Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Classic Chinese American dishes at the newly remodeled Panda Inn in Pasadena include mapo tofu, top left, lion's head meatballs, ...

Long before the Cherng family owned a national fast food empire that sells a reported 110 million pounds of orange chicken a year, it owned a single Chinese restaurant in the sleepy city of Pasadena.

Original Pasadena Location Reopens Today and Celebrates 51 Years of Business "Panda Inn is a living tribute to my family, honoring the legacy of my father and those who came before us," said Andrew ...

Before launching Panda Express, co-owner Andrew Cherng opened the sit-down Chinese restaurant Panda Inn with his dad, Master Chef Ming-Tsai Cherng. Started in Pasadena, California, in 1973, Panda Inn ...

Servers at the newly reopened Panda Inn restaurant in Pasadena glide around the dining room with massive trays hoisted over their shoulders, each one overflowing with platters of orange chicken, bowls ...