Izzy's Isle’s Reviews > Eliza, from Scratch > Status Update

🍲 “We’re oblivious to how much we’ve internalized this one idea of success . . . This one idea of a good student. Get good grades, get into a good college, make your parents proud. And that’s fine, because there’s value in that, too. But that doesn’t mean anyone who isn’t that image . . . can’t also be a good student.”

🍜 "It’s a foreign feeling, to have someone be so openly caring. To have someone let you know their secrets, but more than that, to have someone want you to know their secrets. It comes with an inexpressible feeling of gratitude."

"There’s a lot of tactility in Korean cooking, whether it’s rolling gimbap or hand-mixing japchae or rubbing paste onto leaves of homemade kimchi. It makes me feel like I’m actually a part of it."

🍛 Kimchi bokkeumbap: stir-frying aged, sour kimchi with rice

🍚 Gimbap (or kimbap): seaweed (gim) rice rolls

🍜 Japchae: stir-fried noodles (from potato starch)

🥟 Mandu: Korean dumplings

🍛 "No one said your problems have to be the worse in the world in order for them to exist."

~ Eliza and Wesley's banter is so funny and cute but their insults can get out of hand sometimes lol
~ Those friends are starting to get on my nerves. I hate how they ask Eliza about her business yet they get upset and keep their mouth shut when she asks about theirs, making her feel guilty 🤨