Ian wrote:
> Hi -
>
> The restaurant chain PFChangs has a dish they claim is from Yunnan's
> Dali City, called Dali Chicken.
>
> Its spicy potatoes that are first boiled then spiced and deep-fried,
> then mixed with a stir-fry of chicken and leeks (I think) - but the
> chili sauce it comes in is apparently had to duplicate. Has anyone tried
> to replicate this? Successfully, would be good!

I've eaten at PFChangs once maybe twice.. I found it very Americanized and
kind of gross. They recently opened one near my office, I may give them one
more shot.. but I prefer more authentic cuisine.

--
Dan

Dan Logcher wrote:
> Ian wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>> The restaurant chain PFChangs has a dish they claim is from Yunnan's
>> Dali City, called Dali Chicken.
>>
>> Its spicy potatoes that are first boiled then spiced and deep-fried,
>> then mixed with a stir-fry of chicken and leeks (I think) - but the
>> chili sauce it comes in is apparently had to duplicate. Has anyone
>> tried to replicate this? Successfully, would be good!
>
> I've eaten at PFChangs once maybe twice.. I found it very Americanized and
> kind of gross. They recently opened one near my office, I may give them
> one
> more shot.. but I prefer more authentic cuisine.
>

Sure, its very Americanized Chinese, and very popular too. At
dinner-time, its always crowded, anywhere in the country I have tried to
eat there. Within that context, they have dishes I like very much -
Soothing Lettuce Wraps, Mongolian Beef, and Kung Pao Chicken (which has
General Tso-ish chicken and not really tasting like kung-pao, but tasty
anyway).

Given a choice between Hong Kong Palace (our local Sechuan place) and
PFC, and its no contest, HKP wins every time. But if I have visitors who
don't like the real thing, I'll eat American Chinese before Italian,
American, or anything else, really.

Each to their own, I say!

Ian