Congee rice all by itself is pretty bland. It's the perfect food for when you're sick since it's easily digested and bland and not likely to upset your stomach. The deliciousness comes from all the stuff you eat with it :-)

I was a very very timid eater when I was a kid. I only wanted to eat familiar foods and that even include all the stuff that my mom cooked since she would sometimes serve up stuff like fish with their heads on or soup with little cubes of blood in it! I found it was better not to ask what something was because if I knew, I'd be reluctant to eat it. Nowadays, I do try to order food in restaurants that I can't easily make myself at home :-)