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Home made jidanbing (鸡蛋饼)

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I had seen this dish on some cooking shows, and in a few youtube videos, so I was happy to find it being sold in the mornings on the street infront of the restaurants near my hotel...good, quick, fairly healthy breakfast for 3-5 RMB! I found a few recipes online, and have been making it a couple times a week at my place since my return. Mix in a small bowl: Two eggs Two spoonfulls of flour (medium soup spoons) A dash of Baking powder A drip of oil A drip of soy sauce Then add to the egg mix: 1 chopped green onion Grill the mix like a pancake, flipping once when the edges are dry. After a couple of minutes, the egg cake is done. Spread a small amount of HoiSin Sauce on one half. Add the 'filling'. A few leaves of lettuce...maybe some beansprouts. It seems that the filling can vary a bit。 Roll up and enjoy burrito style

Air China Rant

I was going to send this to AirChina, but that seems pointless now. A quick search of the web brings up hundreds (probably more like thousands) of complaints about service quality. I'll just add mine here. To AirChina, I am composing this to you onboard flight CA861 to Geneva, direct from Beijing. I am using a laptop computer, having just been informed by the flight attendant that cell phones (even in flight mode) cannot be used at any time during the flight. I am not sure if I am being singled out for some reason, as I have seen a number of passangers reading text on their cell phone screens throughout the flight. I listened to music during the flight to Beijing, and never had any complaints from the service staff. The cabin staff chief assures me that I can use an ipad, a tablet computer, or a laptop… just not a cell phone (even in flight mode, which means all radios turned off). This is the first time that I have encountered this policy on any airline. It's like a ru...

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