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