As far as I can remember, rice is my favorite ingredient, and my
favorite side dish.
I can eat white rice from Surinam or
Thailand, whether it is jasmine rice or basmati rice, cooked with or without sauce. I'm still learning to like it in desserts though.
I lately discovered that I am specially fond of sticky rice. It is all about the cooking. Did you know that original rice is like sugar : brown ? And that if you eat too much of it (alone), you can get a disease called "beri-beri" ?