PETER: My first experiences with chow mein in the US left me feeling very dissatisfied. I remember looking down at my plate and thinking, The person making this doesn’t really care. The noodles were soft and lifeless with overcooked vegetables, nothing like the Shànghăi cū chăo miàn (“thick chow mein”) I grew up with in Shanghai.
When I decided to add chow mein to the menu of House of Nanking, I had to custom design the thickest Shanghai noodle that Chinatown