The Search For General Tso
Yummy! This upbeat and highly entertaining doc about America's arguably most popular takeout dish just saw its celebrated premiere at Tribeca. Why do nearly fifty thousand restaurants serve deep-fried chicken bearing the name of a mysterious general?
“Using this Americanized dish and its mastermind as a lens onto a larger story of immigration, adaptation, and innovation, the film follows a lighthearted journey, grounded in cultural and culinary history, through restaurants, Chinatowns, and the American imagination.“ (Forty)
“Using this Americanized dish and its mastermind as a lens onto a larger story of immigration, adaptation, and innovation, the film follows a lighthearted journey, grounded in cultural and culinary history, through restaurants, Chinatowns, and the American imagination.“ (Forty)