Is Panda Express real Chinese food?
Anonymous
It's Americanized Chinese food, modified to use American ingredients and appeal to American palates. It's Chinese in the same way Taco Bell is Mexican.
ocularnervosa
It's the American version of Chinese food. People in China would not recognize any of it.
Anonymous
Yes. They eat a lot of different food in China. Some people say it's not authentic, but you can literally find places in China that serve that kind of food. They also eat scorpions and cats and dogs.
NewIntheCity
Not authentic Chinese, Americanized though popular.
Beth
It is Chinese food that has been Americanized for American palates.
Anonymous
You eat Panda Express everyday? you must be fat.
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Really, a rule of thumb, if a there’s a chain that has Chinese, Mexican, or Italian food, people will say it’s not real (insert country here) food.
L. E. Gant
teriyaki is usually a Japanese style of cooking....
Bob
It's more like an American version of Chinese food,or Chimes American food, depending on how you want to phrase it.What it also is is very different from the food you would get if you went to China,as for me, I don't like Panda Express, to me it's pricey and sometimes it's not fresh out of the kitchen because what they do is when a new batch of whatever dish it is comes out of the kitchen they leave it under the warmers until they need to make more; so you can't know if what they are giving you has been sitting there under the warmers for 5 minutes or for 35 minutes-until you taste it.
Jeffrey
It's not even REAL food
EatItOrWearIt
No, not really, but it is good.
Jolene
It's Americanized Chinese food.
Peter Miller
No. But who cares if you enjoy it?
Frog P
Yes, the owners are in fact Chinese. It is Americanized or more appropriately Chinese style food.
The_Doc_Man
Definitely Americanized version of Chinese food.
rennhackrobert
NO GO TO CHINATOWN IN NYC OR SAN FRAN
Alx
Nope
Anonymous
It gives me a headache
Marissa
If it makes YOU happy and YOU love it, then yes it is real Chinese food. Do what you love and love what you do! Enjoy your food :)
John
And this matters even a little bit because............?
Todd
It's an American version of Asian food. The food suppliers will tell you exactly that. A big difference is that the American style usually has more sugar content.
super
LOL not even close
david
I like it
Anonymous
Real chinese food is not available in the US., but Panda Express is the only fast food place I will eat at
Jim
None of it is even real food let alone real Chinese food.
ChicaChica
Depends who you ask 😃 Id say it's more Chinese American.
Henry
It's Chinese food. Does it come from China, no.