Fried rice with chicken and a fried boiled egg

Place: The Grand Hotel. Nuwaraeliya, Sri Lanka.

The Grand Hotel, formerly a vacation home for a British aristocrat, is
by all means pompous and extravagant. The menu at its restaurant does
not suggest otherwise, with an impressive offering of meats and
seafood dishes prepared in traditional Anglo-French ways. But I
thought I'd stick with local flavors and try their local food. This
fried rice is flavorful, with plenty of juicy bits of chicken and
toasted nuts. The best, however, is the fried boiled egg, which
provides a heavenly conflation of texture upon mastication, with the
crispiness of the fried surface balancing the softness of the egg's
inner core. The floral surface suggests a healthy helping of pepper,
light spices, and salt.