{"id":19297,"date":"2025-09-20T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T07:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/?p=19297"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:17:23","slug":"take-home-real-lo-mein-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/take-home-real-lo-mein-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lo Mein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Give me a huge bowl of lo mein and I will be the happiest person in the room.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t eaten in a mall food court in ages, but when I did, I would always order the biggest container of lo mein. It could be beef or chicken lo mein, heck, it could be plain with only sauce. I\u2019m just all about the noodles. This year, our lunar new year feast is going to be two steamed fish<\/a>, wonton<\/a>, chow mein<\/a>, and this lo mein. Yes, you read that right, two kinds<\/em> of noodles.<\/p>\n

What is lo mein?<\/h2>\n

Lo mein is a super popular noodle dish that you\u2019ll find both at restaurants and made at home. In Cantonese, lo mein means \u201cmixed noodles\u201d. In Mandarin, it\u2019s pronounced \u201clao mian\u201d and translates exactly the same. Essentially, it’s egg noodles mixed with sauce – somewhat similar to chow mein, but not quite.<\/p>\n

In truth, it can mean a variety of different kind of noodle dishes, much like how you can order spaghetti in a variety of ways. In North America, we tend to associate lo mein with the American Chinese take out style of noodles: somewhat thick egg noodles stir fried and tossed with a soy based sauce, vegetables, and proteins.<\/p>\n

Technically there are two kinds of lo mein, Cantonese Hong Kong style and American Chinese take out style. Both are a mixed stir fried noodle dish.<\/p>\n