Endless Simmer has begun a stormy flirtation with a mysterious old-school Chinese American food staple: egg foo young.
“I’ve always been curious about the dish, you know, there being egg in the title and all. But I’ve never ordered it. So when 80P and I ordered-in Chinese the other night, I went for it: vegetable egg foo young.”
Chowhounds on the other hand have been hot on the trail of good egg foo young for years.
You can make egg foo young at home. Its like fried rice. You can mix different stuff in it. I use ham chopped into small pieces. You can find receipes on the web. I am sure there are dozens of variations. Use or add what you like. that goes for the gravy too.
good luck.
If you’re passing through Beaumont, Tx go to the House of Chee restaurant and order the egg foo young. Best I’ve ever had, pieces of pork, shrimp, lots of vegetables with a Chinese seasoned brown gravy. Delicious.
Whenever I’m trying out a Chinese restaurant for the first time, I always order shrimp egg foo yong. There’s a certain perfection that can be attained with this dish that is telling about ingredients, flair and saavy associated with other menu selections; and, delicious indeed. If it’s not on the menu, that itself tells me something about the restaurant. Beaumont, here I come!