While operating Panda Inn, Andrew became acquainted with then-UCLA head football coach Terry Donahue, as well as Terry's brother Dan, who happened to be in the real estate business. In 1982, Peggy joined Andrew in the restaurant business. At the beginning, business was lacking to the degree that Andrew had to offer special deals and freebies so that customers would dine at Panda Inn. Īndrew went into business with his father in the United States in 1973, opening their first Panda Inn restaurant in Pasadena, California. Both Andrew and Peggy Cherng are alumni of Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas (where they first met). Andrew Cherng and his father are Chinese born, while Peggy was born in Burma and raised in Hong Kong. The Panda Restaurant Group, parent company of Panda Inn, Panda Express, and Hibachi-San, was founded by Andrew Cherng, Peggy Cherng and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming Tsai Cherng. History Ī typical Panda Express in Fort Worth, Texas (2014) The Panda Express brand is a casual, fast-food variation of corporate sibling Panda Inn, which is a chain of upscale, table service restaurants. The company is headquartered in Rosemead, California. The chain offers a variety of Chinese cuisine–inspired dishes that has been largely Americanized, including orange chicken, sweet fire chicken breast, Beijing beef, grilled teriyaki chicken, and Kung Pao chicken, with certain premium dishes such as honey walnut shrimp and black pepper Angus steak having additional costs for the patron. Panda Express restaurants were traditionally located in shopping mall food courts, but the chain now operates units in many other environments and formats, including stand-alone restaurants, as well as universities, casinos, airports, military bases, amusement parks and other venues. With over 2,200 locations, it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States, where it was founded, and is mainly located in North America and Asia (in addition to other countries and territories). Panda Express is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in American Chinese cuisine.
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