Diep Tran’s bowl of her Grandma’s porridge at Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park. (Jonathan Gold / Los Angeles Times)
A bowl of rice porridge with salmon, gochujang, kale, giner, pickled daikon, soy-marinated egg and Sriracha at Forage in Silver Lake. (Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times)
Rice porridge with chicken. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A bowl of basic rice congee, with condiments. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
A bowl of chao xa ga (congee). (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
