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Post  Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 09:53 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top
Post subject: where can I get good chow mein

Looking for Good Chow Mein in Shanghai

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Post  Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 10:44 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

go to the east end of nanjing xi lu, make a left, then the second right, then go straight until you reach Los Angeles.
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Post  Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 10:55 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

There is a good shop on Yan An Xi Lu right next to Huamin Plaza Building # 726 Yan An Xi Lu on the right side of the tower.
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Post  Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 12:36 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

The street vendors that are out and about at night near me in Pudong do great chow mein. That and a beer for 8rmb is a great way to finish off a night

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So far, the best Chow Mien I have had here are the road side vendors run by AnHui people.

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The best chow mein I have had was in Zhabei. On Zhong Xing road (中兴路) very close to the subway station. I was going to a placed called 西单翅酷 (xi dan chi ku) for the BT wings (BT = bian tai, or abnormally spicy). The wings sucked so I was still hungry after eating so finished it off with the street vendor chow mein. Was wonderful.
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CoffeeHawk_0 wrote:
go to the east end of nanjing xi lu, make a left, then the second right, then go straight until you reach Los Angeles.


Sir Coffee ....Did you read all the other post on this thread....so much for you smart ass

PS what about Chop Suey? Lo Mein? amd General what's his name Chicken.. Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Has anyone seen Hong Kong style Chow mein in SH?

The one with the crunchy fried egg noodles topped with sauce, meat and veggies.
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I think Coffee said when yhou get to LA..Head south..when you get to Mexico look for any Chinese Take Out......

Personally I think Coffee is wrong.... I would head North to SF

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Post  Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 08:27 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

wigglesmalibu wrote:
Has anyone seen Hong Kong style Chow mein in SH?

The one with the crunchy fried egg noodles topped with sauce, meat and veggies.


Nope.

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Include me in...

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CoffeeHawk_0 wrote:
go to the east end of nanjing xi lu, make a left, then the second right, then go straight until you reach Los Angeles.


Thanks Sir Coffee...I just tried your Chow Mein Place...I would prefer something a little more Traditional...Maybe ithey served it mixed with fried rice, fried noodles,and lotsa of soy sauce and hot mustard.....with a side order of Ribs...

Rhe other problem...Now I'm a long way from either of my homes.. Laughing Laughing
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Chow Mein and Chao Mian bring completely different images to mind for me...

Haven't had their "Chow Mein"

But I'm pretty sure I liked this restaurant for HK style food....

http://www.smartshanghai.com/venue/4326/Tsui_Wah_shanghai

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Post  Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 10:20 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

After months of looking we gave up and then found a great place for HK food, a few minutes walk from the Carrefour in Gubei. The owner or manager is from HK and speaks excellent English. Don't know the name, but the food is just like Cantonese food we know and love in UK. The mixed veg in curry sauce was marvellous.

As you leave Carrefour, cross the road and turn right. Go under the flyover (Yanan Lu) and it's on your left just after the entrance to a pink compound.

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wigglesmalibu wrote:
Has anyone seen Hong Kong style Chow mein in SH?

The one with the crunchy fried egg noodles topped with sauce, meat and veggies.


Both Cha's HK Cafe on Sinan Lu as well as Sweet Dynasty in basement of HK New World Plaza have exactly this dish. It's a pretty standard HK / Cantonese dish most commonly with shredded think strips of pork but can be a mixture or seafood as well.
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Post  Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 10:52 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

urghhh cha's hk cafe on sinan lu is a weak excuse for a cantonese restaurant. i'm a quarter cantonese and every time someone wants to eat here, i throw up a little on the inside haha.
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I think we need some new Expats to join this forum...

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CoffeeHawk_0 wrote:
go to the east end of nanjing xi lu, make a left, then the second right, then go straight until you reach Los Angeles.


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go to the east end of nanjing xi lu, make a left, then the second right, then go straight until you reach Los Angeles.


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That and a beer for 8rmb is a great way to finish off a night


I can think of a few better ways to finish off the night....but yours is in the top five

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Post  Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 10:19 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

wigglesmalibu wrote:
Has anyone seen Hong Kong style Chow mein in SH?

The one with the crunchy fried egg noodles topped with sauce, meat and veggies.


Sure have, pleanty actually. There is on on HengShan Lu just out of the subway station toward WuXing Lu, past the hair cutting places and before the small park and tennis club.

The best however was under the NS just over the river going west of down town, first right after getting off the highway past the railway station exit. It was a small hole in the wall and not sure if its still there, moved to another point of town 2 years ago now.

There are tons of Cantonese restaurants, the more pricy the worse I have found, there is on on NanJing Lu in the mall next to TingAn Center, on 7th floor, and theirs is awful.
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Post  Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 01:35 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

The one on HengShan Lu is near my home...I'll have to look for it...

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Post  Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 02:14 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

There is a good Hong Kong style restaurant on Kangding Road between Yanping Road and Wanchun Jie.
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