His lovely daughter “Diner D” ordered the Tofu with Vegetables and Chow Mein Noodles… Kin Wah Chop Suey – Pot Roast Duck with Noodle Soup. With that, Uncle Eddie, who is a retired aircraft mechanic for United Airlines, ordered the Ap To Mein (sp?), a.k.a. A very simple affair of single dishes ordered for each person versus the family style system as mentioned above. I mean, we did understand what she was saying, at least!Īnyhow, fast-forward to yesterday (March 17, 2010), here I was picking up a takeout plate from Kin Wah Chop Suey, where I happened to stumble upon an old family friend of ours who invited me to have lunch with him and his daughter.
I swear, I used to fall off my chair rolling everytime we went there! LOL! Really sweet lady though.Īnd in all fairness, had that been me working in an American Restaurant in Hong Kong trying to read off the menu in very broken Chinese, I don’t think I could get past the first item or sentence. Right down to the “Fai’lai” (Fried Rice) or “Wai’ Lai” (White Rice) to the “Eye Wah” (Ice Water). She NEVER pronounced the entire name or word. “Kay, you foh geh wuh oh’da Abba’ Soo, Bee’ Baw (O.K., you folks are getting one order Abalone Soup, Beef Broccoli), Mah’goh Bee’, Shee Shau Spay Wee (Mongolian Beef, Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs), Kau Yuk Buh, Shee Shau Shee’, Woah Dock, wuh o’dah Saw Duh Eh (Kau Yuk and Bun, Sweet & Sour Shrimp, Roast Duck, one order Salt Duck Egg), Kou’ Gee’ Chih, Aye Foo-yuh, Keepee Gau Gee, Keepee Wontuh and Kay Nooh’ (Cold Ginger Chicken, Egg Fuyong, Crispy Gau Gee, Crispy Wonton, and Cake Noodle).” In her heavy Chinese accent she would take our order, then after writing it all down, she would repeat what we’re getting like this (provided with English translations):
We’re talking the works, including Abalone Soup, Salted Duck Egg, Egg Fuyong (one of my favorites!), Beef Broccoli, Mongolian Beef, Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs, Kau Yuk and Bun (Charsiu Bau), Sweet and Sour Shrimp, Roast Duck, Cold Ginger Chicken, Crispy Gau Gee, Crispy Wunton, and my sister’s all-time favorite, their cake noodle.Ĭompleting the “Kin Wah Experience” was our regular waitress who spoke as much English as I can speak Chinese, which is barely to none at all.
#Tasty chop suey full
What I mean by that is having a full course FEAST like we always used to do for dinner. I’m naming this review “First Taste”, as while good, I don’t consider the spread we had for lunch on this visit a “Complete Kin Wah Experience”. Chang, the original owner and cook who hailed from down the street at Mui Kwai Restaurant, has since since retired, and Kin Wah is now operated by his niece. I mean COUNTLESS times like at least once or twice a month, as this was my parent’s favorite neighborhood family restaurant. Oyster sauce is also added in some recipes, while tasty I don't see it as necessary.Contrary to the title here, this certainly isn’t my first-ever visit to Kin Wah Chop Suey, as I’ve been here countless times during the 80’s when I lived in Kaneohe. I've seen people add green bell pepper or even fresh tomato, but personally wouldn't recommend adding those. While I didn't use them here, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, cloves garlic, baby corn, and snow peas are also popular additions to chop suey chicken stir fry. This recipe does have quite a few ingredients, but that is what makes it taste so amazing. It is such an uplifting touch, that takes mere seconds. My daughter (like most kids) seems to think a beverage with a fancy paper umbrella is just "the bomb". Here are some more ideas to make this a complete meal: Everything for the meal can be ready in less than a half-hour right down to the little paper umbrellas. I use instant brown rice to save time and family-friendly refreshing iced tea. It is really just chicken, veggies and a sauce of stock, soy sauce, and cornstarch. The chop suey is a simple chicken stir fry dish to prepare. A Super Easy Chinese Recipe for Busy Nightsĭon't worry, this is an easy meal to put together. The difference between chop suey and chow mein is that chow mein has cooked noodles. Nope! But you can easily turn this into chow mein. It is a perennial favorite of Chinese restaurants in the U.S. Chop suey is an American Chinese dish that mainly has meat and veggies all sauteed in a tangy sauce.
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