Cycle 14 – Item 148

2 (Fri) June 2023

Orange Chicken

2.5

at Holee Chow

-Dogok, Gangnam, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with W and IZ

Orange Chicken is an American-Chinese dish.  Chunks of chicken are deep-fried then tossed in a tangy orange-flavored glaze – essentially a variation on sweet & sour.  Panda Express, the American shopping mall chain, claims to have invented the dish in 1987.  Like General Tso’s Chicken, a similar dish, Orange Chicken is hugely popular in America but not found in China.

Before today, I can’t recall ever ordering Orange Chicken, even at Panda Express, where the dish is supposedly their signature item.

It was okay – this could very well be the last time that I order the dish for the rest of my life.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)

(See also BOOZE)