Sometimes food is consistently excellent. Sometimes a chain can keep food exciting and fresh. Pei Wei does just that. On a recent trip, I ordered their sweet potato fries and they were the best fast food sweet potato fries to date and came with a tangy dipping sauce.
The ambiance at each location I have visited is relaxed and upscale, with dark tones and furnishings. But it's the food that I come back for. Their large, inexpensive portions will make you a fan. The lettuce wraps are on par with those of PF Chang's and their spring rolls and crab wantons are slightly above average. It's their entrees and salads that are standouts. Their Pad Thai Chicken or Shrimp meals are flavorful and just as tasty reheated because you'll probably take half of it home. If you're a lettuce head, the Spicy Chicken Salad is fantastic (it's my second favorite salad next to the Ruby Trout Salad at Z Tejas) and you can kick up the heat meter by adding the chili sauce and hot mustard. I live by another excellent Asian Diner, Tott's, but I find it hard to decide which of these 2 great places to eat at when I want great food fast.
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