Last night: Chinese fried rice (chaofan). The secret to its success is as follows. First put in quite a lot of oil in a frying pan. When it is hot, pour in about 3 or 4 beaten eggs. The oil will make the egg puff up dramatically and the eggs will be very nice to eat. Take them out as soon as they are just done. Then fry some sliced spring onions in the oil and other vegetables (carrot slices, green pepper) you might be using, add the cooked rice and take your time. It should crisp up a little. Don't add soy sauce or anything, but add sugar for a nicer taste - it sounds silly but I really like it better this way. Then put in ham or sausage, and finally, add the egg which you can chop up coarsely with the spoon you are stirring with. Add hot sauce to your taste on your plate and eat a cucumber salad on the side.