let's talk food.

i found a recipe for honey walnut shrimp, like the kind you get at a chinese banquet (at least, that's the only time i've ever had it). it got great reviews, so i tried it last night, and it was really good! sometimes the walnut shrimp you get at a chinese restaurant is way overloaded with mayo...gross. but this recipe has hardly any mayo in it, i didn't even use all the sauce. like one of the reviewers, i used cornstarch instead of the mochiko (the box i have is really old, should really throw it out). and instead of deep fryng, i just pan fried, which i think turned out just fine, and far less greasy/fattening. :) yum! but now i've got an almost full can of sweetened condensed milk. i guess i'll go make some fudge.

so here's a question...what exactly is chow mein? in the bay area, when you order chow mein, you get those thick egg noodles pan fried with veggies and meat. so that's what i've always thought of as chow mein. there have been 3 instances in colorado now, where someone has ordered chow mein at a chinese restaurant, and they get something very different than the usual noodles i'm used to. instead, you get a saucy stir-fry of your choice of meat and veggies, on a bed of those little crunchy chun-king style "noodles" in a can. is this a form of chow mein??? so weird.