"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast"- John Gunther

Breakfast. A small bowl of white jasmine rice with daikon soup and chopped pork.

I started to prepare the daikon soup by boiling a pot of water. Then I sliced the daikon in ½ inched thick pieces and cut those in half as well for faster cooking and for easier eating. Next, I cut small pieces of pork. I don’t put too much meat into my soup because I try to keep it light due to the bowl of white rice I will already be adding to this meal. Once the water is boiling, I added about a teaspoon of shrimp paste and stirred. I then put in the pork first just so I can make sure it is well done. I then added the daikon and let it cook in the open pot. Salt is then added and a little bit of sugar. When it’s done, I turned off the heat and began to mince green onions and sprinkled it on top. You can also use cilantro.

And there you have it…..

You can eat the dikon soup and rice separately while using a spoon to take sips of the hot broth or you can dump your rice into the soup and mix it together. I personally like to eat the rice and soup separately because I like my rice to be semi-authente and mixing the rice and soup together will only make the rice open up and really soft.