Is there anywhere in China I can find chop suey?

During my two weeks in the United States, I often found myself sitting in a Chinese restaurant, gazing blankly at a glossy menu.

I was traveling across the East Coast, and after more than a week, had gorged on my fill of fries, burgers and tacos. I found myself having startlingly vivid and frequent dreams of bowls of steaming rice and realized I desperately needed to be satiated by something from the motherland.

There are more Chinese restaurants in the US than McDonald's, Burger Kings, KFCs and Wendy's combined. So naturally, when I was in Philadelphia, I had a huge selection to choose from. "Tastes of the Orient", "Wok and Roll" and similar ingeniously named restaurants were scattered throughout the city.