Have never heard of Panda express. We have 'Wok in a Box' which sounds similar . I tried it once. Meh.
Having been to mainland China, I think the young ones complaining are being precious. Imo modified Chinese food is often better than authentic in that there is usually much more meat.
At its best, Chinese food is superb. At its worse, it's disgusting; I remember such delicacies as stir fried broccoli stems and chicken intestines, not to mention slimy 'hundred year eggs'.
Here, 'Chinese food' usually means Cantonese , which can tends to be rather bland...Sometimes Szechuan style which I love.;spicy. These day I have a favourite restaurant which go to every few month. This is because I love the food, and it's cheap. It's not authentic and I couldn't care less.
Same goes for the Vietnamese restaurant I've ben going to for over 30 years.
Having been to mainland China, I think the young ones complaining are being precious. Imo modified Chinese food is often better than authentic in that there is usually much more meat.
At its best, Chinese food is superb. At its worse, it's disgusting; I remember such delicacies as stir fried broccoli stems and chicken intestines, not to mention slimy 'hundred year eggs'.
Here, 'Chinese food' usually means Cantonese , which can tends to be rather bland...Sometimes Szechuan style which I love.;spicy. These day I have a favourite restaurant which go to every few month. This is because I love the food, and it's cheap. It's not authentic and I couldn't care less.
Same goes for the Vietnamese restaurant I've ben going to for over 30 years.