生菜包 (lettuce wraps) is a Cantonese dish. A lot of what are perceived to be 'invented for Westerners' dishes are 'real' dishes and/or have roots in 'real" dishes. For example, sesame prawn toast was actually born in China, although it is seen as a 'Anglicised dish'. I could go on a bit but I think this could be subject best explored on my own blog!
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Date: 2011-02-09 07:56 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_prawn_toast
PS: Great to see you back, as I find this kind of stuff really interesting.