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(WPRI) — It’s hard to picture Fall River without its famous Hoo-Mee Chow Mein. But that’s the unfortunate reality local chow mein lovers are currently facing. The Oriental Chow Mein Company ...
Oriental Chow Mein Co. in Fall River had to close most of May after a machine breakdown. The problem caused a shortage of chow mein at local restaurants. The factory is back up and running, with ...
Fall River's Oriental Chow Mein Co. supplies noodles to many restaurants and produces Hoo-Mee Chow Mein Mix. One of the factory's machines used to produce the Chinese noodles broke earlier this month.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — A Fall River staple has returned. The Oriental Chow Mein Company confirmed to 12 News on Thursday that it’s once again making Hoo-Mee Chow Mein noodles.
After a temporary machine breakdown, Oriental Chow Mein Co. in Fall River is producing and selling its homemade chow mein noodles on June 5, 2025. Roger’s Family Restaurant in Somerset shared ...
Christmas came early to Fall River this year, lovingly wrapped in a bright yellow box and best served crispy under a warm bed of gravy. In this case, 77-year-old Barbara Wong is happy to be Santa ...
Fire gutted the Oriental Chow Mein Noodle Company, 42 Eighth St., ... China and resides in Fall River, has been in the chow mein business since she married her husband, Albert Wong, in 1953.
Today the company sells more than 10,000 pounds of fried chow mein noodles a week, in addition to two varieties of lo mein noodles, egg roll wrappers and gravy mix.
Fall River's most famous noodle factory could ... Fire gutted the 7,200-square-foot Oriental Chow Mein Noodle Co. on Eighth Street on June 18 after a small fire ignited inside a fryolator.
The Oriental Chow Mein Company announced earlier this month that, due to a “mechanical failure,” the manufacturer is temporarily out of its chow mein products.