Egg Fried Rice
$10 play money
Rice, egg, scallion and a hot wok. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $10 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- Chinese
- Menu section
- Chinese
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $10
- Main ingredients
- rice, egg, scallion
- How it is served
- A simple bowl of golden egg fried rice with scallion
History, tradition and origin
Rice feeds more people than any other crop. Fried rice began as a way to use yesterday's cooked rice, and the version from Yangzhou with shrimp and pork became the best known. In Korea, rice mixed with vegetables and chili paste in a hot stone bowl grew from the custom of mixing leftovers before the new year.
Food economy and industry
About nine tenths of the world's rice is grown and eaten in Asia, mostly on small flooded fields. Thailand, Vietnam and India are the main exporters. Rice farming employs hundreds of millions of people, uses a great deal of water, and is sensitive to monsoon rains, so harvests affect food prices across the region.
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