chow mein bun
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chow mein + bun. Coined in the 1930s, having been invented in Massachusetts, and then spread throughout North America's Americanized Chinese cuisine culture, and Americanized Jewish culture.
Noun
[edit]chow mein bun (plural chow mein buns)
- (US, Canada, cooking) A Chinese-American food, a hamburger bun filled with chow mein and slathered with a brown sauce.