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Boxerfan

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9. Our local Safeway has a very good chef for the Chinese menu
Fri Jan 3, 2020, 08:17 PM
Jan 2020

And been eating there for many years. He does a great job despite the occasional MSG overload.

The Panda stuff is practically flavorless in comparison. But what set me off was the Zucchini used as filler-in large chunks for crunch appeal?

Not a real problem-but if you like Panda-express or otherwise-don't try real Chinese food-you may die from flavor exposure.

For the record- I worked in downtown SF for many years. A co-worker was a Chinese speaking native. We would go restaurant hopping usually at lunch. Being in SF there were countless small places that served various ethnicity and we tried most of them. One rule for me was I wouldn't eat anything still moving.

My friend would often go "off menu" ordering items typically only served to local clientele so I ate some pretty wild dishes. Aside from Octopus sushi I was game-it was delicious.


Panda Express is not Chinese food-IMHO.

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Bad dish choice. Some of their offerings are tasty. brush Jan 2020 #1
Like some of their food. Decent and fast. Hoyt Jan 2020 #2
Stick with the real stuff. braddy Jan 2020 #3
How does Panda taste ? Is it gamy? MichMan Jan 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author jberryhill Jan 2020 #5
Did someone photoshop Don Jr. out of that photo? Sanity Claws Jan 2020 #6
Yuck! lunatica Jan 2020 #25
Have we recently had a chat about believing stuff we read on the internet? jberryhill Jan 2020 #26
I have no clue what you're talking about lunatica Jan 2020 #29
Nobody hunts pandas legally jberryhill Jan 2020 #30
I know it's photoshopped. I have eyes. lunatica Jan 2020 #32
Just bearly. sl8 Jan 2020 #12
Greasy, with overtones of bamboo. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #17
I just moved fairly close to a Panda Express, I love dewsgirl Jan 2020 #7
I won't eat in one. Food is awful. sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #8
Our local Safeway has a very good chef for the Chinese menu Boxerfan Jan 2020 #9
Now ya got me craving some SoMa cuisine ... Henry's or House of Hunan ... mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #19
Oh ! Oh ! Oh ! The Hunan restraurant in downtown SF, yummy! In the old Dunkin'Donuts shop. fierywoman Jan 2020 #21
Panda Express is to Chinese food lunatica Jan 2020 #28
I've found some of their entrees to be very greasy... But, the zucchini wouldn't bother me. hlthe2b Jan 2020 #10
We live 30 minutes from the Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #11
Dim Sum was one of my favorites.... Boxerfan Jan 2020 #13
Yes it is. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #15
Dim Sum is a great time. alphafemale Jan 2020 #40
And in Chicago, there are many offering dim sum. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #41
The Wife Likes it Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #14
it's "Chinese" like Taco Bell is "Mexican" Orangepeel Jan 2020 #16
Don't they serve Panda? milestogo Jan 2020 #18
Whenever I wanted something from Panda sakabatou Jan 2020 #20
"Chinese food" in the US is not what is served in China csziggy Jan 2020 #22
There are now fewer 'authentic' Chinese restaurants dalton99a Jan 2020 #23
I hear ya. I went to one when I visited Indiana and it was not what I expected...at all. Very UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #24
How is it even considered food? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #27
I like mush jberryhill Jan 2020 #31
And Spam. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #34
Yeah, when did they start putting zucchini in Chinese food? brokephibroke Jan 2020 #33
Most americanized chinese are like that onetexan Jan 2020 #35
Huh. I'm clearly ordering the wrong stuff at Panda Express PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #36
My Shanghai friend, who actually lives above a produce store in San Francisco Chinatown, likes Panda NBachers Jan 2020 #37
Most Americans don't care about authenticity of fast food..... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #38
I have never eaten there, but I was really looking forward to a Chinese food feast on smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #39
so a satirical photo post in the Lounge got hidden? Kali Jan 2020 #42
Its Chinese-American "fusion". Xolodno Jan 2020 #43
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