: 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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The menu includes drunken noodles with Chinese broccoli, peppers, onions and Thai basil in soy sauce; lo mein, with egg noodles, cabbage and vegetables in XO sauce, and rice dishes such as General Tso's chicken and sweet-and-sour chicken.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
The dinner bag may contain rice, lo mein, sushi, vegetable dishes, chicken, seafood and or more.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
One such recipe is his famous Oxtail Lo Mein, which features his delectable oxtail recipe and tender lo mein noodles garnished with scallions.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 6 July 2025
The cool and glam Asian menu here (spicy lobster lo mein with an add-on caviar tower, anyone?) is the epitome of low-key luxury.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 30 July 2025
The dinner bag may contain rice, lo mein, sushi, vegetable dishes, chicken, seafood and or more.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
One such recipe is his famous Oxtail Lo Mein, which features his delectable oxtail recipe and tender lo mein noodles garnished with scallions.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 6 July 2025
The cool and glam Asian menu here (spicy lobster lo mein with an add-on caviar tower, anyone?) is the epitome of low-key luxury.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
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“Lo mein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo%20mein. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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