Back in my Wildcat Days, I was a huge Pei Wei fan. No joke, I was probably there twice a week. Over the years, I feel like the quality of food has gone a little down hill. They probably have more than doubled the number of restaurants during that time so I guess that is an understandable side effect.
However, about 3 months ago, they did something awful. Possibly un forgivable. They took away the blazing noodles (by far their best dish) The night I discovered this, I wanted to walk out but I was with a group so I decided not to cause a scene. The girl who took our order told me that the Chili Beef Ramen was the same thing, just with a different name. I made the fatal mistake of trusting her and I ordered it
BIG mistake. Not only was it not the same thing, it was disgusting and it had a smell that I think is impossible to accompany fresh food. After about 10 minutes of trying to force myself to be ok with the dish, I finally decided to ask the girl who made the awful recommendation if I could order something different.
Much to my surprise she said no and that I had had it too long (the bowl of smelly noodles was full) I am hoping that this was the snooty employees policy and not the restaurants. I was too annoyed to care.
That night I left Pei Wei hungary for the first time.
RIP Blazing Noodles, you will be forever missed