![]() ![]() ![]() Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA. Chop Suey.” 2 Li Hung Chang never misses the Sunday Journal. At one cosmopolitan place in Shanghai he found a sign, “American style cooking. A traveler in the East made this discovery. But the truth remains, chop suey is not Chinese. There is all the mystery of the orient in its composition. Talk about chop suey is full of the fear that it is not “authentic.” As early as 1912, the San Francisco Call reported that chop sueyĭoes sound Chinese. 1 The humble dish played a key role in their success, yet “chop suey” became an insult, a put-down for things which are mixed together when somebody thinks they ought to be pure. Chang’s, there were more Chinese restaurants in the United States than McDonald’s, Burger Kings, and KFC outlets combined. By the end of the twentieth century, if you include franchise chains such as Panda Express and P.F. Chop suey rose from obscurity in the late nineteenth century to become one of America’s national dishes and one of the main ingredients in the spread of Chinese restaurants in North America during the years when Chinese families and entrepreneurs spread Chinese cookery outside China by adapting to new conditions and inventing new forms. The career of chop suey turns out to be a Cinderella story in reverse: chop suey is the ugly sister whose foot will not fit into the glass slipper. Re-envisioning Asia: Contestations and Struggles in the Visual Arts.Distinguished Service to the Association for Asian Studies Award.Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars.Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies.Cultivating the Humanities & Social Sciences Initiative Grants. ![]() Key Issues in Asian Studies Book Series.Connect, Collaborate, Contribute: AAS Membership Recruitment Drive.AAS Takes Action to Build Diversity & Equity in Asian Studies.AAS Community Forum Log In and Participate. ![]()
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