Egg Cup

My China Merchants Bank credit card has points, and the points can be exchanged for gifts, except the damn gift redemption has literally never had anything in stock. Every year around the end of the year I find I can’t even redeem a Zhang Xiaoquan kitchen knife. Depressing.

Then this month I got a WeChat message from China Merchants Bank saying it was my birthday month and I could get priority on redeeming some gifts.

Sitting on 6000+ points with nothing to do with them, so I went to look. After poking around, the only interesting thing was this bear egg cup. I’d seen one on eBay before, but the eBay ones were all no-name brands, so I never bought one. Since I could redeem a proper legit one, might as well.

It arrived pretty fast, though I got zero reminders or notifications the whole time.

Then came the trial run. According to the manual there are lots of ways to make stuff — put a little oil in, then you can whisk up an egg mixture and pour it in, or add all kinds of seasonings.

But I’m lazy, so I just cracked two raw eggs straight in… There’s a lid on top that holds a bamboo skewer, and when the time’s up and the egg stick is done it rises automatically. Insanely cool.

Here’s the final product. Since I just put two eggs in straight, it tastes like plain egg — you can add other seasonings yourself. The whole thing only takes 10 minutes, which is pretty convenient for breakfast, and suits a lazy person like me.