chow mein /ˌtʃaʊ ˈmeɪn/ noun2 •A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein. — 1978 •(slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India. formschow meins