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The Noodle Numbers. The calories in a pint, or 2 cups, of vegetable lo mein will vary based on the recipe. A typical Chinese restaurant version of this dish contains between 330 and 390 calories in each pint. Ask the chef to use broth instead of oil when preparing your lo mein.
Lobster chow mein (left) and crispy chow mein in a cup (right). Lo mein dishes also come in several varieties. They, too, include a stir fry of meat such as beef, chicken, or shrimp with vegetables.Bok choy and cabbage are common vegetables for lo mein. The sauce can be soy-based or based on oyster sauce.oth chow mein and lo mein are noodle dishes from China. Their names are anglicized versions of the traditional Chinese names, chow mein for chao mian and lo mein for lo mian. Mian simply means noodles. Chao means stir-fried, so chow mein are stir-fried noodles.