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foo young

foo young is the alternative form of foo yung.

Meaning of foo yung

Noun

foo yung (uncountable)

  1. A Chinese omelette dish usually made with meat and vegetables.
    • To someone who had spent part of their youth visiting a grandmother in Singapore, a lot of the food they served didn’t seem particularly Chinese to me: the flavour of chop suey with its chicken or pork or prawns, or chow mein, or the omeletty foo yung, never seemed quite right.2011, Clarissa Dickson Wright, A History of English Food, London: Random House Books, →ISBN, page 455

Questions about foo young

What is foo young the alternative form of?
Foo young is the alternative form of foo yung.

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