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One thing I miss in Beijing is good bread. It’s not impossible to find, but I rarely feel like trekking to the foreign grocery store, and the dry air here means if I don’t eat it the same day, the next day I’m left with a hunk of granite you could chip a tooth on. Upon finding a lone potato in my fridge I thought I would make a potato focaccia (I adapted mine from the Wednesday Chef’s focaccia di patate). Aside from the lonely potato, potato focaccia appealed to me because it’s quick (relatively, only about 2 hours resting time), the flattish focaccia will fit into my tiny toaster oven tray, and because it gives me an excuse… READ MORE | 2 Comments

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Tomato and egg is a common homestyle dish in China, but in Beijing, I’ve also seen it stuffed into dumplings and ladled on top of noodles – both are delicious. So, a week after watching Christine eat a giant tin plate of tomato and egg noodles at the cafeteria [link], I got a craving this morning and decided to have a go at it for lunch. It’s great tasting, pretty healthy, and only took me about 10 minutes to put together, which is eggcellent (sorry, it was just begging to be said).

RECIPE (2 bowls)

2 tomatoes
2 eggs
1 clove of garlic, chopped
handful of green onion, chopped
2 servings of Chinese noodles (white flour-based)

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