Dan Dan Noodles at Mei Wei Asian Bistro in Huntsville AL

Dan Dan Noodle bowl at Mei Wei is usually egg noodles in garlic soy sauce topped with mushrooms, peppers, scallion, onions, cucumber and bean sprouts. According to the Mei Wei vegan menu, this can be made vegan by substituting the egg noodles for rice noodles and leaving out the chicken seasoning. This was surprisingly good!

Dan Dan Noodles at Mei Wei Asian Bistro in Huntsville AL

UPDATE: I went to the other Mei Wei in Huntsville, my favorite one near downtown, and I ordered this exactly the same way from the vegan menu except I added tofu. The vegan menu didn't say to substitute the egg noodles, and the regular menu description said "egg noodles", so I asked about it. I was told they will substitute the egg noodles for rice noodles and omit the chicken seasoning to make it vegan. After my questions, she said they should probably get a new vegan menu. I sat down to wait for the vegan Dan Dan Noodles and the lady who took my order came out to said THEY COULD NOT MAKE THIS DISH VEGAN. So I changed my order to the vegan Singapore Noodles and sat there wondering what they have been feeding me. The replacement dish was good, but I found little greasy crusty things in my food. Was it chicken? Maybe it was egg. I have no idea! They probably used a dirty wok.

What are they feeding the vegans at Mei Wei? Is the food vegan or not? I now have no idea. I really want to love Mei Wei. I just can't trust them. The vegan menu has an egg noodle dish on it. They have oyster sauce in the food listed on the vegan menu but say they leave it out. Mei Wei could be such an awesome place for vegans, but they need a vegan audit. My conclusion is that Mei Wei is a great place to eat delicious Asian food, but vegans should not trust that the vegan food is vegan.

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