chow mein bun

English

Etymology

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

chow mein bun (plural chow mein buns)

1. (US, Canada, cooking) A Chinese-American food, a hamburger bun filled with chow mein and slathered with a brown sauce.

Hypernyms

• sandwich