I just put it down to as low a standard as "don't [expletive] up General Tso's." That should be the bare minimum of shitty Chinese food. But place after place that I tried in Chicago would [expletive] it up; way too breaded, way too chewy, not spicy at all, sauce that looked and tasted like it came out of a bunch of smashed sweet & sour packets. How can you [expletive] up General Tso's? It's like they even knew they were terrible at it, too, and half the time it would be called something like "the general's chicken" or "General Tsang's." THAT'S THE WRONG FAKE GENERAL, YOU MONSTERS.