What Should I Order From A Chinese Restaurant If I Am Trying To Diet?
Cold Seasame Noodles
It usually comes with shredded cucumbers and carrots, and if you’re lucky pan fried and thinly sliced egg. It’s healthy and tastes good, and they usually give you a big enough portion to last two meals. If you’re still hungry get an order of Spring rolls ( there’s usually two per order) and eat one, and save the other for next time. Spring rolls have a thinner crust, and are usually filled with veggies so it’s healthier.
Also consider the Buddha Delight or some places just call it Vegetarian Delight, it has an array of chinese and western vegetables lightly sauteed in garlic and chicken stock so it’s healthy and low fat…..and if you must put soy sauce on it ask for “low sodium soy sauce” It tastes better that way anyways.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
White rice. Maybe ask them not to use any sauce and order anything that’s not fried.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
try to order authentic chinese cuisine. what me and you call chinese is actually american chinese food.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
A lot of Chinese-American restaurants now have a “special diet” or “health-conscious” section, usually consisting of steamed dishes. It’s basically the same meats and veggies as the normal dishes, just prepared without the heavy sauces and oils. Many of the vegetarian dishes are good, but watch out cuz a lot of it is deep-fried before sauted.
December 16th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Buddha’s delight is a vegetarian side dish with few calories. Most of the soups would be another good choice. Avoid deep fried items. Other dishes consisting of mostly vegetables tend to be lower in calories. Happy eating!
December 16th, 2009 at 2:58 am
I think some dim sum is great…