordered a salmon onigiri with brown rice and an ume onigiri with white rice. Since they are hand made the filling in distributed in every bite and not just in a little ball in the middle. The nori is toasted but you should eat them immediately or the nori gets soggy. The rice was perfectly cooked since they have three fuzzy logic rice cookers making perfectly sticky and chewy rice. They can also add furikake by request which is another item they are pedaling for $ 4 a jar which contains no GMOs or MSG.