Egg Foo Young: Have you ever had this dish? Do you like it?

[guyver01]

He said in America and I tend to agree with him on that point.

Well.. considering it's a British/American ORIGINATED dish... i'd say how it comes here in America is HOW it should come.

 

[Born2bwire]

Well.. considering it's a British/American ORIGINATED dish... i'd say how it comes here in America is HOW it should come.

It's not. You can get it practically anywhere in Hong Kong minus the gravy, as I stated above. What you find in America is an Americanization of an existing Chinese dish.

 

[guyver01]

It's not.

Care to point out the origin of Egg Foo Young then?

Or... are you saying that because you've seen it in Hong Kong, it can't be American.

 

[Pocatello]

I like it at some restaurants, hate it at others.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

probably the most white washed dish ever.

My mom told me about it how she worked in a Chinese restaurant when she first came to the US and they had this because it was an extremely un-Asian place in the US and this was what they had to cater to ordinary Americans.

Me? I've never had it. I love my authentic Chinese food.

 

[Pocatello]

probably the most white washed dish ever.

My mom told me about it how she worked in a Chinese restaurant when she first came to the US and they had this because it was an extremely un-Asian place in the US and this was what they had to cater to ordinary Americans.

Me? I've never had it. I love my authentic Chinese food.

If I want authentic Chinese food, I usually go to restaurants which are packed with Chinese and only a few Americans, if at all.

 

[Born2bwire]

Care to point out the origin of Egg Foo Young then?

Or... are you saying that because you've seen it in Hong Kong, it can't be American.

It's a Shanghai or Cantonese dish from what I can recall. I'm sure it's in your Wikipedia article.

 

[brainhulk]

orange chicken + broccoli beef bowl > chinese food

 

[guyver01]

It's a Shanghai or Cantonese dish from what I can recall. I'm sure it's in your Wikipedia article.

Well... according to Wikipedia, Egg Foo Young is a wholly american dish.

Here's the Article:

Egg foo young (Chinese: 芙蓉蛋, also spelled egg fooyung, egg foo yong, egg fu yung, or egg furong) is an omelette dish found in British and American Chinese cuisine. The name comes from the Cantonese language. The dish is associated with Tiki culture[citation needed], and American Chinese restaurants today often list it as "Polynesian" in their menus. Egg foo young is derived from Fu Yung Egg Slices, an authentic Chinese recipe from Shanghai.

This dish is prepared with beaten eggs and minced ham. From these dishes, Chinese chefs in the United States, at least as early as the 1930s, created a pancake filled with eggs, vegetables, and meat or seafood.


The Vietnamese dish trứng hấp is similar to egg foo young.

In Japanese Chinese cuisine, the dish Kani-tama (かに玉 or 蟹&#29577 is similar, using crab meat instead of ham or other meats.

In Indonesian Chinese cuisine, it is well known as Fu Yung Hai

In Malay cuisine, it is similar to "Telur Bungkus," which literally means "wrapped egg" (the wrap usually contains chicken or beef, onions, mushrooms, vegetables, and gravy, wrapped inside the egg)

Unless you are referring to the following line..

Egg foo young is derived from Fu Yung Egg Slices, an authentic Chinese recipe from Shanghai.


I would not call Fu Yung Egg Slice the same as Egg Foo Young. It's Derivative... but that doesn't mean its prepared or served identically.

It's like saying Sirloin Steak and Hamburger should be identical.. even tho sirloin steak is derivative.

 

[sdifox]

I have no idea what the picture linked by op is supposed to be.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Egg Fu Young is good, not one of my favorites, but it is tasty still!

 

[ivan2]

im chinese and ive never had this chinese food.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

^This.

 

[mcurphy]

I have no idea what the picture linked by op is supposed to be.

I think they are meatballs.

 

[D1gger]

My chinese wife orders green pea egg foo young most times we go out for chinese food.

I like it as well, but I personally don't usually choose to order it.

 

[Fritzo]

It's OK. It's basically a chinese style omelete.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I like Egg Foo Yung. However, I also grew up in a Jewish family that often ordered it with Chinese carryout or at Chinese restaurants.

 

[preCRT]

When I've had it, it's basically a potato latke but with mung bean sprouts instead of grated potato & a light brown gravy instead of sour cream.

 

[dighn]

im chinese and ive never had this chinese food.

and i've never had general tso's chicken

 

[Perknose]

I hate agreeing with guyver but it's always been my impression that it was a dish conceived by expatriate Chinese but in America -- though no doubt based heavily on Chinese roots. But, eh, I don't exactly feel comfortable lecturing ethnic Chinese on their food.

My Dad (emphatically not Chinese but a good cook) used to make a passable version.

Thing is, whenever I go to a decent Chinese restaurant Egg Foo Young is about the last thing on the menu that I'd have a true hankering for -- something about a heavy egg base not meshing with my (limited and idiosyncratic) expectations of what I want out of a Chinese cuisine experience. <shrug>

 

[guyver01]

I hate agreeing with guyver

It's ok to agree with me when i'm right

 

[sdifox]

I like Egg Foo Yung. However, I also grew up in a Jewish family that often ordered it with Chinese carryout or at Chinese restaurants.

Definitely not Jewish if you eat Chinese takeout. :biggrin:

There is no way a proper Chinese restaurant can be kosher.

 

[Pocatello]

There is no way a proper Chinese restaurant can be kosher.

Truer words cannot be said.

 

[preCRT]

Definitely not Jewish if you eat Chinese takeout. :biggrin:

There is no way a proper Chinese restaurant can be kosher.

Wrong. Every town with a sizable Jewish population has Chinese restaurants.

Go into any Chinese restaurant [on the East coast] on Christmas and it's full of Jews.





Most important, how do you think most East coast Jews [not sure about the rest of the US] break their fast on Yom Kippur? By getting Chinese take out or eating at a Chinese restaurant. Duh!!!



1. Not all Jews keep kosher all the time, some only do it at home, some not at all.
2. There are kosher Chinese restaurants. Again, not all, but they do exist [they don't serve pork or certain seafoods].

 

[KMFJD]

Used to love Fu Yong Hai, one of my favourite indonesian dishes