I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, so I grew up eating Chinese food cooked by Chinese people, eaten by Chinese customers, alongside my Chinese high school friends. Finding adequate Chinese food outside of the San Gabriel Valley has been a pickle for most of my adult life living in the San Fernando Valley, Agoura Hills, and now Simi. However, Panda Bowl is the real deal. The black pepper beef is delicious, and my kids absolutely love the barbecue chicken, the orange chicken and the teriyaki chicken. Their noodles are the real deal, and scratch the noodle itch that I cannot satisfy as Panda Express. I am here probably once a week for their egg flower soup and won ton soup, and have to be careful to alternate soups each week, or I will get cut off by my husband, hehe. The portions are also very generous, and the prices are very good. However. If youre coming here to pick up dinner, aim for arriving before 7 p.m., which is when they stop cooking food (except for soup). This is a family-owned restaurant, so naturally they are not trying to have a ton of food leftover at the end of the night.
