egg foo yung

or egg fu yung

[ foo yuhng ]
/ ˈfu ˈyʌŋ /

noun Chinese-American Cookery.

a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.

Origin of egg foo yung

< dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) fùh yùhng, equivalent to Chinese fúrong egg white, literally, the name of a kind of hibiscus