The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic72/100
58 audience votes
Key crew
- Ian CheneyDirector
Cast
- Susan CarterSelf - American historian
- Ian Cheneyself
- Philip ChiangSelf - restaurant owner
- Andrew CoeSelf - food writer
- Liang Xiao JinSelf - Chinese historian
Stills
Themes
food