In our little family we sometimes argue about Chinese food. Mostly due to the fact that our respective families come from different provinces ( I am from Jiangsu and he is from Guangdong) and that means that we were raised eating different kinds of Chinese food.
What a lot of people don't realize is that the difference between provinces in China are similar to differences between nations in Europe. The differences range from extreme (as in I cannot for the life of me understand your version of the Chinese oral language) to vaguely similar (as with Chinese food which all seem to be based on similar ingredients but vary wildly as to the final product).
So it was with pleasant surprise recently that we came up with the same taste requirements for this wonderful classic Chinese comfort dish, Tomato Egg Drop Soup, or 番茄蛋花湯. This is a really, really easy light soup that tastes way better than you think it could. It goes wonderful with a chinese dinner and is dynamite for these hot summer days because it tastes just as good cold as hot.
