I was craving Chinese food all day on Saturday.  At one point, I even invented kung pao chicken pizza in my mind (the result of having less-than-satisfying pizza for lunch).  So, I wanted to take Swedish Girl to one of the better Chinese restaurants in my fair city.  At the last second, she called an audible, however, and suggested a buffet.  Since my city has a large Asian population, there also happens to be a Chinese buffet of some acclaim.  I thought it was worth checking out.  I wasn’t too hungry, so when I saw the sign reading “$4.25/pound,” I was happy. 

Perhaps I didn’t read the fine print (it was probably printed in Mandarin), but that $4.25/pound was merely a hoax.  Turns out we were charged a stiff flat rate that in no way equaled the slim pickins we had to scrape out of the nearly-empty food bins.  And someone put crab nuggets into the chicken nugget tray, which just isn’t cool.  Let’s just say the best part of the meal was the $2.00 Bud Light.  But I digress…

While eating my General Gao’s chicken, Swedish Girl asked me if it was General Gao or General Tso.  I couldn’t remember, but I thought the sign read General Gao.  I proceded to tell her of conversations I had had with Captain Larby (and others) regarding the same query.  Why do some restaurants offer General Gao’s chicken, which others cook up General Tso’s chicken?  Is it due to the difference between Chinese dialects/languages?  Is it that some regions honor their favorite general, while other regions honor a different general?  Both types of chicken taste the same, look the same, and are prepared the same.  I really must know. 

If you have the answer, drop me a reply here.  There’s a $2.00 Bud Light in it for you.