What's it called?
Rice vinegar, rice wine vinegar, clear rice vinegar, rice vinegar, Chinese vinegar, Micu (米醋), Japanese vinegar.
What is it?
A mild type of vinegar made from fermented glutinous rice and water. As the photo to see sometimes entirely colorless, sometimes a very pale yellow. It depends on the rice that is used (polished or unpolished) or perhaps to the additions. In Japanese rijstazijnen is often wheat or sake.
How to use?
To be used as one of ordinary vinegar. The taste is quite similar to white wine vinegar. You would be able to replace one with another. This is the vinegar that (along with sugar, salt and mirin ) by sushi rice goes.
Tips, tricks & recipes
- Click here for an overview of the types of vinegar in a row
- Step-by-step recipe to: Sushi rice to make itself
- Ratio for awase-zu (sushi vinegar mixture):
5 tablespoons vinegar 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon salt and possibly 1 tbsp mirin . - Click here for: All sushi supplies in a row .
What to buy?
 | Brand: Narcissus country of origin: Xiamen, China label: Rice Vinegar,白米醋 ingredients: water, sticky rice. approximate price: € 1.10 (600ml) |
 | Brand: Mizkan / Mitsukan country of origin: Japan label: Distilled vinegar flavored grain,毂物酢 ingredients: distilled vinegar (made from wheat alcohol, sake cake, rice and corn extract), water, rice malt and corn flour. Acidity: 4.2% approximate price: € 2.95 (500ml) |
 | Brand: Otafuku country of origin: Japan label: Junkome su, pure rice vinegar Ingredients: rice, water approximate price: € 3.95 (500ml) |
 | Brand: Daesang country of origin: South Korea label: Brown Rice Vinegar Ingredients: unpolished rice, water approximate price: €? (800ml) |
 | Brand: Obento country of origin: China label: Rice Wine Vinegar Ingredients not listed approximate price: € ... (250ml) |
Which is preferred?
The Chinese rice vinegar seems neutral and slightly softer in taste than Japanese. But also less complex.
At the supermarket on the beachfront in Amsterdam last week I bought King vinegair white rice. Is that a good or a copycat?
I have no idea. Never heard of google and also helps me no further. Copycats who generally have no Dutch names. I would say, if he feels good is good. There is not much fault to do with vinegar, vinegar's just cheap vinegar, only less beautiful / delicious. But no mess or nepzooi. I think.
I also have mistaken the name. Konig is called.
Hmm, still not much to find. In any case, not a factory or something. Well this page from a store in Australia that sells it and I must say, it looks a bit out namakerig.