Is there anywhere to find the thick skinned , 2 inch wide eggroll found in East Coast chinese places. so far All I have had out here are the skinny thin skinned ones?
I like the really junky ones filled with cabbage and ground dyed pork gristle...
looking in East Bay especially
Best bets are probably Chef Chu's
http://www.chefchu.com/mall/c102/s11_...
or Panda Express
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Chef Chu's
1067 N San Antonio Rd, Los Altos, CA 94022
I have never been to Chef Chus;; sounds good, but panda eeewww.. there is "good" bad chinese food and "bad" bad chinese , Panda Express is the later.
Chef Chu's does have the thick egg roll skin, but the egg rolls aren't huge (factoid, you can by the fresh egg roll/wonton skins at Safeway in the fruits and vegetable section with some other fresh noodles), and the filling is not quite the cabbage/shrimp/pork that one might be expecting. There are a number of places that also call what you would think of as a "spring roll" an egg roll. I haven't seen a restaurant anywhere, except Chu's, that has the egg roll skin the poster is looking for- and I have been looking quite hard myself.
And I am almost certain Panda Express doesn't serve this style-
Panda shows both types on their website.
https://www.pandaexpress.com/menu/app...
Amazing what 10 years will do.
You're really talking about two different things. The skinny ones are authentic Chinese and usually referred to as "Spring Rolls". "Egg Rolls" are American-Chinese food. I don't recall where, but I've seen both on the same menu.
Try Safeway Chinese deli section. Golden Dynasty in El Cerrito (now closed) used to serve east coast style egg roll where it's double dipped in batter and fried.
Have you tried the Filipino version? There's definitely a skinny Lumpia Shanghai, and a thicker Lumpia Prito.
i too haven't found any east coast style egg rolls but you can get them at Trader Joe's.
I have eaten the type of egg rolls you describe at JADE DRAGON in Daly City. They are an old school chinese restaurant with a bar.
My advice: Eat in the regular dining room and order dishes off the menu. AVOID the all-you-can- eat buffet in the room off to the left when entering.
ok, we all have our personal tastes. I do find it hard to believe it's difficult to locate a Gore-Tex roll. Dive. and dive without abandon. Look for thick plexi-glass.
I'm born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown I grow up on Chow Se Bow and Italian Salami Sandwiches from Mama's I have been hunting for the old fashioned egg rolls that I grew up eating for like 6 months now and it's been like a UFO sighting some say they never existed and others say they do exist I know that they do exist because I have eaten them the last time I had a few of them was like 15 years ago I was in a expensive Chinese restaurant on Grant Street the egg rolls was not on the menu but I ask if they can make them and the next thing that I knew they made them for me and OMG they was the best ever I have notice that Chow Se Bow is starting to fade away (white buns) when they are in demand just like the old fashion egg roll why?
Curious if you ever found these? The comment about Chicago is priceless. Very true. Tongs in Naperville has the best.
Continuing the NY chinese guilty pleasures thread: does anyone know where to get NY style spareribs? I haven't seen them in the bay area.
What are NY style spareribs?
I mean the cheap takeout spareribs you get in NY. They are about 5 inches long, shiny on the outside (and hard for me to describe). Here's a picture I found that is what really fancy ones would look like; but the ones you usually get don't look that good...
I had to order "SaucySusan" online, mix with a little Chinese mustard to get a nostalgic pale reflection of New York City Chinese "Mommy Food"!
+1 here. has anyone been able to locate the flying saucer that is a NY-style egg roll (rather than the "spring roll" style ones that seem to prevail here in SF?
added a photo of the ideal find
Brother, you gotta make them yourself, a tiny infinitesimal number of Chinese restaurants even ATTEMPT these old school behemoths, and then sadly, they are half as long, and like $2.50 a piece, which I would gladly pay, if they were tasty, and I haven't found those, anywhere here on the left coast.
I did make this at home, this afternoon, though, and it's pretty good, If I don't say so myself. ~ yet another transplant who can't find good chinese here 3000 miles closer to china than brooklyn
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