Panda Express — Restaurant in Mexico City

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well ...

I lived in china, know the kichen from Hong Kong/guangzhou to beijing, my wife is chinese and my gung bao chicken is amazing.

I know how chinese in europe struggle to get proper rice ...

Panda Express is on a skale from 1 to 5 where 5 is very good a 3 ... in comparing to what is really good and that what you get here as"chinese food" ...

The price is to high but the rent for the restaurant in this area is surly also high.

The problem is ... when a chinese restaurant is runned by people which never was in china, or/and no real chinese cook.

Its not bad at all ... but far away ftom what is possible ...

and yes ... what sucks me is that always the same dishes, ... no baoze or zaoze, no chang fe, and not any of the others damed amazing food ...

eat one time if it anytime again posdible zaoze in guangzhou or chang fe ... then you know what I mean.

Panda Express ist not the worst deffinitiv ...

but when you are used to real chinese food ...

ojojojojoj...

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I came in here alone today after searching this place out. I really had no idea that there were locations here in the city. And I've had a huge craving for Chinese food from this place for at least two months. I ordered the 2 item combo meal, that included noodles, beef and broccoli, as well as, orange chicken. When I arrived at 12om there was only 1 single customer seated inside, so they were not that.busy. I have to say that the quality of the noodles and orange chicken are definitely not the same as what you would find in the U.S. The noodles were saturated with onions, and dry as anything. The orange chicken seemed like it was some leftover from yesterday. The beef and broccoli was good, but the food overall here was not that great, and definitely not...

I am a big fan of Panda Express in the US, and I don't care what anyone thinks. They don't use MSG, the food isn't overly salty, and is consistently good (not great) at most locations. A meal with all veggies as the side, teriyaki chicken and some other chicken/vegetable dish is legitimately healthy.

Anyhow, I think the processes may just be different in Mexico, but I have only been to this one in the country. The veggies were a little cold and flavorless, and the teriyaki chicken was a little dry and lacking seasoning too. The honey walnut shrimp was okay and the orange chicken tasted how I expect it to. Lastly, the portions seemed a little small.

If I have a Panda craving in CDMX I will return, but probably to another one to see if these differences are...