General Tso's Chicken

I've only been to two Thai places in the UK, and neither one had pad thai on the menu. Nor nime chow. 

Never heard of nime chow but the three Thai places near me (inc the local pub) have pad thai. 


Vicky

I've never been to a Thai restaurant in the US that didn't serve nime chow. What a shame that it sounds as if it doesn't exist over here.

They're sort of like spring rolls, but not fried - or even cooked, except for the prawns. They're wrapped in rice paper, and are generally filled with cellophane noodles, Thai basil, bean sprouts and prawns (though I always got veggie no-prawn ones). Then you dip them in lovely lime-peanut sauce. Oh, I could go for some now! 

I've never been to a Thai restaurant in the US that didn't serve nime chow. What a shame that it sounds as if it doesn't exist over here.

They're sort of like spring rolls, but not fried - or even cooked, except for the prawns. They're wrapped in rice paper, and are generally filled with cellophane noodles, Thai basil, bean sprouts and prawns (though I always got veggie no-prawn ones). Then you dip them in lovely lime-peanut sauce. Oh, I could go for some now! 

I've had something similar at a Vietnamese restaurant in America, but never at a Thai restaurant (but I usually would get corn patties or something like that).  Maybe you could try a Vietnamese place??

I've had something similar at a Vietnamese restaurant in America, but never at a Thai restaurant (but I usually would get corn patties or something like that).  Maybe you could try a Vietnamese place??

I think they are actually Vietnamese or Cambodian, but they're always at Thai restaurants in the US too.

(I really doubt that we have any Vietnamese places down here.)

I call those rolls wrapped in rice paper Summer Rolls, they are super easy to make at home.

It does sound like what my Vietnamese flatmate always called spring rolls--oh, they were so good!!

In Belfast there is a place on the Ormeau road called Gaze that has something similar. It is definitely not the same as I  am from Philly and also love General Tso. But it is tasty. I cannot remember exactly what it was called - I think maybe Honey Chilli Crispy chicken? I think they had a few chicken dishes on the menu that say they are breaded and fried with sweet/hot sauce so you may need to try them all. Good luck, hope this helps.

Cheers,

John

Hi John,

I was in Belfast again in December and we went to Red Panda in the Odyssey.  I got a chicken with honey and chili sauce, but it was sickeningly sweet after a while.  the "honey" part of it was kind of a broth-type substance that the pieces of chicken were just kind of dumped into.  It was good for a while, and then became disgusting to eat.

Is the sauce thick and sticks to the chicken, or is it more like it's spooned over the chicken?  Perhaps this is worth a try.

The sauce from what I remember was kind of thick and the chicken pieces were kind of long and thinner than the general tso pieces. It did get a bit sickening towards the very end.