Not me ordering the Family deal from Panda Express

Sometimes I just get a hankerin' for heaps of that shitty Panda Express chow mein and orange chicken.

Way too much sodium for me. Tastes good and is satisfying, but I pay for it later

How much did that set you back, OP?

Better question: how long is all that food going to last you?

“not me”

Oh, dear. We don’t use that anymore.

It's nearly 80 bucks near me.

It’s on sale for Mother’s Day weekend.

It’s $30 in some states and $34-$39 in others (NY, CA, etc).

I paid about $37 with pickup because I ordered online and they gave me a $5 off coupon.

You are a whore, darling. A fat one!

FAT WHORES REJOICE!!

Well, depending how piggy you are, you don't have to worry about cooking for a few days. That's a plus in my book!

I hope you will have several left-over meals from this big order.

I just looked at the menu (I'm not that familar with Panda Express; I have real Chinese restaurants to eat at in my city...)

Weird menu. No pork options. No tofu. Not a lot of veg choices. Not many appetizers.

Everything looks fake.

OP, I have something to tell you......

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

R11 i live in NYC. I too have “real” Chinese restaurants around me. Doesn’t mean I don’t crave the chainfood Chinese sometimes.

I also have many local pizza places by me, and always have as I grew up in NYC. I didn’t move here in adulthood like you. And sometimes I will still order a Papa John’s or Domino's.

Their orange chicken is great.

ew

How do you say fat whore in Cantonese?

I introduced my brother to Panda Express last year, and he fell in love with their Orange Chicken.

LARDASS!

Lewis Capaldi would be proud of you.

In the early days of Covid, the price was cut to $20 for a time, to get people to buy carryout to keep the restaurants afloat. In my mind, it will always be the $20 meal that now on special is $30. That means I’ll never buy it again since it costs so much more than what I paid previously.

R13 You had me until you said you willingly ordered Papa Johns and Dominos pizzas.

Why anyone would buy this when inexpensive, good Chinese restaurants exist all over the US is beyond me.

One table is not enough!

Why you didn't show your flippers this time?

its an improvement, taken too far. there is no image of the food. just the box. still this an imporovememt over a food pic featuring a withered,hand with too long, crusty looking fingernails.

R13, a lot of NYC university students are Chinese; it's transformed the restaurant scene. It's impossible to find old-fashioned Americanized Chinese food. My sister in law, who just moved here from Florida, was horrified to discover there are food trucks that sell fried chicken feet.

I like the sweet and sour chicken my local restaurant makes.

Ching ching chow chow pancake.

Eating Panda Express turns you into a big fat panda: roly-poly and unfucked.

For me, take-out chicken means Chicken Soo-Guy, Chicken Chow Mein, Peanut Chicken Dumplings, Chicken Won Ton soup. And Chicken Fried Rice with bacon. The leftovers mix well in the microwave for breakfast. More breading than KFC!

Talk later. I am ordering some now... HUSBAND?! YOU HUNGRY?! Then bring me the goddamn menu.

You can get better food at a family-owned stripmall teriyaki place. There's no reason to eat Panda Express unless you live in a shithole where your only options are chain restaurants.

Panda Express is common.

R30 what a stupid comment. They’re all over all the major cities. Why? Because people eat there.

Excuse me- Does the Pander Express deliveah? My ankles are swollen…

[quote]Well, depending how piggy you are, you don't have to worry about cooking for a few days.

Oh PLEASE R9! We all know that piggy OP snarfed that all down in one sitting.

We have one in our area and I’m no food snob but I’m just not able to cross that threshold. Maybe on the day before martial law goes into effect.

r28 - pandas are actually NOT fat, they have round bodies with very little body fat.

I looked it up the other day because now I keep getting hilarious panda videos falling out trees or rolling around on the ground on my feed, so I wondered if the fat keeps them from getting hurt. Imagine my surprise when I found out they are actually not fat at all. Their round body shape, however, does keep them from being injured from (most) falls from trees.

Back to the previously scheduled junk chinese food thread...

I succumb to bad Chinese Safeway deli every once in awhile...

And, always regret it.

It sounds revolting, OP.

I once had a very brief affair with a manager of the Chinese hot food section of a grocery store, who I ghosted for several reasons, including that he had a Cabbage Patch doll collection. If he's reading this, I want him to know that I feel bad about it. It wasn't you, it was me.

[quote]who I ghosted for several reasons, including that he had a [bold]Cabbage Patch doll collection[/bold].

It's ok to say it was him R39. Not you.

Every once in a while, terrible food like Panda Express just hits the spot.

I used to have the kung pao chicken regularly and even bought the catering size and froze it in small containers Alas, I no longer enjoy the heat and never go there anymore. Enjoy, OP.

r30, that's what gets me. Even in those shitholes, you often have a few mom and pop Chinese places. There is no need to go to Panda Express. It makes no sense to me.

#r42 George likes spicy Kung Pao Chicken

r44 for you

These lard buckets go to Panda Express because it claims to serve AMERICAN Chinese food. That's its USP - hence dishes like 'orange chicken' which you wouldn't find in a non Americanised place.

The family meal only comes with two egg rolls and one dessert, or were those add-ons?

add ons

Panda Express is so fucking hit or miss for me. Sometimes that shit hits the SPOT, nigga. But sometimes it does NOT.

I've never been to Panda Express, but I understand the occasional craving for trashy food. Plus you'd pay a lot more for all that at any other Chinese restaurant.

OP, you type annoying

The Panda Express on Fillmore and Geary in SF is the worst..

Starting your sentence with “not me” deserves a vicious slapping.

Disgusting Gen-Z speak. And OP is 59.

#r45 Thank you!