芙蓉蛋

芙蓉is lotus and 蛋 is egg, so 芙蓉蛋 is lotus egg (and really, the English should be foo young egg).

Egg foo young (or egg foo yung, or egg fu yung...anyway, it's the Cantonese pronunciation) is a crispy pan-fried, or sometimes even deep-fried, omelet containing vegetables such as mushrooms, bean sprouts, and water chestnuts, and sometimes including meat such as chicken, cha siu, or shrimp. The Chinese-American version is usually smothered in gravy, because, America, giving it the chicken-fried steak treatment.

Personal Note

I only had this dish recently (just for this app) and didn't realize it's a real Chinese dish. I thought someone just made up the name.

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粵菜

蛋

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