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Bound to top the list of fare in a Chinese restaurant (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spring roll

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'fare in a chinese restaurant' is the definition.
'spring roll' can be an answer for 'fare' (spring roll is a kind of food). I'm unsure of the 'in a chinese restaurant' bit.

'bound to top the list' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'bound' could be 'spring' (both can mean to leap) and 'spring' is present in the answer.
'list' could be 'roll' (roll is a kind of list) and 'roll' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for spring roll that I've seen before include "Gloucestershire event?" , "dish from China" , "Portion of Chinese food" , "Chinese snack" , "Chinese pancake" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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