I like to say ‘Chop suey’s the biggest culinary joke Leave a Comment / By Yazmin Volante / September 27, 2014 “I like to say, ‘Chop suey’s the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another,’ because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means ‘tsap sui,’ which, if you translate back, means ‘odds and ends.'” Jennifer Lee Rating Please wait...