If, however, this is "chow mein," then what the fudge is the "chow mein" at Panda Express?
I thought that lo mein was slimier, thicker noodles, while chow mein was the thinner, more pan fried, non-slimy kind.
When I google pictures of "chow mein" I see what I wanted:
When I google "moo goo gai pan," I see what I got.
Names differ depending on where you are, but where I’m from (NY), the thinner rice noodles are called mei fun. Then you have lo mein, then there are the really fat noodles, which are called chow fun.
Chow mein has fried dry noodles. The ones you’ll get at the restaurant are usually quite different from the ones you’ll get at the supermarket, but one can obtain chow mein noodles (and canned chow mein) at pretty much any supermarket.
You actually put that in your mouth?
From the picture, I can see only one identifiable food item, that being the green pea pod.
You must have been starving!