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HomeChop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories From Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui

Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories From Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui

  • Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories From Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui

Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories From Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui

Ann Hui drives across Canada to explore the small-town Chinese restaurants that exist across the nation. In the process, she also documents her own family’s journey from their native China to Vancouver, where they, too, opened a Chinese restaurant. Along the way, she samples “Canadian-Chinese” food such as “Newfoundland Chow Mein” and “Chinese Pierogis.”

  •  Last updated: September 8, 2023

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-Chop Suey Nation: The Legacy Cafe and Other Stories From Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, eBook, and Kindle formats.

Ann Hui Biography

Douglas & McIntyre Bio.

Ann Hui Biography

Globe and Mail. "Ann Hui is The Globe and Mail’s national food reporter"

Calgary Herald Review: Chop Suey Nation

"Ann Hui explores her personal history and Canada's Chinese restaurants in Chop Suey Nation"

CBC Books Interviews Author Ann Hui

Ann Hui on Chop Suey Nation: "It's a food that was created out of discrimination and racism and ingenuity and creativity."

From Fog to Vancouver – ‘Chop Suey Nation’ continues to resonate

Saltwire Network. "Author travelled from B.C. to Newfoundland and Labrador visiting smalltown Chinese restaurants"

Interview with Ann Hui

Thunder Bay Public Library: Off The Top Shelf. "Ann Hui has been The Globe and Mail’s national food reporter since 2015."

National Post Review: Chop Suey Nation

"From ginger beef to 'Bon Bon ribs,' Chinese-Canadian cuisine tells a unique story about our country"

The Globe and Mail (Books) Review: Chop Suey Nation

"Ann Hui’s Chop Suey Nation is an astonishing cultural and personal history"

The Globe and Mail (Food and Wine) Review: Chop Suey Nation

"From Victoria to Fogo Island and in every province in between, Ann Hui drives across the country to uncover the immigrant history – and vibrant present – of small-town Chinese-Canadian food"

The Tyee Review: Chop Suey Nation

"Ann Hui’s new book taught me nothing’s truly authentic or fake when it comes to the heritage of Canada’s Chinese restaurants."

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