Sweet and sour

Battered pork, chicken or shrimp in a bright glaze of vinegar, sugar and ketchup or hawthorn, with pineapple, onion and bell pepper. The Cantonese original (gu lao rou) is tangier and less neon than the takeout version.

Typical price: $15.95

Half of the 166 restaurants below that list a price charge between $11.95 and $18.95. Each restaurant counts once, at its lowest-priced version, and only plain dollar prices are counted. Prices come from each menu as it was last checked, so call ahead to confirm.

Typical price by city

Cities with at least 5 restaurants that list a plain dollar price, counted the same way as above.

CityTypicalMiddle halfRestaurants
New York, New York$17.23$13.74–$21.9616
Chicago, Illinois$13.72$12.21–$16.048
Seattle, Washington$16.23$7.14–$18.218
Boston, Massachusetts$14$10.10–$15.457
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$18.50$13.73–$19.727
Portland, Oregon$16.95$16.25–$18.987
San Francisco, California$18.50$15.88–$23.497
Richardson, Texas$9.73$8.34–$11.456
Las Vegas, Nevada$16.95$15.99–$21.995

172 restaurants with Sweet and sour on the menu