Amazed (maybe a little concerned) at how little it takes to be full...

Jennifer M.
on 4/14/12 3:02 am - MN
RNY on 02/17/12
 I went to Leanne Chin yesterday and got a bourbon chicken bowl.  (I didn't eat the rice, but it was kind of fun having the few grains that stuck to the chicken.)  It lasted FOUR meals.  I was astounded.  

Of course, I can eat half a Jimmy John's unwhich.  I can't figure that one out, because technically, it's a bigger portion that I should be eating.  I think I'm going to blame the avocado (Man... I LOVE avocado).

 

    
lesserman
on 4/14/12 8:27 am, edited 4/14/12 8:28 am - Chicago, IL
Boy, would I ever miss Leanne Chin if I still lived in the Twin Cities...OK...I'm about to really date myself, but I am old enough to remember The Nankin (downtown)...loved that place...I used to live in the Linden Hills area, just off of Lake Harriet and not really all that far from 44th and France Ave.....my first wife and I used to order from The Great Wall...Moo Shoo Pork - mmmmmmm.
Weight at Heaviest: 320 lbs. 
Weight at Surgery:
283.6 lbs.

   
Everyone is entitled to my opinion...

Jennifer M.
on 4/14/12 10:17 am - MN
RNY on 02/17/12
If you skip the noodles, rice and deep fried foods (about 4/5ths of the menu), Leeanne Chin is doable.  You can even order an entree in quarts and pints these days, and skip all rice altogether.  There is definitely some sugar in the bourbon chicken and there is probably cornstarch in all their sauces, but in small quantities on an occasional basis, I  can live with that.  

I remember the Nankin, too.  My mother and I would eat there after we went shoe shopping at Donaldson's children's department in downtown Minneapolis where my great aunt worked (so we could get a discount).

My grandmother lived just off 38th and Cedar in south Minneapolis.  Our favorite neighborhood chinese restaurant was on 42nd and Bloomington.  Twenty years later, I moved to the 40th and Chicago neighborhood, and went to the same place for Minnesota chow mein, eggrolls, and egg foo young.  They also had the world's best fried chicken wings.  Now, I live in the northern suburbs, and although I do know a place to get some of these childhood favorites, it's nothing like the Great Wall or the place my grandmother liked.

My greatest relief after surgery was that I did not end up being gluten intolerant.  I would HATE to miss my once a year chow mein meal.  (Even if I'll have to eat it over two or three days now and skip the rice and egg roll for the next couple of years).
    
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