What a disappointing meal…

Hungry after my basketball game, I ventured off to get some boba and decided to get some chinese food at Shanghai Cafe next door.  Chow mein sounded pretty good so that’s what I ordered – chicken chow mein to be exact.  The lady was like, “chow mein? or you want lo mein?”  “Chow Mein – the crispy kind,” I said.  She said, “ok, it will be on the side.”  “Ok.”  The place was empty as usual and I was thinking that I should come here more often after my bball games to support these small businesses.  After waiting for 10 minutes, I got my food and went home.  It smelled great and I could not wait to eat it.  I got home and took out a plate so that I could put the noodles on and then dump the meat and veggies over it.

To my disappointment…whatever they thought was chow mein is NOT chow mein.  Crunchy little things are NOT chow mein!  THIS IS NOT CHOW MEIN (ironically this picture was found on a site that describes this as chow mein):

I don’t even know what that is.  That’s not even chinese food.  It’s random crunch stuff that does not taste good.  Where were my noodles?!??!  Sadly, I just at the topping.  I tried to put some of the meat and veggies on top of that crunchy stuff, it was not the same.  :(

I will never again order chow mein from that place.  Chinese people should know what chow mein is!  I certainly hope that non-chinese people don’t think that what they serve is called chow mein.  FAIL!

Chow mein looks more like this: