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| - I should predicate this review with a little background. I've visited this P.F. Changs probably 6 times over the past three years. It's usually because there are enough people at work who want to go that we all go. I found something on the menu that I liked and I stuck with it. Prior visits were unspectacular, but once I found "Dan Dan Noodles" I was set.
At least I was until the visit before my most recent visit. They were bland in an ironic sort of extremely salty way. Do you know what I mean? I mean, it's hard to say that something that tastes like it just came out of a salt shaker is bland, but if that's the ONLY taste it has, then that's what my last order of Dan Dan Noodles tasted like.
THIS time, I resolved to find something new to replace Dan Dan Noodles (can you tell I like saying Dan Dan Noodles? Because I do) for future visits. Meh. I'm done with PF Changs, at least lunch and dinner (because I still have a free happy hour dim sum for checking in on Yelp!).
I ordered the Kung Pao chicken and found the Kung lacking and also no Pao. What they did NOT leave out, however, was the salt. Holy crap! The waitress (good waitress) gave me a replacement Mr. Pibb, suggesting I'd need it to finish my Kung Pao (presumably because it would be so spicy)...and I did need it. But just to wash down the salt.
It was like I ordered a salt lick with a side of ...I'm not sure what...some sort of cold vinegar preparation of sliced vegetables. I was stuck as to whether they were pairing pseudo-kim che with my faux chinese food. Regardless it was not awesome. I'm not kidding when I say the most enjoyable part of the meal was the fried rice, which is not to say that the fried rice was good...it just wasn't as awful as everything else.
People like this place, and I don't want my review to sway them away, but it was not good. The atmosphere is great, the wait staff was quick and efficient...but the food is expensive and not good.
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