[Organic Panic]

Panda Express... REALLY!?!?!? That qualifies as food?

[Larry Lucido]

Panda Express... REALLY!?!?!? That qualifies as food?

It's not bad in a pinch. But I was in Schaumburg a few years ago and planned to go to Yu's Mandarin which is just awesome. But it was Saturday and the wait was about 90 minutes so we went to - Panda Express - instead.

I took quite the ribbing later on. "Oh yeah, that's just as good as Yu's!" (said sarcastically).

[SamAdams76]

Never been in a Panda Express but they showed up as one of the fastest growing fast casual chains. Typically when I want to eat Chinese, I go to places where the customers, and not just the workers, are Oriental! If you walk into a Chinese restaurant and all the customers are non Oriental, do yourself a favor and walk out.

Every shopping mall in America has one of two of those fast-food Oriental places in the food court. I shy away from them, along with anything else that resides in a "food court."

Most shopping malls now have stand-alone restaurants like Buffalo Wild Wings, Red Robin or a Yard House. Those are much better places to hang out (and have a beer or two) while the wife is shopping.