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Noodles that learned English so well they forgot they were ever Cantonese.
means A Chinese-American dish of stir-fried noodles tossed with vegetables and usually meat, served either soft or crispy depending on the region.
from From Cantonese 'chaau-mihn' (炒麵), literally 'fried noodles' — 'chaau' meaning to stir-fry and 'mihn' meaning noodles. It rode into English with Cantonese immigrants in the 19th century, particularly through Chinatowns in the United States, where the spelling settled into 'chow mein' to fit Anglophone ears and tongues.
- name meaning
- Literally translates to stir-fried noodles
- two textures
- Crispy or soft depends entirely on the region
- american invention
- Chop suey kin born in U.S. Chinatowns
- sandwich filling
- Rhode Island eats it inside bread
american-chinese chow mein — popularized in san francisco's chinatown in the 1800s, became standard american chinese takeout dish
canton chow mein — traditional cantonese-style chow mein from guangzhou, china, typically stir-fried with soy sauce and vegetables