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I thought I’d just inject a little humor into the day, for a Monday.

Over the weekend, I grabbed Panda Express on the way home.  What can I say?  It’s fast and cheap and near the house.  I promise…next weekend, I’m driving to Arcadia (an hour away) to eat at Din Tai Fung.  Good Chinese food matters to me, but not when I’m in a hurry and hungry.

So, the food was as you’d expect, but at least it provided a great belly laugh when my husband cracked open his fortune cookie and found this:

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Really, Panda Express?  Really?  You call that a fortune?   I’m pretty sure that’s not what any psychic on Fairfax Ave. reading your tarot cards for ten bucks would call a fortune, and I doubt these words were ever spoken by Confucius.  I think folks in the fortune cookie division at old Panda Express are bitter about not getting Saturdays off and are taking it out on the cookies.

Here are some things Confucius actually said, Panda Express.  Try one of these next time:

And my personal favorite:

4 Responses

  1. Din tai fung? I think that’s the place we had multiple times in Shanghai. I felt bad for eating at a chain they have in the US, but it was reeeeaaaally good. That’s pretty much the only “Chinese” food we had in China.

  2. I think the only Din Tai Fung in the world outside of China is in Arcadia, California. It’s not a chain in the U.S. in the traditional sense, and yes, it’s the best Chinese food ever. Soup dumplings are little pockets of perfection that I dream about when I’m not eating them.