Exchange Day 83 - Frozen goodness

I was supposed to go bird-watching again at Eulsukdo Nature Reserve today with my friends to make up for our previous failed trip and then visit our Korean buddy at a horse stable she works at but no plans were confirmed so I decided to go out by myself. Thankfully I went ahead with my own plans because if I had waited for their response, today would have been a wasted day. (or maybe they did go out but I wasn't informed)

Breakfast was honey cake that I bought from the dormitory's welfare shop yesterday and Mommy does not believe that it's only 230kcal for a big slice of cake. Well, it says so on the packaging, (I've checked umpteen times) and there's no saying that the cake's more than one serving. So I guess it really is only 230kcal. (smirks)

The honey cake was much tastier than I had expected. I refrain from imposing high expectations on a convenience bread because I'm afraid of disappointment. These few days I'm losing all interest in my food. (frowns) The honey cake was sweet, fluffy and so addictive I ate the baking paper that was stuck at the base too. Two bites worth before I realised it was paper. Oh well, more fibre in my diet.

A honey cake didn't satisfy my voracious appetite so I downed three waffle biscuits and a cheesecake bar. They still didn't do the job but I decided to curb my greedy tummy.

I had planned to eat something satisfying like rice for lunch but I ended up having frozen yoghurt from Yogurberry along the streets of the Dong-A Hadan campus. The shop has a self-service concept where customers choose a cup size and are free to take whatever yoghurt and toppings they like, before paying for their froyo at the counter. Prices for froyo go according to weight at 220W per gram and mine weighed exactly 200g so I paid 4,400W, which was similar to what I would be paying in Singapore.

There were altogether eight flavours - green tea, chocolate, mascarpon cheese, strawberry, blueberry, plain, mango and grapefruit - and more than twenty different toppings to choose from. I like being able to try a variety of flavours, so I took a bit of green tea, chocolate, cheese, blueberry and grapefruit. Green tea was fragrant but not too overpowering, chocolate wasn't too sweet, blueberry tasted a little creamy and grapefruit felt like a tangy sorbet. I liked all the flavours I picked except for cheese, which I felt was too rich.

I took the smallest size cup, which when filled to the brim is enough to be shared amongst two people, although eating it alone is much more satisfying.

Other than frozen yoghurt, the shop also sells 빙수 (shaved ice) but it isn't a fixed thing on the menu so it might change with the seasons. From the pictures, the shaved ice didn't look as appealing as its yoghurt so I would suggest to stick with the froyo unless you're sharing with friends.

Today's destination was Dongdaesin on Line 2, home to the Dongdaesin Market and neighbour of the Seodaesin Market. The word 'market' excites me a lot as it usually has the connotation of being cheap and local, which I love and hence I rushed to the market in hopes of finding cheap and delicious hawker fare to satisfy my grumpy tummy.

Every time I visit a market, I always draw stares from the ahjummas because rarely are there people my age at the markets. I bet they must all be wondering if I got lost while trying to find somewhere else. Unfortunately for me, most of the cafeterias weren't open for business, even when I walked all the way to the Seodaesin Market, so I left and walked out onto the main street.

I found a bakery, very happy that it wasn't part of any global franchise so I decided to give it a chance. There were so many mouthwatering bread and pastries I had a hard time deciding but I eventually succumbed to a 고구마빵 (sweet potato bread). So predictable I know. My sister must be mumbling to my mom how I keep eating the same thing over and over again.

Although the label describes this to be bread, I think that it's just a sweet potato baked in cheese. There's nothing about it that tastes like bread to me but anyhow, it was sweet and delectable. Very pricey at 2,000W but worth every single penny. The potato filled me up finally and I didn't even feel hungry for dinner although I still ate.

I went into Toms and Toms Cafe, for it's the only cafe along the street I haven't been into and I try not to repeat, and ordered a Rose Flower Tea. I was really disappointed because they didn't serve my tea in a fancy porcelain cup and the only thing fancy about the drink were the pretty rose buds in the tea bag. Not worth my 4,200W. The cafe was a little stuffy at the first floor where I sat but it might be better on the second floor, where most of the other customers sat.

The first floor of the cafe. I sat in one of the red leather chairs close to the windows.

My expensive rose flower tea.

Studying again! It's sweet for my books to always accompany me on weekends but I wished they'd find other friends.

Dinner was 튀김 (tempura) and 오댕 (oden) again from a popular street vendor in Hadan, although this time I ate significantly less and had a mini 김밥 (kimbab) too. You can find the shop outside Exit 3 of Hadan Station and the food is really affordable at 500W per piece. The tempura is always freshly fried and I'd recommend requesting the imo for the sweet and spicy deokbokki sauce to go along with your tempura for a gastronomical experience.

I succumbed to temptations. ): The ice cream was rock hard, which I loved but I got cheated by the calorie label.

xoxo, ❀

Exchange Day 81

Breakfast was a cheesecake bar and three waffle biscuits. I think drinking Starbucks yesterday made me lose sleep and I barely woke up on time for my morning class today. Scoffing down my breakfast in a hurry didn't make me full so I bought a strawberry cream pie and KitKat bar at the subway station.

The strawberry cream tasted a little like ice cream even though it wasn't put in the fridge.

This is my first time eating a KitKat bar since I left Singapore. I don't remember seeing it around much or maybe I haven't been looking.

Lunch was very satisfying, on the other hand. I ate at one of the street stalls near the BIFF zone and had my all-time favourite 튀김 (tempura) and 오댕 (oden), which was pure bliss in the cold weather. Today's weather was a little less chilly than yesterday but from next week onwards, Busan's gonna be delving into the negative degree Celsius zone. (faints) I really am not a winter person.

I tried one of each, except for the chicken wings, fried egg, spice leaf and chilli.

You can order corndogs, dumplings and kimbab at the shop too. I was really tempted to get a kimbab, but I didn't because I knew I wouldn't be able to finish it.

The very nice imo meticulously frying my tempura and cutting it up into bite-size pieces for me.

My first round of tempura - squid, crabmeat with vegetables and yam! I had two rounds in total, so yummy!

After lunch, I walked around Nampo-dong in search of a warm and cosy cafe to spend my afternoon. The cafe culture in Busan (Korea) is really huge and cafes are so prevalent that you can find one almost every ten steps you walk. Since I have a huge break between my classes on Thursday, it becomes my cafe day where I try to visit as many cafes as I can.

On the way, I found these handmade Churros! It's crispy and so delicious, 1,000W for a 30cm Churro is really a steal.

Today I'm here at Coffine Gurunaru along Gwangbok Street. It's located above a telecomms shop (I forgot which one) and spans across two floors - 3F for smokers and 2F for non-smokers. I walked in at around midday, so the cafe was relatively empty, although it did get pretty crowded around five. The cafe has an extensive selection of drinks - caffeine, non-caffeine, even alcoholic - but I think most people come here for their toasts, which were mouthwatering but it's a pity I'm stuffed.

I ordered a Jejusarang Hallabong tea, which was actually yujacha (orange tea). So much for a fancy name.

Studying in a cafe is always productive for me (it should be since the drinks are so expensive). I think I should really start studying in cafes when I get back instead of painfully trying to focus at home.

I like sitting near the windows as it feels more relaxing but the sun was shining so brightly today I regret.

I had dinner after class with my friends in a Chinese restaurant around school. We were all really hungry so we ordered two fried rice, one bean paste noodles and one large 탕수육 (fried pork in sweet vinegar sauce) to split.

The very generous imo who gave us free kimchi radish and yakult drink.

(clockwise) 탕수육 (tangsuyuk), 볶음밥(bokkeumbab), 자짱면 (jajjangmyeon).

The meat was so soft and tender I could eat a whole plate by myself. The sauce could be a little too sweet though so I recommend dipping the meat into the accompanying chilli soy sauce.

Look at the glistening pearls of rice in its full glory. I love the runny yolk and the rice tastes so much like the ones back home I can't help myself even though I don't usually eat fried rice.

I think somehow my appetite became smaller here, which can be good I guess although it means I can't try as much food as I could previously. I remember being ravenous before dinner but I felt so full after dinner I thought I would explode. I didn't even eat that much. What am I gonna do when I go back home to the embrace of my favourite buffets? (sigh)

xoxo, ❀

Exchange Day 77 - Waffle

Breakfast wasn't much of a spectacle today, I scoffed down some waffle biscuits and that was it. You can imagine how starving I was when I finally went down the mountain for food. Every time I go down to study, I bring a lot of books with me that are bulky and heavy so I try not to bring my laptop along. Because of that, I normally finish everything I need to do on my laptop before I go down and that seriously takes a very long time.

I wanted to try a cafe different from yesterday's but the new cafe I went to rejected me for they had no more available cabins for lone customers. Why do you even need to split your cafe into cabins and fine, I'll leave.

So I had nowhere else to go, Cafe Bene was teeming with people and the other smaller cafes were closed (most of them), leaving me with no choice but no go back to Angel-in-us. So embarrassing I actually chose the exact same seat, but I don't think the staff remembers. I found out that they had those huge waffles that I was craving for so I ordered a plain waffle and a cup of strawberry tea for my overdued lunch.

Look at all these books, how to still bring my laptop along?

After an excruciating wait of ten minutes, my food was ready! The smell of the waffles drifted throughout the entire cafe as it was cooking, tempting me to go on a rage before the waffles were ready to be served. How I have missed that familiar scent! I'm surprised by my ability to pause for pictures despite being so hungry I could devour two horses.

A plain waffle costs 6,000W and comes with blueberry jam and frosted sugar. The strawberry tea cost 4,200W.

The waffle was soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, and absolutely delicious when paired with the blueberry jam. I took at least ten pictures before settling on this, I think if I took anymore I would have rampaged on the spot.

The tea was really fragrant, I felt like I was in a strawberry garden but tastes just like normal black tea. I recommend ordering hot drinks if you're planning to stay for long, because you can ask for refills of hot water and that gives you better value for money!

My friend came down early to meet me for dinner so I wasn't able to do much (partly because I spent so much time eating and doing nothing). I regret lugging those books down. We had no idea where we wanted to go for dinner so we decided to be adventurous and hopped on the next bus that came along.

The bus brought us to the Busan Station, where we found a Pyongyang (North Korean anybody?) cafeteria while we were navigating through its back alleys. We ordered a 따로 국밥 (pork soup and rice) to split so that we could afford to eat more at other places later. 국밥 usually comes with the rice already in the soup itself, but for people like me who are resistant to the idea of eating wet rice, 따로 국밥 is best for you as the rice and soup are served separately for the diner to mix at his own discretion. 따로 means 'separate' in Korean and is useful to ask for separate bills when dining with friends too.

The pork soup was kind of bland initially, but that's because you have to mix in the chives and shrimp paste that came along in the side dishes. It's up to the individual how much he wants to add in, but I'd recommend throwing the whole lot in as it makes the soup much more flavourful. Chives also boost the fibre count of the meal, which is really important if you don't eat the kimchi. There's essentially no more fibre.

Exchange Day 76 - Fastfood and cafe hopping

Look at the pretty and red leaves on the way down the mountain! Autumn is indeed here!

Today is a 혼자있어부산 (alone in Busan) day, otherwise known as HIP day. I've coined a new term for such a day so it doesn't sound so pathetic and readers who are interested in traveling in Busan alone can find my blog posts easily. Actually, I'm supposed to be doing my homework but I feel so restless I decided doing trivial things would be more productive.

My professors have finally realised halfway through the semester that we students have not been doing enough so they conspired to bombard us with assignments all at once. Although it's nice that I finally feel like a student instead of a tourist, since I'm only left with one more month till exchange ends, I can't be bound by my academic obligations! They couldn't have picked a better time than now to start.

Enough about them. So like all previous HIP days (which weren't really HIP days as they weren't given a name yet), my blog entry will be about places in Busan that I've tried and tested that are okay to visit alone. I'm currently sitting in the Dong A University branch of Angel-in-us Coffee, a franchise cafe that proclaims they serve the world's best coffee. I wouldn't know since I don't drink coffee, but I've tried their lemonade previously and it was really refreshing!

Angel-in-us Coffee can easily be recognised by its angelic mascot (pun intended) and is one of the few ubiquitous brands of cafes around. There's at least one outlet in every big departmental store and for all you k-drama fangirls (or boys) out there, Angel-in-us is fronted by the face of prettyboy Kim Soo Hyun.

Poor Kim Soo Hyun is waiting for you to join him at the cafe!

I'd say that cafes in general are good places to frequent when you're alone and like in most parts of the world, you can find people hanging out in groups or just chilling alone here. I don't have the habit of chilling in cafes back in Singapore but I think this is one thing that might change when I go back.

I'd suggest to pick a window seat if you're alone! It feels good to have something to look at when you're bored of what you're doing, be it studying or reading a book or typing away at your computer!

My drink of the day is 핫국화차, which I'm guessing is hot osmanthus tea.

Okay a quick check on Google Translate tells me I'm wrong. It's not osmanthus, it's chrysanthemum. I'd hate to think that I actually paid 4,000W for chrysanthemum tea but this has a light fragrance and isn't sweet so I like it. It helps too that it has a cooling effect and helps neutralise the heatiness from lunch.

My room here has a magnetic effect that prevents me from stepping out of the room, even to get food, which is a feat in itself. I woke up around nine today and breakfast was a measly sweet potato fish bread that I bought yesterday night from the convenience store, knowing that I'll probably lounge in my room the whole day.

So I was really really hungry (cue giddy spells) by noon but I couldn't bring myself to go out until I finished the blog entry that was for yesterday. So a few hours past just like that and when I finally stepped out, it was 15:00. I swear I would have fainted in my room had I left any later. I did 30 lunges in the room and my world started to spin.

Lunch was fast food, I wanted to have Mom's Touch again but I was too abashed to step in so I had Lotteria across the street instead. Although I haven't tried the McDonalds here, I wanted to have shaker fries so I decided to go to Lotteria. The McDonalds here doesn't have shaker fries. I ordered a shrimp burger and was so stunned by a question the staff asked I forgot all about shaker fries. I think she was trying to ask me if I wanted to upsize my meal, which I couldn't understand but she did it for me anyway. I ended up throwing half of my fries and almost all my cola away. The burger was pretty tasty though.

The set meal cost me 6,200W, which is a crazy price I'll most probably not pay in Singapore for McDonalds and I regret my decision even before I got back to my seat. I keep making lousy food choices these few days what is wrong with me! I haven't been exercising so I attribute it to that, but I'm too lazy to keep my mind active with exercise. What a vicious cycle.

I realised after that shaker fries only cost 1,000W so I could have just gotten a burger and a packet of shaker fries for less than 5,000W since I didn't drink soda and having a drink wouldn't matter to me. Moping about my folly didn't make the meal less tasty than it already was, but I did scoff everything down faster than usual.

Hopefully dinner will be better later! I'm going to have barley rice later with my friend! The imo cannot reject me now since I brought a friend. (cackles) I'll update the post again after dinner!

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The shop wasn't open for business today... I guess the auntie somehow managed to have the last laugh sigh. Since we couldn't eat barley rice, we decided to try a new restaurant so we went to Vongole Pasta and Pizza on the other side of the street.

Stepping inside the restaurant revealed a homely and well-decorated loft, very different from what I was expecting as we trudged up the dubious flight of stairs that led to the place. I was really impressed by the tree in the middle of the restaurant where messages of previous diners were hung splendidly on its branches. Closer inspection left us a little discouraged as most of the diners were couples but we did see another pair of friends, which was great.

We tried very hard to slowly decide what to eat, but looking at the limited choices they have, it wasn't much of a decision so we took our order in a jiffy. If you have a party of more than one, I'd like to recommend that you order something from the pasta menu and another from the pizza menu such that you can have the best of both worlds. The pasta portion wasn't big so the pizza sort of helped to make up for it too.

It was really sweet of the restaurant to give complimentary croissants and marshmallows as appetisers while we wait for our food, but we wondered what would have happened if we came alone since everything was dished out in pairs.

The garlic croissants were delicious but slightly sweeter than your average garlic toast.

Roasting marshmallows over a candle light probably helps make your date more romantic unless you burn your marshmallows or set them on fire like us.

The food came in less than fifteen minutes, which was great because we were both starving and it helped take attention away from the awkward silence in the restaurant.

(left) Creamy vongole pasta and (right) margherita thin-crust pizza. 

You can choose to have your pastas cooked spicy or not and since I didn't take spicy, we chose not to have it spicy but their menu recommends having it spiced. I love creamy pasta and this one was not too bad although it would have been better was there more sauce.

They had five pizza options and out of the five, three were sweet. The other one was spicy so we chose a tomato-based margherita pizza, which was kind of disappointing as there wasn't much flavour to it. But I liked the thin crust!

After the meal, the restaurant surprised us with a complimentary dessert of vanilla and chocolate ice cream topped with sugary syrup and sweetened cornflakes. Talk about diabetes. I appreciate that they gave two scoops of ice cream instead of one big one (you would think that they'll make you share everything), so that the couple could secretly mark their food territory even in the midst of this lovey-dovey sharing. Well I don't know about the others, but personally I'd be upset if my boyfriend ate my share of the ice cream.

We paid a total of 14,500W for the meal and it wasn't too bad considering the type of food we ate so I'd say that this restaurant is worth a try, but I'd recommend that you come with friends so that you get to try more for the same price.

xoxo, ❀

Exchange Day 62 - Act-yige-artsy-fartsy Day

I woke up the latest I ever did in Korea this morning. 11am. I think I fainted in my sleep. So I didn't have any breakfast, which was good because it saves me money! My new hobby is saving money. Searching for discounts and bargains are secondary, because they still involve spending money. Spoken like a true scrooge.

Anyway lunch in the cafeteria was 잡체덥밥 (japchae on rice) and radish and fishcake soup! Although my braced teeth cannot chew the sweet potato noodles very well and they always slide down my throat before the poor teeth can attempt to make its move, I love japchae a lot for its chewy texture and there's always so many crunchy vegetables in the dish! The black mixture you see on the rice is jjajang, I'm not sure if it's meant to be there or the cafeteria ladies decided to give us poor students more food. Not eating breakfast made me so hungry I ran to the seats like a crazy caveman with itchy feet. (I'm typing this with half-closed eyes, sorry for the weird analogies)

Don't be fooled by the yummy exterior of my lunch. Beneath it lies an oily and salty monster so unappetising even my love for chapchae cannot stomach. (no pun intended)

People who know me know that I'm not picky about food (my favourite food is everything) and that I polish my plates so neatly the cleaning ladies put it back on the serving counter for use. (I jest) The point is, I never waste food no matter I like it or not, but today was really too much to bear. I fought hard but bailed at the halfway mark. The white rice was as great as usual.

My unsatisfying lunch provided me with an excuse to get potato chips even though I was nursing a sore throat from all the fried chicken and burgers and fries I had the past few days. Fried food and ice cream are my vacation foods. I promise to eat cleanly when I return to Singapore. At least most of the time.

I wasn't feeling well today so I ended up not going to the beach with my friends to watch Busan's annual Fireworks Festival. It might have been a blessing in disguise judging from the photos on Facebook. Although the fireworks only start at night, the beach was already infested with people by mid-day.

The horror!!! (koped from my friend's facebook page)

So I stayed in and tried to start on all the art projects that I had wanted to do in Korea. Tried is the keyword.

Dinner was 비빔우동 (bibim udong) at a small shop down the mountains for 4,000W. It tastes like bibimbab, except that the white rice is now replaced with smooth and chewy udon noodles! Although it was spicy, it was delicious and warmed my lips in the cold weather!.

(top row) Kimchi radish, egg rolls, spicy cuttlefish. (centre) Kimchi cucumbers. (bottom row) Bibimudong before mixing and peppery soup.

After dinner, like true Koreans, we went to grab a drink. My room mate brought me to 2man Cafe, a cafe down the mountains owned by (yes you got it) two men and sells great drinks at very affordable prices. I wasn't feeling adventurous and I don't like coffee so I got the usual hot chocolate to soothe my aching tummy on a cold autumn's day.

Only one man was working today.

The weather's getting much colder nowadays, I think it's time for me to get thicker clothing as much as I hate to spend money.

xoxo, ❀

Exchange Day 61 - Where are the birds

I was supposed to visit the Gamcheon Cultural Village with my friends today but I bailed because I was too tired from stalking Scoot the previous night. I can't believe I went to sleep at an ungodly 4a.m. and the worse part was it wasn't even productive. I still don't have a flight back to Singapore.

Breakfast today was the chocolate log bread that I had been dying to try from PB! It wasn't extremely chocolatey to the point where you felt you gained ten pounds from a single bite, but it wasn't chocolatey enough to satisfy your inner chocolate demons. I don't know what exactly I was expecting from the bread, but it sure didn't taste as mind-blowing as I envisioned it to be.

This thing cost me 3,000W.

I stayed in my room the entire morning and I didn't even go out for lunch because I was too engrossed in the Internet. I can't even remember what it was that I did today oh my gosh. If not for my room mate, I don't think I would have stepped out of the house at all today.

She came back in the late afternoon and said that they were trying to claim their transport fees and asked if I wanted to tag along. Well of course I did, it's free money. So I finally took my first step out of the house and thankfully I wasn't looking too dishevelled because we ended up staying outside for a couple of hours and even had to visit the school's office to submit our applications. Special mention goes to David, a Korean buddy of ours who is the nicest person I have ever met, I can't believe such a person exists actually. (and it was his birthday today I didn't even know until a few days later)

The cavewoman caved in (yay punny!) to her hunger so she bought an ice cream from the convenience store for 1,000W. I love ice cream cakebreads (actually I just love ice cream) like this and this one is blueberry-cheesecake-flavoured! I made it a point to try every single prepacked ice cream from the convenience stores here and I am nowhere close to even half the list because I keep rejecting those temptations.

Anyway, the ice cream was cold, creamy and smooth, deliciously sandwiched by the soft spongy cake slices but I don't think I should eat it again. There're too many other ice creams waiting in line. But this one was really good!

We spent an hour bumming around after we went to the office (I learnt that guys can be as indecisive as girls sometimes) and by this time, the cavewoman has evolved into a hungry monster and we all know what she's like when she's hungry! So she fled down the mountain to grab herself some food.

I've always wanted to try Mom's Touch, but I didn't have the guts to go in and order a takeout I don't know for what reason since I have been through much worse embarrassments. But since David was around, he could help me order and I finally got to try the highly raved Mom's Touch! I got the mango chicken burger, which was huge (true to its picture) and tasted like a non-spicy version of the Zinger burger back home. It wasn't half bad but I was disappointed because I couldn't taste any mango in all of my bites. Are they not in season? The fries were fantastic though! Best fries I've had in Korea!

My room mate wanted a drink so we all got bubble teas! I try not to drink bubble so often but I've been wanting to try the bubble tea here in Korea to see how it differs from the ones back home. The shop we went to was called Bubble Tok (bad pun) and each cup bought is worth one chop on the loyalty card. The cute part was that you could play rock-scissors-paper with the staff and if you win, you get an additional chop! And we both won. (grins)

I ordered an iced pumpkin latte which costs a crazy 4,300W and only tasted so-so. The tapioca (that's what they call it here) was really chewy, but it was kind of tasteless so it was a chore for me to avoid the pearls when drinking the latte. I ended up throwing the drink away at the halfway mark. Although I would like to try their sweet potato drinks, I probably wouldn't go in again.

After dinner, I joined my friends for bird-watching at the Eulsukdo Bird Sanctuary. It's just round the corner from Hadan and across the Nakdong River. It's within walking distance actually from Hadan Station but if you don't like to walk, you can take Bus 58 from the station but it only comes once every twenty minutes.

Through a series of misfortunate events, by the time we got there, it was really dark and the birds were all gone. Well, not all the birds, we managed to see one crane and three unidentified flying creatures but that was it. We have to come back another day. (sigh) I read online that the birds are not always around throughout the year and that October is the best time for bird-watching.

It was really dark but I managed to spot a crane perched on top of a wooden gate! (happy)

I'm glad we got to see the beautiful night view of Hadan though.

My friends were hungry and they wanted to have dinner at 본죽, a franchise porridge house they found online. We walked for miles and miles no thanks to Google Maps but we finally found it! The long search whetted our appetites and we wasted no time ordering our food.

As the servings were huge, us three girls got two bowls to share whereas the guys happily polished off one bowl each. The girls wanted to try the popular Bulgogi-Octopus Porridge so we had that and I picked Pumpkin Porridge for our other choice. The guys were boring and both got Mushroom-Chicken Porridge. Each bowl of porridge ranges from 8,000W to 15,000W and I felt that it was really too expensive to be justified even though the servings were very generous.

The bulgogi-octopus porridge (9,000W) had lots of ingredients in it and looked really appetising, but tasted very bland. The pumpkin porridge (8,000W) had more flavour, but it lacked the abundance of ingredients. It tasted more like a dessert than a proper meal, especially with the rice dumplings inside it. I'm not a porridge person, so I guess I'll not be coming back, but it was definitely worth a try.

xoxo, ❀