Lee (who’s a producer on the film) describes as a jumble of “meats that Americans recognized accompanied by. Many of these establishments served items that were tweaked for the American palate, including chop suey, a dish that Jennifer 8. In the early 20th century, Chinese immigrants started moving out across the country, opening restaurants in cities and towns where there wasn’t much competition. “And this is where two very important professions came into being: one is providing laundry, one is providing food.” “The Exclusion Act basically forced them out of labor, and so they have to be self-employed,” historian Peter Kwong explains in the film.
This lively 2015 documentary actually offers a concise look at how Chinese immigrants came to America and used food to carve out a niche for themselves in a land where they first faced extreme adversity.Īfter establishing that the titular sweet-and-sour chicken dish is virtually unknown in China, director Ian Cheney cycles back in time to look at how the first wave of Chinese immigrants in America - many of whom originally came through the Port of San Francisco during the Gold Rush - were drawn to restaurant work as a means of survival.
The Search for General Tso is so much more than a history of the Chinese dish that became a staple of take-out menus across America.
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