I don't think I've ever had "authentic" chinese food. My Dad used to travel to China once a year for business, and based on what he was forced to eat over there, I doubt many of us have had authentic Chinese food. Sickos. As for Panda, I'll eat it sometimes when I'm hungover. Makes me feel like hell afterward though.
Panda Express sucks. All Chinese food is FAST. May as well go someplace good. Chinese restaurants are all over the fucking place. No need to go to Panda Express.
Yeah, but their 2-mains-and-a-rice/noodle-side deal for 5 bucks can't be beat. Hey, like the most interesting man in the world says, "I don't always eat cheap Chinese, but when I do, I prefer Panda Express."
http://www.pandaexpress.com/menu/nutrition.aspx BTW, my wife brought some of this home the other night. Nice flavor. http://www.pandaexpress.com/webzine/HWS2010/index.aspx
If you have one in your area try this instead: http://www.peiwei.com/index.html Owned by P.F. Changs, but faster and cheaper, I probably eat there (or pick up to go) once a week.
Just about every dish has 50% of its calories from fat, which isn't so good. The chicken dishes are pretty good if you're counting calories...
Chinatown Restaurant across from the Nike campus has proper, authentic Chinese dim sum - which is cheap and fantastic. If the options are Panda Express and CMOT Dibbler's Sausages Inna Bun you go to Panda Express. Otherwise, there are really much better options for cheap, good Chinese food, imho.
It's definitely not good for you, but I think it's one of the tastier fast foods. Better, IMO, than McDonalds and that type of thing. I don't think of it as "Chinese food." I think of it as Chinese-themed fast food. It's fast food that doesn't taste like what you'd get at a burger joint, and it's made to resemble Chinese food. If I want Chinese food, I'll go to a proper sit-down place. Panda Express I'll get once in a while when I feel like that particular fast food.
Panda Express Menu Sunday Specials Local Neighborhood Dog........................... $5.97 Rat from Behind Store............................. $6.19 Dropped Rice on Kitchen Floor................... $2.49 Spit on Dropped Rice............................... $1.99
Oh, they had definitely stopped moving, alright. It's just that some of that stuff had actually started growing. (think chemistry experiment.)
