General Tso’s chicken

　　2、左宗棠鸡。

　　Whenever non-Chinese try to discuss Chinese cuisine, they can’t avoid this dish. General Tso’s chicken is beloved by many of our western friends, but it really has nothing to do with Chinese food. By "Chinese food" here, I mean the food popular at least in one part of China. After all, it’s often difficult for a food to be loved across China thanks to its vast land and food variety.

　　每当外国人试图谈论中国菜时，他们就不得不提到这道菜。许多西方人都非常喜欢左宗棠鸡这道菜，但是它和中餐真的没有半毛钱的关系。这里的“中餐”，我指的是至少在中国某个地方很受欢迎的食物。毕竟，由于中国地大物博、菜肴品种众多，很难有一道菜被全国人都喜欢。

　　The sweet chicken dish’s origins have been frequently discussed online and I won’t bother to detail it here. What I can assure you is that natives in Hunan, General Tso’s hometown, have never heard of and will never be interested in this so-called Hunan dish.

　　这道甜甜的鸡肉菜肴的起源已经在网上被讨论多次了，这里我就不必再赘述。但是我可以向你保证，在左宗棠的故乡湖南，不会有本地人听说过或者喜欢道所谓的湖南菜。