Say farewell: head for Chinese meal (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
chow mein
'meal' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'say farewell head for chinese' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'chinese' could be 'ch' (abbreviation) and 'ch' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chow mein that I've seen before include "Chinese food" , "'Chinese dish with fried noodles (4,4)'" , "take-away food" , "Chinese-style dish of shredded meat(s) and fried noodles" , "Chinese-American dish" .)