St. Paul sandwich the owners of which are typically originally from St. Louis. It is also available in Chinese-American restaurants in California and Oregon with regional names such as "Egg Foo Young on Bun", notably at Lung Fung in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. St. Paul sandwich The St. Paul sandwich can be found in many Chinese American restaurants in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as other cities in Missouri, including Columbia, Jefferson City, and Springfield. The sandwich consists of an egg foo young patty (made with mung bean sprouts and minced white onions) served with dill pickle slices, white onion, mayonnaise,
History of Chinese Americans in St. Louis History of Chinese Americans in St. Louis Greater St. Louis has a Chinese community. There are 1,931 Chinese Americans in St. Louis (0.6% of the city's population), and 14,460 living in the Greater St. Louis area (0.5% of the area's population). The first Chinese immigrant to St. Louis was Alla Lee, a 24-year-old from Ningbo who arrived in 1857. He socialized with the Irish American community and married an Irish woman. He sold coffee and tea in a shop on North Tenth Street. Around 1867, several hundred Chinese looking for work in factories and mines in and around St. Louis