When you've got a taste for Chinese, you've got a taste for Chinese. I found it very interesting that the Chinese food I had in China tasted nothing like the Chinese food in California. There, it was noodles with some sort of brown sauce and bits that were supposedly chicken or pork. It was really hard to tell. And, of course, the ubiquitous rice. For every meal. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Very slimy and very boring. California Chinese is way better. It has recognizable food things and fresh vegetables.
Pei Wei is a favorite when you want something fast, but fresh and tasty. I like the sweet and sour shrimp with brown rice. The sweet and sour sauce is not slimy, but nicely tangy. The shrimp is plump and not over-breaded. The honey chicken - also a good one, assuming you like chicken. Nice little bits of chicken that you can snag with chopsticks without fighting! I like the rice bowls and the noodle bowls, too, but didn't eat all that much in one night.
The soda dispenser is the coolest. All techno and spiffy with screen buttons and stuff. You can mix and match your flavors - great for making suicide sodas, or even something drinkable! A bucket of fortune cookies (I will find my inspiration to my goals in the next movie I watch, apparently; not sure what to see next, now. I was thinking of "Paul", but now that seems kind of inappropriate as I do not want to spend my life in an RV with aliens) is a great plus. Not that I need to eat a zillion cookies, but I get the sense that I am playing a part in fate/destiny/fortune when I get to pick out my own cookie. OK, so I'm easily amused.
So, if you're not sure you like pseudo Chinese food, try Pei Wei. Might not really be Chinese, but it's really good!
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