well, in oral chinese, people around me don't really care if you say 番茄 or 西红柿,they are the same for us. but when you take an order in a restaurant you will mostly see 西红柿 on the menu, such as 西红柿炒鸡蛋, 西红柿鸡蛋汤, etc. hope this can help a little. ^^
October 15, 2010
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i have been to many place of china,西红柿炒蛋is the most common appear on the menu
the area beside the sea ,like GuangDong province, may call 番茄;
especially,番茄酱do not called西红柿酱;
and,in some place we call 洋柿子also.