In my 5 weeks here, I never encountered a sunny-side-up or a scrambled egg during breakfast. (I eat breakfast in the hotel restaurant, by the way.) It's always hard boiled. But they serve it on a nice little plate specially made for hard-boiled eggs. Then the nice little plate is placed on a platito (<-haay ambot unsay iningles ani) with kutsarita (<- utro pa ni) on the side.
I was tempted to smash the egg shell on the table. That's the way to do it in my country - simple and direct. But in this country, it's quite different. Well, maybe, tapping the egg shell slowly with the spoon until it cracks might be acceptable. But no, siree. That is not acceptable.
1) First you need a knife.
2) Hold the top of the egg with your fingers.
3) Place the knife an inch below your finger. Or just enough to make a good clean blow.
4) Strike the egg slowly but firmly enough to break the shell without smashing it to pieces.
5) Slice your way to the other side until the top comes off.
6) ...and you're ready to indulge.
7) You can top it with whatever you like. I tried salt, Nutella, orange jam and strawberry jam. It tastes great.
