Healthy things to eat at chinese restaurants? steamed tofu?

Question

tomorrow i'm going out to eat at a chinese restaurant, and i was thinking of getting steamed tofu and vegetables with brown rice. it's kind of bland plain so what kind of sauce should i ask for? i don't want a sauce with tons of calories. brown sauce and white sauce seem like they would have a lot in them..so i was going to try to avoid them. thanks in advance for the help =)

Answer 1

Ah, live a little.  Just don't get anything deep fried.  Steamed tofu is kind of bland and doesn't have a very good texture.

Many Chinese restaurants have a diet menu with steamed options or low-cal sauces, and you can see what they have there.

Answer 2

Only real chinese people that eat chinese food at thir house is eating healthy, not that americanized chinese food at the mall.

Answer 3

I love vegetables Cantonese style, with a light sauce and every Chinese vegetable. I have some vegetable soup, and a spring roll. Egg rolls have meat, spring rolls don't. My restaurant also serves it spicy, or with tofu.Then there's vegetable chow mien and chop suey and I believe some of the noodle dishes are vegetarian. I'm vegan, but if you're vegetarian, you can get egg foo young with sauce on the side.

In Detroit we have a Chinese restaurant that will substitute seitan for any beef or chicken dish on the menu. Heaven!

Answer 4

If you're going to eat Chinese, don't expect to be eating healthily.