Kodi kukupula chiyani? M'Chitchaina, zilembo ziwiri zomwe zimatchulidwa zimatchulidwa kuti "sui sui" ku Mandarin kapena ku Cantonese "kutsatizana kwake," kutanthauza "kusakaniza pang'ono" kapena "kusokonekera." Monga mawu ophikira, kumapeto kwake kumatanthawuzira mtundu wa mphodza yokhala ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana zosiyana. Kuphatikizidwa pambuyo pake poyamba kunafika ku United States ndi mafunde a anthu ochokera ku China omwe ankasamukira ku America.
Ambiri anabwera kuchokera ku Pearl River Delta ku South China ndipo makamaka tauni ya Toishan. M'zaka za m'ma 1870, anthu a ku China adasunthidwa ku America West chifukwa cha chiwawa cha mafuko, akusamukira ku mizinda ngati Philadelphia, Boston, ndi New York. Kumeneko anthu a ku America anazindikira choyamba chotchedwa "chow-chop-suey."
Malo odyera oyamba achi Chinese ku New York anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi gulu la ojambula ndi olemba omwe amatchedwa Bohemians. M'zaka za m'ma 1880, ena mwa iwo adapita ku Mott Street kuti adye:
"Chow-chop suey ndilo mbale yoyamba yomwe tinagonjetsa. Ndi mphodza, yomwe imapangidwa ndi nyemba , nkhuku za nkhuku ndi ziwindi, nsomba zamphongo, nsomba za dragon, zouma ndi zotumizidwa kuchokera ku China, nkhumba, nkhuku, ndi zina zowonjezera. sanathe kutero. "
Iwo anadabwa kuti anasangalala nazo:
"Chakudyacho sichinali buku lokha, koma linali labwino, ndipo pamapeto pake ndalamazo zinali zokwanira masenti makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zitatu!"
Pasanapite nthawi zikwi zambiri za anthu omwe sanali a ku China anali akupita ku Mott Street kuti adye chimbudzi.
Odyera ku China adatsegula chakudya chodyera kunja kwa Chinatown, akupereka chakudya chofanana ndi makasitomala ambiri omwe si a ku China. Kuwaza nkhuku kunkayimika mu mphodza ya nyama zosavuta kudziwika zophika ndi nyemba, anyezi, udzu winawake, ndi mphukira . Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1920, mbaleyo inafalikira ku United States, kukhala ngati wotchuka monga agalu otentha ndi pie apulo.
Komabe, mphekesera zomwe zimafalitsa kuti kupha sukulu sikunali kwenikweni China. Nthano zinafalitsidwa kuti zidakonzedwa ndi nyumba yopangira nyumba ya ku San Francisco ku China kuphika pogwiritsa ntchito zikhomo zomwe zinachotsedwa ku zinyalala. A "akatswiri" omwe adalongosola nkhanizi nthawi zambiri anali adipatimenti achi China kapena ophunzira omwe chakudya cha Toishanese chomwechi sichinaoneke kuti "China".
Chakudya cha China ndi America chinafika m'ma 1950, nyengo ya "imodzi kuchokera pa ndime A ndi ziwiri kuchokera ku gawo B" banja la chakudya. Kuwaza nkhuku tsopano kunali wotchipa, chakudya chodziwika bwino. Zinali kutopa. Ophika anali akukonzekera kumanga suey kwa nthawi yayitali kotero kuti sanasamalire za zotsatira. Malo odyera a ku China ndi America adataya pang'onopang'ono malonda ku pizza ndi chakudya cha hamburger chodyera. M'mizinda ikuluikulu, malo odyetserako zakudya ankakonda malo odyera atsopano achi Chinese omwe amatumikira bakha la Peking kapena zakudya za Sichuan . Ndiyeno mu 1972 Pulezidenti Nixon anapita ku Beijing, ndipo a ku America adaganiza kuti akufuna kulawa chakudya "chenicheni" cha China. "Wonyenga" chop suey ndi chinthu chakale.
Masiku ano, Zakudya monga Kung Pao shrimp ndi nkhuku ndi broccoli (zomwe ziri ngati "zenizeni" monga chopuma) zimalamulira Chinese restaurant menus. Kuwombera ndikumwalira ngati vaudeville, mwinamwake kupyola chitsitsimutso. Koma ngati mupita ku Chinatown, fufuzani mkuphika wa ku Toishan, ndipo mumutsimikizire kuti mukufuna kutsogolo kwa chi China, mudzapeza kuti ikhoza kukhala mphodza.