For almost 60 years, House of Chan has been an uptown staple. The menu mixes and matches classic Cantonese and Szechuan dishes with the finest steak and seafood, the results drawing customers back year after year. One of their longtime signatures is the shrimp in lobster sauce. The sauce itself is made from beaten eggs, morsels of pork, preserved black beans and lobster and comes dotted with shrimp. Although the dish is fine in terms of calories, it clocks in at a quarter of your daily fat and over a day’s worth of sodium! (And should you add white rice into the mix, tack on about 45 grams of carbs and 200 calories.) Easy does it!

Nutrition Facts Shrimp with lobster sauce
Serving size: (428 g)       % Daily Value
Calories 347
Total Fat 15.4 g                       24%
Sodium 2748 mg                    115%
Carbohydrates 18.8 g             6%
Protein 33 g

ROSE’S HEALTHY TAKE: Mussels in orange and black bean sauce 

Serves 4 • Prep time 15 min • Cooking time 11 min 

Ingredients
1 cup orange juice
3 tbsp honey
3 tbsp black bean sauce
1 1⁄2 tbsp cornstarch
6 oz soba noodles
2 tsp vegetable oil
1 cup sliced onions
1 1⁄2  cups thinly sliced red bell peppers
1 cup thinly sliced green bell peppers
1 1⁄2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
2 lb fresh mussels, cleaned
1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley

Preparation
1. Combine the orange juice, honey, black bean sauce and cornstarch and mix until smooth.

2. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the soba noodles and boil for 5 minutes until tender. Drain and set aside.

3. In a non-stick wok or large saucepan sprayed with vegetable spray, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook for 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Add the red peppers, green peppers, garlic and ginger and cook for 3 minutes.

4. Add the sauce and mussels to the vegetables. Cover and cook for about 3 minutes, just until mussels open. (Discard any that do not open.)

5. On a serving platter, arrange the noodles and pour the mussel mixture overtop. Garnish with cilantro and serve immediately. 

Nutritional analysis (per serving with noodles): Calories 562, Protein 33.3 g, Carbohydrates 62.5 g, Fibre 3.7 g, Total fat 6.9 g, Saturated fat 1.7 g, Cholesterol 87 mg, Sodium 880 mg; (per serving without noodles): Calories 419, Protein, 27.3 g, Carbohydrates 31 g, Fibre 1 g, Total fat 6.6 g, Saturated fat 1.7 g, Cholesterol 87 mg, Sodium 544 mg