| Let's first get one thing straight right off the bat. | | | | more but they give you more chicken and the pieces |
| Anybody who thinks that when they walk into a | | | | are bigger.Aside from your chow mien dishes you |
| Chinese restaurant and order their meal that they get | | | | have your lo mien dishes. The only difference between |
| anything resembling what Chinese people really eat, | | | | these two are the kinds of noodles they use. Other |
| has been eating in Chinese restaurants either way too | | | | than that, they are pretty much the same, at least at |
| often or not often enough. Having said that, we're | | | | most restaurants in the states. The whole key to a |
| going to concentrate on what we refer to as "Chinese | | | | Chinese dish is the vegetables that they put in it. Most |
| American" restaurants, because in reality, that's what | | | | of a Chinese dish is pretty much vegetables. There is |
| they are.The stereotypes of who eats Chinese food | | | | relatively a lot less meat than there is vegetable. That's |
| are beyond silly. Other people besides Jews eat | | | | why the dishes are relatively inexpensive and also |
| Chinese food, or what we call Chinese food. The | | | | why you're hungry two hours later.Then there are |
| reason these stereotypes exist is because many | | | | some specialty dishes. You can usually tell what these |
| years ago when the modern day Chinese American | | | | are because they have names like Moo Goo Gai Pan. |
| restaurant started to become popular, the majority just | | | | You have absolutely NO idea what's in this stuff by |
| happened to open up in Jewish neighborhoods. So | | | | reading the name of it. Fortunately, there is usually a |
| naturally more Jewish people at there than anyone | | | | description of the menu item underneath the title so |
| else. Today, you will find all kinds of people eating at | | | | you can get some idea of what you're eating.Aside |
| Chinese restaurants.So, what kind of food DO you find | | | | from the main dishes you get your standard side |
| at a Chinese American restaurant? Most Chinese | | | | dishes like roast pork, egg roll, stuffed mushrooms, etc. |
| American dishes fall into what they call categories of | | | | Most people usually fill up on the fried Chinese noodles |
| food. Their are your chow mien dishes which feature | | | | that they give you before you even get your dinner. |
| the classic chicken chow mien. But you can get a lot | | | | This way it doesn't seem so much like you hardly ate |
| more than just chicken chow mien. You can also get | | | | anything. And of course the meal is topped off with a |
| shrimp chow mien, beef chow mien, roast pork chow | | | | fortune cookie and some tea. This is standard fair for |
| mien and just about any other kind of beef, pork, | | | | a Chinese restaurant.Some of these restaurants are |
| chicken or fish that you can think of. Just a quick tip. If | | | | good, some are okay and some are not so great. It's |
| you're going to get the chicken chow mien, get the | | | | hard to find a Chinese restaurant that's really terrible. |
| white meat chicken chow mien. It costs about a buck | | | | After all, how much can you ruin a vegetable? |