Full of Egg

When I asked my dad what he would be making for dinner one night, he told me that he was preparing something with a lot of love. Hen duo ai 很多爱, he said in Mandarin. In the evening, he indeed served a dish with a lot of ai. He made a word play using the Chinese word for love, ai 爱，which sounds similar to the Dutch word for eggs, ei. My father said: “I told you that there would be a lot of ei.” His wordplay inspired me to delve deeper into one of the most beloved dishes in Chinese-Indonesian restaurants, which is full of egg: foe yong hai.