/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11565730]

Why isn't Panda express appreciated here? It's better than all other fast foods that are shilled daily. My location is always fresh and has quick turnarounds.

[Anonymous No.11565736]

>>11565730
Fast food is shit, anyone pretending otherwise on /ck/ is a shill or a shitposter. We don't need more of either of those, we need less.

[Anonymous No.11565743]

>>11565736
But panda express is actually good depending on how much food it sells.

[Anonymous No.11565746]

>>11565730
>bland, greasy, often poorly-cooked food
Pass. I'll pay a couple of extra bucks and get a decent combo meal from any of half a dozen better Chinese joints in my small town.

[Anonymous No.11565751]

>>11565746
If you eat at panda what do you get? This is important. Broccoli beef and string bean chicken is very good

[Anonymous No.11565758]

I like it, it's just the portion size is kinda small I shouldn't feel hungry after eating a combo meal

[Anonymous No.11565761]

>>11565758
The bigger plate tray fills me up, for the longest time I didn't know that they're supposed to give me an extra item in carton with it.

[Anonymous No.11565766]

>>11565751
I haven't been in at least a couple of years but for one reason or another I got dragged in there several times by co-workers or whatever girl I was with. I've tried most of what they put out and none of it was good. Even when the flavors were okay in a dish, some of the chicken would be cooked too much and the breading too hard, or the veggies would be undercooked, or the teriyaki chicken is too stringy/fatty.

Low quality ingredients + uncaring fast food cook = unsatisfying food. At least with a traditional Chinese restaurant it's probably a family business so they care more about their customers. There are a couple seedy holes in the wall around, but I've got 3-4 joints local that always maintain the highest health ratings, are spotless inside and out, and routinely win awards in my city/state for being among the best. Not everybody has that kind of options but it's enough for me to automatically exclude Panda.

[Anonymous No.11565767]

>>11565758
I like that I can get a reasonable portion with the "bowl" sizing and save room for a side of spring rolls. Also, they have veggies as a side dish which taste pretty fresh.

>>11565746
I'm a huge foodie and it isn't that bad.

[Anonymous No.11565779]

I honestly can't remember the last time I ate at one of these, but I'll tell ya they're a welcome site at something like an airport good court or so.

[Anonymous No.11565794]

>>11565730
I hate Panda express because the food isn't made to order. It's a big pile of fail sitting out under heat lamps. It's never fresh, unless you get lucky and they just made a batch of something right when you ordered.

I can't understand how they manage to fail at this. Even the shittiest of hole-in-the-wall places manages to cook the food when you order it.

[Anonymous No.11565795]

>>11565767
>foodie

[Anonymous No.11565814]

>>11565779
This desu senpai.

[Anonymous No.11565822]

>>11565758
Really? That’s two meals for me.

[Anonymous No.11565824]

>>11565794
Depending on location that's irrelevant. Food gets turned around quick at several of my locations

[Anonymous No.11565836]

The best

[Anonymous No.11565849]

>>11565795
"Foodie" sounds pretentious but what are the alternatives?
Am I a "Food enjoying individual" or a "person for whom food is liked"?

I think I'll stick to foodie.

[Anonymous No.11565859]

>>11565824
How many stores do you own?

[Anonymous No.11565861]

>>11565824
>anon says shit happens at his place
>but it doesn't matter in places where it doesn't happen
Well, no shit.

[Anonymous No.11565871]

>>11565859
I frequent 3 different panda express locations
>>11565861
Maybe he should go to other busier locations.

[Anonymous No.11565910]

>>11565824
>Food gets turned around quick at several of my locations

Good for you then. Every single time I've been there I've been disappointed by the freshness.

I don't even bother anymore. I don't see the point. Why roll the dice at Panda when every single one of the other Chinese places around me cook to order and their food is better anyway?

[Anonymous No.11565922]

>>11565849
Epicure is slightly more pretentious but not as faggy

[Anonymous No.11565940]

>>11565849
How about you say “I enjoy high quality food” and stop trying to make eating into an identity. As a matter of fact, never make consumption of any kind a part of your identity. Reserve that for creation.

[Anonymous No.11566009]

>>11565730
Because you can get actually good chink food for cheaper.

[Anonymous No.11566011]

>>11565940
unironically one of the most enlightened posts i've seen on this site in 10 years

[Anonymous No.11566016]

>>11565940
Lolwhut? Describing yourself as a foodie is "trying to make eating into an identity"? Your brain draws inaccurate conclusions.

[Anonymous No.11566074]

>>11565736
Redditor detected

[Anonymous No.11566081]

>>11565766
>Chinese
>caring about people

[Anonymous No.11566134]

>>11565730
It's menu has like 5 options and it's not even fully Chinese employees

[Anonymous No.11566161]

It's the Apple of chinese food: shit and overpriced, bought by normalfags who don't know better.

[Anonymous No.11566179]

>>11566016
"Foodie" as a label is the equivalent of shit-covered shit. It's as pretentious as it is meaningless. Self-proclaimed "foodies" act like they've discovered some mystical quality that steers them toward the best food, but when those same people aren't posting the #wifeymaterial-tier food they've cooked to instagram, they're raving about that spicy Mexican jambalaya taco burger they got at Applebees.

[Anonymous No.11566414]

Anyone been to Panda Inn? (Panda Expresses origin restaurant)

[Anonymous No.11566879]

>>11565940
>never make consumption of any kind a part of your identity. Reserve that for creation.
Pithy and insightful.

[Anonymous No.11567008]

>>11565940
Like the relief map of Hawaii I created on your sister's back?

[Anonymous No.11567068]

>>11565730
>doesn't even sell panda meat
FAKE NEWS

[Anonymous No.11567364]

I work at a Panda Express AMA

[Anonymous No.11567368]

>>11565730
loaded with salt

[Anonymous No.11567373]

>>11567008
My sister is a fat, ugly, nearly retarded dyke.

[Anonymous No.11567376]

>>11567364
do y'all cook with fresh, or frozen panda meat?

[Anonymous No.11567377]

>>11567373
My standards aren't high.

[Anonymous No.11567379]

panda express is unironically cleaner and better tasting (with the exception of the fried rice, panda cant get that right ever) than all the shitty restaurants the chinese set up. I find it hilarious

[Anonymous No.11567380]

>>11567377
So you’re the guy who knocked her up?

[Anonymous No.11567386]

>>11565940
>As a matter of fact, never make consumption of any kind a part of your identity. Reserve that for creation.
This is just as unbearably pretentious as anything a "foodie" has ever said. Gas yourself.

[Anonymous No.11567395]

>>11567380
No. My original post implied that I pulled out.

[Anonymous No.11567402]

>>11567395
I’m supposed to believe that two separate men penetrated that ugly beast? Revolting.

[Anonymous No.11567423]

>>11567376
Meats comes frozen, veggies prepared in site

[Anonymous No.11567544]

>>11565730
If you live in a place small enough that you dont have a hole in the wall Chinese place SOMEWHERE, I feel bad for you anon.
I guarantee their food is worlds better than panda express.
My wife loves their shit chinese food too, I dont fucking understand it.

[Anonymous No.11567587]

>>11567402
The truth isn't pretty sometimes

[Anonymous No.11567617]

>>11565940
this but unironically

[Anonymous No.11567620]

>>11565730
Panda is shit. There are local chinese places offer similar fare at a cheaper price but give you more a lot more food.

[Anonymous No.11567910]

>>11567544
Yeah if you don't mind eating dog and their own in-house recipe for gutter oil.
I live near Berkeley, CA and they are full of those "hole in the wall" Chinese places. Most are totally disgusting inside and you can see flies landing on the food behind the counter.

[Anonymous No.11567985]

>>11567910
Look, if you eat somewhere and you get sick because its not clean, dont go back. What I'm saying is one of those local chinese places has to be clean enough to order from. And you're deluding yourself if you think that Panda Express is selling anything less disgusting than local places.
Panda Express sells sugar, salt, and msg with some rice on the side.
If you eat somewhere local, even if its just an experiment to see if its good, there's a chance they're using better quality stuff than bags of "orange sauce" or whatever dumped over frozen chicken pieces.

[Anonymous No.11568046]

>>11567985
At Panda I can watch them cook it right behind the counter. All those hole in the wall places do the prep behind closed doors. Almost all of them are sloppy greasy messes, and most I don't even eat at due to observing the lack of cleanliness.
I went to one place where I asked for a plate with the to-go food containers and the guy - no shit - took a styrofoam plate off of some random dirty shelf, spritzed it with the sink sprayer, then wiped it off with the stained rag he had tucked into his belt and handed it to me. I went back to the car and immediately threw all the food away.

[Anonymous No.11568068]

>>11565871
So they're not your locations then

[Anonymous No.11568074]

>>11565940
I usually create a lot after I eat some Panda

[Anonymous No.11568099]

>>11568046
Thats a shame anon. That one experience colored your opinion of locally owned chinese food places. It's also a shame that Panda Express is the best alternative you can get. I'm sorry bro.

You can cook some chinese food yourself at home too, its not that hard. Not calling you out, just a suggestion.

[Anonymous No.11568220]

>at work
>coworker is well overweight 48 year old dude
>"Hey anon wanna go to Panda? They got this new healthy item there, should be a good eat"
>No thanks I'm going to bike later and pick something up later
>"That shit's bad for you anon! It has MSG and all kinds of carbs, calories and shit! Panda ain't got that anon"
>Well maybe who knows haha
>15 minutes later
>dude comes back with a 3 plate, 2x orange chicken 1x shirmp, chow mein + shit ton of soy packets
>coworkers talk about something smelling good
>over hear him and all the other 40 year olds at their desks "Haha yeah well getting this panda stuff since no MSG and has some good healthy stuff in it", "Oh yeah you need to take care of it I hear panda is pretty healthy", "yeah need to dig in today going to hit the gym later!(planet fitness)

Yeah panda is just for people who don't wanna feel like they are getting fat eating chinese food

[Anonymous No.11568224]

>>11568220
Dumb boomers

[Anonymous No.11568236]

The one panda express in my city is absolute crap. Never tastes fresh or hot just barely above room temp and the rice and noodles are dry.

I can get better (and cheaper) chinese food from this local place run by mexicans

[Anonymous No.11568255]

>>11565730
because its a shitty coastie chain in a business that is already flooded with little independent chinese places literally everywhere

[Anonymous No.11568358]

>>11568224
*boomers
FTFY

[Anonymous No.11568368]

>>11568068
They are my locations, not my businesses you chucklefuck.

[Anonymous No.11568416]

>>11565730
For me its the orange chicken. The best color of chicken.

[Anonymous No.11568440]

>>11565767
>huge foodie
>fat retard

[Anonymous No.11568447]

I had it for the first time today and I gotta say it was a barely edible and expensive
its bad is what I'm saying

[Anonymous No.11568449]

>>11568099
>t. braindead zoomer with zero reading comprehension.
It doesn't even surprise me anymore.

[Anonymous No.11568596]

>>11565730
only really good for their orange chicken, which is mighty tasty.

[Anonymous No.11568627]

>>11568596
I've had better frozen oraneg chicken from the store.

[Anonymous No.11568630]

>>11565730
OMG, you don't know what real Chinese food is like.

[Anonymous No.11568635]

>>11568627
Trader Joseph has wonderful orange chicken in the freezer section

[Anonymous No.11568649]

the chinese take-out places in town are literally cheaper than panda and give you twice as much food. there's not need for panda

[Anonymous No.11568654]

>>11565730
Any local China Super King Wok or whatever you go to is bound to be at least 10x better than any shit plate you can get at Panda Express. Unless of course you're a child who only orders orange chicken.

[Anonymous No.11568690]

>>11565940
based and redpilled

[Anonymous No.11568696]

>>11565730
>go to virtually any other chinese place
>get more food for less

[Anonymous No.11568698]

>>11565849
>Am I a "Food enjoying individual" or a "person for whom food is liked"?
Almost everyone on the planet likes food you dumb cunt, you don't need a label as a "person who enjoys food". You aren't special

[Anonymous No.11568705]

>>11567395
Do you actually believe coitus interruptus makes pregnancy impossible? Don't kids get sex ed anymore?

[Anonymous No.11568718]

>>11568447
>expensive
8$ is literal pocket change.

[Anonymous No.11568744]

>>11565751
Kung Pao chicken is healthy and good

[Anonymous No.11568745]

>>11565730
>panda express
if i wanted deep fried sugar id just get a donut

[Anonymous No.11568769]

>>11568718
>I can buy anything I want as often as I want as long as it's $8
>Why can't I afford a house?

[Anonymous No.11568916]

>>11568220
The amount of"dieting"people that come through are amazing.

>I've got to watch my weight, I'll take Mixed Veggies side
Okay cool, probably get the broccoli beef with only 130 calor-
>Beijing beef and Orange chicken
470 cal and like 380 cal respectively
>And cream cheese rangoons

[Anonymous No.11568925]

>>11568916
It’s so fucking easy to maintain a caloric deficit with fast food due to the strict labeling guidelines, yet these morons fuck it up every time.

[Anonymous No.11568944]

>>11568916
>lemme get a small sweet tea though!
>as much calories as soda

[Anonymous No.11568980]

>>11568220
>>11568916

>panda is healthy so I can eat like shit no matter what because no MSG
Man that annoys me
>work IT in back room with some people mostly late 30's/early 40's
>still mid 20's here
>"Hey anon we are going to Panda express wanna come?"
>Yeah sure whatever
>everyone loads the fuck up on their plate, rice, eggroll/rangoon, + soda
>do veggies, chicken teryaki, beef + brocolli beef and water
>HAHA Anon what you got there? Oh is anon going healthy haha?!
>proceed 3 dudes talking about how they are eating so healthy for like 20 minutes
>tons of psuedo science bullshit about how MSG kills your brain, ways to lose weight, and how it seems everyone is now instantly a body builder
>end of day comes
>"Hey anon wanna go get some beers we all ate healthy today so we can cheat a bit!"

[Anonymous No.11569116]

>>11565730
Their food is pretty good, their entrees at least their fried rice is shit, it just misses the mark that people who have access to a dozen or so local Chinese restaurants have come to expect: cheap prices and huge portions.

[Anonymous No.11569127]

>>11567910
>complaining about bad food when you choose to live in an even shittier version of San Francisco

[Anonymous No.11569130]

>>11567910
>I live near Berkeley, CA
And you wonder why it's unclean and riddled with flies?

[Anonymous No.11569147]

>>11568980
Your lucky anyone wants to hang out with you, you sound like a negative person. Join the fucking conversation, jesus.

[Anonymous No.11569252]

>>11565730
Got to my first shift at a panda express and it was the worst job that I've had.

I was told to open bags of raw marinated chicken on top of containers of veggies, even making food afterward because they don't have any fucking sinks in the kitchen and my manager was up my ass about getting shit out without a pause to fucking clean. I'm reporting them to a health inspector tomorrow, I walked out after I saw they had bags of that chicken open in metal containers on the floor of the walk in.

[Anonymous No.11569259]

>>11569127
Near Berkeley, not in Berkeley, retard.
>>11569130
I don't wonder at all. It's filthy because its owned and operated by insectoids in a city that celebrates filth and depravity. Faggots march in the streets with their dingleberry encrusted dongs hanging out. Their mayor did a ribbon cutting ceremony for a marijuana store last January.

[Anonymous No.11569325]

it used to be ok before They tried to make it "healthy" now it's dry and chewy

[Anonymous No.11570516]

>>11565730
Any generic chinese food mall location is better than Panda.
Panda's Chow Mein sucks, Lo Mein is much better. Their Orange chicken is too tough and the breading sucks. No General Tso's, no sesame chicken. Their spring rolls also suck. Like I said you could go to almost any local or mall chinese place and get much tastier food for about the same price or less.
I always feel gypped when I go to Panda and wonder why I fell for it again. They're super stingy.

[Anonymous No.11570531]

>>11565730
>wanting Chinese Restaurant Syndrome/MSG fever this bad

[Anonymous No.11571371]

>>11569147
>wanting to hear a bunch of bullshit from overweight retards about how they are being healthy by overstuffing their mouth

[Anonymous No.11571390]

>>11565730
I got some coupons for free food so I decided to try it out and they were total dickwads about it. It's just overpriced food court Chinese that doesn't even taste as good as the cheap shit. So they never saw a dollar out of me.

[Fresh money here - scam me ple(...) No.11571757]

>>11567008
>>11567373
>>11567377
>>11567380
>>11567395
>>11567402
>>11567587
A visual representation of pure autism

[Anonymous No.11571764]

because literally any hole-in-the-wall chinese joint is eons better than it

[Anonymous No.11571794]

>>11565730
Because they don't use MSG.

[Fresh money here - scam me ple(...) No.11571799]

>>11568769
Let's say I dont buy something that I like for 8 bucks. I would need to do that 10 times to save 80$, 100 to save 800$, and 1000 times to save 8000$. This is what porfags dont get. If you have rare/valuable skills, 8$ should never matter because you will earn a shitton monthly anyways. You can also invest at that point, that way you will earn money from other's work if the economy is on the rise.

[Fresh money here - scam me ple(...) No.11571811]

>>11569116
This guy gets it. I get chinese whenever I want gross but filling food, but I dont want to spend that much.

[Anonymous No.11571820]

>>11565736
Fast food restaurants wouldn't want you either because you're a dick.

[Anonymous No.11571829]

>>11565910
>Every single time I've been there I've been disappointed by the freshness.
Ever think that it's not the freshness but rather that that's just how the food is or that you jave shit taste?

[Anonymous No.11571834]

>>11566016
>describing yourself with a label
>lmao it's not an identity
Literally in the same fucking breath you contradicted yourself, you stupid fucking faggot.

[Anonymous No.11572080]

>>11566161
No, that's PF Chang's.

[Anonymous No.11572147]

>>11568705
>Don't kids get sex ed anymore?
Did you?

[Anonymous No.11572151]

>>11571757
You forgot to attach the picture of yourself

[Anonymous No.11572334]

>>11565730
I'll just try my luck and buy a frozen meal for three for about $5

[Anonymous No.11572406]

>>11568769
>Why can't I afford a house?
unironically and quite seriously kill yourself
you could eat panda express every day for a decade, and that money invested tax free in an index fund with compound interest and ideal returns wouldn't even make $50k

[Anonymous No.11572724]

>>11565751
Chow mein. Lots of it. That's it. Panda is the only place I know that does chow mein properly. Maybe their other stuff is good, but I don't know because if it's Panda, it's always chow mein.

[Anonymous No.11573435]

>>11567544
>If you live in a place small enough that you dont have a hole in the wall Chinese place SOMEWHERE
I live in a city of a million people. The problem is that everything is on the other side of town, since all the businesses and the university is there.
I'm not driving 50 minutes for chinese takeout.

[Anonymous No.11573654]

what do you guys usually get?
>plate option with half steamed white rice and half mixed veggies
>entrees are grilled teriyaki chicken and broccoli beef
maybe orange chicken if I feel like splurging, but otherwise it's a pretty convenient and healthy if you aren't getting the super greasy options

[Anonymous No.11574588]

>>11565730
Too expensive for what it is

[Anonymous No.11574642]

Like other anons above me, I am always disappointed at the freshness of the food. It’s always just a bit warm, never seems fresh. This could be due to the fact that no one goes there. Anyways, I like the green bean chicken stuff. Other than that, everything is pretty bad I. My experience. Fuck the egg rolls, fuck the won tons, fuck the room temp. Chowmein and fried rice, fuck the orange chicken that is 70% breading with poor quality chicken in the middle... I could go on. The place is awful.

[Anonymous No.11574652]

>>11565736
shut the fuck up pussy ass faggot I enjoy some fast food from time to time. pussy ass faggot sorry your asshole cant handle the fast food.
>Waaahhh waaahhh me no likey fast food waaahhh let me shit on people who like it waaahh !!!! its badd for you !!!!! WWAAAHHH IMM A LITTLE BITCH ASS PUSSY FAGGOT HOMO!!!! WAAAHHHHH!!!!

[Anonymous No.11574659]

>>11565746
>Chinese
enjoy your shitty almond chicken

[Anonymous No.11576311]

I'm about to get a combo plate with Fried rice/ chow mein, black pepper chicken,broccoli beef,and string bean chicken