Subgum Chow Mein

‘Mayonnaise’ is the first French word most Americans learn; ‘chow mein’ are their first Chinese words. In either case, one could do worse in terms of cookery.

This familiar and all-encompassing Chinese dish appears on the menus of coundess Chinese restaurants – I am tempted to say that every Chinese-American restaurant is required by culinary law at least to list it. Only sweet-and-sour pork matches it in popularity.

Chow mein entails a smart and very efficient marketing plo