Chinese Food….what is Chow Mein and what is Lo Mein?

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• 1 harlemcheery // Sep 8, 2008

  haven't had chow mein but i love lo mein. they are soft brown noodles and they come in a light sauce w/ chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, seafood, vegatables or all or none of those. most chinese stores make them exactly the same so it always taste delicious.

• 2 geeky74 // Sep 8, 2008

  this is strange…. ummm, chow mein is shredded lettuce and other vegetables….and lo mein is like "spaghetti"

• 3 wanna_help_u // Sep 8, 2008

  taste kind of the same
  chow mein - meat choice, sauce & veggies stir fry
  low mein - meat choice, sauce & noodles stir fry

• 4 Historyman. // Sep 8, 2008

  A chow mien is vegetables sauce and pork, beef etc.
  A lo mien is noodle, sauce and pork, beef etc.
  They all taste the same. Soy sauce.

• 5 travelenthusiast // Sep 8, 2008

  I believe you are talking about Cantonese Chinese food.

  Chow mein: "chow" means "stir fry" in Chinese. So "chow mein' is stir-fry noodles. Usually we will add some soy bean oil and green vagetable and sliced pork. Or it can be cooked with sea food flavor.

  ‘Lo Mein": “Lo" can be translated as "mix" which means we can mix the noodles with sauce to make "lo mein“. "lo mein" is much easy to cook and you can even buy "instant" lo mein.