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    THE AMERICAN TABLE

    Jul 10, 2018 2 minutes

    The American-style egg roll is essentially unknown in China. Its origins are murky, but its first surge in popularity came in 1930s New York City, and no restaurant served more than Chinatown’s Port Arthur Chinese Restaurant, founded by Chinese immigrant Chu Gam Fai in 1897 and named for his hometown, the Chinese port city now known

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