: a Chinese dish consisting of sliced vegetables, soft noodles, and usually meat or shrimp in bite-size pieces stir-fried in a seasoned sauce
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Asian wheat noodles like udon and lo mein have alkaline salts added to the dough, and they are traditionally cooked in unsalted water.
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Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
What's better than takeout sesame chicken and lo mein?
—Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2023
Oxtail tagliatelle, on the other hand, is a mash-up between the beef lo mein served at Lucky Danger, Ma’s American Chinese takeout, and Taiwanese beef noodle soup, one of his childhood memories.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
Across from Wing on Wo, red stairs dip under the sidewalk to reveal the subterranean Wo Hop, in operation since 1938, a canteen for Chinese American standbys like egg foo yong and duck lo mein.
—Ligaya Mishan David Chow, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Oxtail tagliatelle is a mash-up between the beef lo mein offered at Lucky Danger and Taiwanese beef noodle soup, a Ma childhood memory.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
The lo mein noodles in the dish, which are available at most supermarkets, are long, thin, egg and wheat noodles that require only a few minutes to cook.
—Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
Also, there’s some lo mein stuck to your shirt.
—Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
The Massachusetts college student had eaten rice, chicken and lo mein from a restaurant.
—Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022
Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
What's better than takeout sesame chicken and lo mein?
—Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2023
Oxtail tagliatelle, on the other hand, is a mash-up between the beef lo mein served at Lucky Danger, Ma’s American Chinese takeout, and Taiwanese beef noodle soup, one of his childhood memories.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
Across from Wing on Wo, red stairs dip under the sidewalk to reveal the subterranean Wo Hop, in operation since 1938, a canteen for Chinese American standbys like egg foo yong and duck lo mein.
—Ligaya Mishan David Chow, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Oxtail tagliatelle is a mash-up between the beef lo mein offered at Lucky Danger and Taiwanese beef noodle soup, a Ma childhood memory.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
The lo mein noodles in the dish, which are available at most supermarkets, are long, thin, egg and wheat noodles that require only a few minutes to cook.
—Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
Also, there’s some lo mein stuck to your shirt.
—Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
The Massachusetts college student had eaten rice, chicken and lo mein from a restaurant.
—Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022
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“Lo mein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo%20mein. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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