Is Liking PF Chang's WRONG? 🧐 (CONTROVERSY + Food Review)

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[Bluboy]

I love PF Chang's and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I also love eating authentic Chinese restaurants. Eat wherever you want and people shouldn't shame you for it. And David, Target is from Minneapolis, MN.

[austinhan]

Asian Americans ten years ago: PF Changs is inauthentic eat at authentic restaurants!
Asian Americans today: Why not have both?

[himmydawg]

Had PF Changs in Vegas once for a work event. Was super excited to try it. Unfortunately I was so disappointed. Terrible food.

[brainy]

The fact that people complain about this to begin with proves some people have too much time on their hands.

[fdwjphq]

“I’d take authentic Chinese food any day of the week. But sometimes this stuff is great to eat” smth like that -JLin

[randomrecipes]

As a life long New Yorker non asian white male (don't know if it's in other states)... I've never had PF Changs, I always just thought it was over priced white mans Chinese... and always prefered mom, and pop Chinese shops with people I grew up eating from, and still do to this day (some of em that are still around).. I feel the need to try it out now though lol.

[jasonwang]

Bro PF is mid af. But if you like it, you like it.

[ilai]

They're different lanes lol, it's like saying do I want Korean fried chicken/ similar drunk foods catering to western palates, or do I want a traditional doenjang jjigae/ kimchi/ seollongtang/ bossam?

[movealongcatdong]

In the Anthony Bourdain episode of No Reservations when he visits Hop Kee and orders the Chinese dishes from his past and how there was the phantom menus, his guest says (essentially) that the food the non-Chinese and the Chinese families were eating were both equally delicious.

[lemnikim]

Foods evolved. It’s great to have creative people creating new taste or twists on ethnic foods. I love to go to a restaurant that have a mix of different ethnic origin foods. I love more diverse foods.

[babesababe]

PF changs is for adults who grew up on Panda Express but want to be treated like adults😂

[zachwang]

I am Asian from Asia and I gotta admit — PF Chang’s is really not bad

[pauly]

PF Chang is overpriced. Where I live, there are plenty of great Chinese restaurants that have better food and aren't overpriced. PF Chang also has a very limited menu. Why should I bother?

[captainbao]

Target is based out of Minneapolis, MN 🙂

[GIN..A]

No it's not wrong. While Chinese food is so much more than just PF chang's, it's great that PF chang is offering delicious and easily accessible Chinese food in the form a corporate chain.

[MedalionDS]

I can't comment, never had it... but my take on the westernized chinese food is that... if it taste good, cheap, fills you up... it can't be bad... having said that, never gonna compare it as authentic but still has its place.

[mizueeats]

I love PF Chang's i think it's just a matter of taste

[dylives]

That's the very definition of a 1st World problem.

Because, in a 1st World Country, you have a plethora of options for every type of gastronomy.

In a 3rd World Country, something like PF Changs is a blessing from the gods.

Which is my case.

But me personally, I go strictly for the ramen, deserts and drinks.

[jleigh]

My first of PF Changs experience was the one next to my apartment building in Long Beach, as a drunken late nite on the fly need for junk food noodles. I’m sorry but it was the worst experience ever, just so awful, sickeningly oily and artificial too salty and sweet sauces. I get people like those suburban chains but yuck, and these sit down chains are so expensive.

[robertlee]

This book explains the origins of Chinese restaurant food in Canada, and chronicles some of the history of Chinese experience in North America throughout the last two centuries...

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