lo mein

[ loh meyn ]

noun

1. a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lo mein¹

1970–75; < dialectal Chinese: stirred noodles

Example Sentences

Del Rosario’s delivery this day included a turkey burger with sweet potatoes and peas, pork lo mein, a beef burrito bowl, chicken Alfredo with pasta and zucchini, chicken with brown rice and green beans, and fresh fruit and milk.

From Los Angeles Times

For a time, restaurants had their own exception to the Chinese Exclusion Act — which some coined “the lo mein loophole” — that allowed business owners to go to China on merchant visas to bring back employees.

From Los Angeles Times

Asian wheat noodles like udon and lo mein have alkaline salts added to the dough, and they are traditionally cooked in unsalted water.

From Seattle Times

Contestants would be thrust into locked quarters that had been filled with their vices: slices of pepperoni pizza glistening with grease, chafing dishes of lo mein, piles of baby pink frosted cupcakes, double cheeseburgers, plates of fries.

From Salon

Rock bottom: Rachel self-exiles in her dim apartment littered with half-eaten cartons of lo mein that she forgot she’d ordered.

From Los Angeles Times