5-taste porridge

There was once i cooked 5-taste porridge for poor hubby. It was supposed to be bak mooi with some "kee chee". Let me break down the 5 taste:

sweet - sweetness from meat
salty - too much soya sauce
sour - kee chee
spicy - too much pepper to cover the sour taste
bitter - i have no idea why hubby said bitter taste lingered in his mouth after each spoonful.