Question from Hilkka: I’ve always been a fan of the steamed whole fish with veggies and/or sauce. It is usually a very nice presentation and the wait staff will de-bone in front of you. What are the calories in something like this?

Answer from Martha: That would be a great choice. I would assume they would give you 6 - 8 oz of edible fish. Depending upon the type of fish, it would contain about 35-45 calories per ounce. Adding 2 cups of steamed veggies are about 100 calories. The total caloric intake would be 345-415 calories. Great choice!

Other healthy choices in a Chinese Restaurant
I usually recommend steamed chicken, scallops or shrimp with steamed veggies when eating Chinese food. I was cravign something different the other night,  so I called my local Chinese restaurant  - Evergreen on First and 69th (BTW - great restaurant. They also have a fantastic dim sum brunch! ) so see if they could make steamed moo shoo chicken.  I didn’t think that they would make this dish steamed, however they did. It was actually quite good. The whole dish came to 500 calories including 2 T. hoisen sauce (70 calories), one pancake (100 calories) and the entire order of steamed moo shoo (325 calories). Quite a difference from the real dish of moo sho with one pancake - 1100 calories!  

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