New York Style thick egg roll anyone?

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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

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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.

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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.

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Have you tried the Filipino version? There's definitely a skinny Lumpia Shanghai, and a thicker Lumpia Prito.

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i too haven't found any east coast style egg rolls but you can get them at Trader Joe's.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Curious if you ever found these? The comment about Chicago is priceless. Very true. Tongs in Naperville has the best.

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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.

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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"!

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+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

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