egg foo yung

American  

[foo-yuhng] / ˈfuˈyʌŋ /

Or egg fu yung

noun

Chinese-American Cooking.

1. a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.

---

Etymology

Origin of egg foo yung

< dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) f ùh yùhng, equivalent to Chinese f úrong egg white, literally, the name of a kind of hibiscus

Example Sentences

But James Beard believed that the sandwich originated with Chinese laborers working out West sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century, who developed it as an Americanized egg foo yung.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2015

At Mr. Willis’ house one night he ordered Chinese carry out, and when he told me we were having egg foo yung I puked on my plate.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2013

I can fantasize instead about stopping by Bereket on the way home for last-call kebabs on the Lower East Side, or jiving toward Wo Hop in Chinatown for egg foo yung.

From New York Times • May 19, 2011

Despite the anorexic motto "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels," a dieting fat person needs regular fixes, life-giving pleasure boosts to keep them from obsessing about egg foo yung.

From Time • Oct. 6, 2010

In constructing his food empire, which now stretches from frozen egg foo yung to a fruit pie-filling firm called Northland Foods.

From Time Magazine Archive