PETER: Prior to moving to the United States, I had never had a lettuce wrap before. In fact, I had never even seen iceberg lettuce until I moved to San Francisco. I first noticed it at Cantonese restaurants, where it was used as a filler in dishes like Hong Kong–style wonton noodle soup, beef brisket noodle soup, or clay pot pork. But the most common way I saw lettuce used was as a wrap. This is not something Chinese people typically order, but it was incredibly popular amo
