I cook it in a rice cooker the same way I would any other variety and eat it plain. It has a creamy, delicious flavor all on it's own!

I always buy some around St. Patricks Day. It is really creamy (not a good sub for sticky rice). I wonder if it would make good rice pudding.

I used some to do an ultra-fusion risotto. I used mirin instead of white wine, veggie broth, bamboo rice, mixed dried mushrooms, a touch of soy sauce, some coconut milk and topped with Chinese chili sauce and pan-fried tofu. It was fantastic. If I can ever find more, I'd love to do the same with a miso broth and see what happens.
We started with this recipe, but basically completely winged it from there.

I imagine it would make a nice colourful rice salad with toasted nuts and fetta.

I've never seen this before at my grocer. Do I need to make a special trip to Trader Joe's or Whole Foods?

We sell Bamboo rice at all our Spice Merchants locations. You can order it online at spicemerchants.biz or visit any of our six stores in Saugatuck, Traverse City and Ann Arbor MI, Downers Grove IL, Breckinridge CO or Temecula CA.

This is available on Amazon.com.