I made some spicy Korean rice cakes (tteokbokki). It looked really good and also tasted way better than expected. I remember making this meal a few months ago and it didn’t turn out that good. So I didn’t have any high expectations making this. This isn’t really a tradition but it is a Korean traditional food that people tend to like. My mom told me that she would eat tteokbokki with her friends after school, so that’s why I decided to make it. The best part about this meal is that it’s very simple to make. Simple yet filling. One challenge that I had was probably thickening the paste/sauce. I was scared that the rice cakes were going to stick to the pan so it was hard to make the water disappear. I ended up putting it in the microwave for a minute to thicken the sauce, and it worked. My greatest success would be making the sauce. The paste/sauce was the part that worried me the most because I didn’t want to make it too spicy. Luckily, it wasn’t too spicy or too bland. It tasted really good, I’m really proud of the paste. If the paste ends up ruined, then the whole meal will be bad.