I had Chipotle once like 12 years ago. It was pretty good. Never had Panda Express.
Panda Express is better but I wouldn't go out of my way for either.
>both get heartily mogged by local options and somehow cost 5x as much
in my area, chipotle is significantly cheaper than most burrito places and the quantity of food is like 2x
doesnt taste as good as a greasy taqueria burrito, but it taste different and still good. its a nice change of pace if you eat from greasy taquerias everyday
Chipotle actually has the freshest food of any restaurant due to crazy ingredient turnover. Panda Express can be good or bad, depending on how busy that location is. Since you can't really go wrong with Chipotle as long as you like their food in general, Chipotle is the clear winner.
>Chipotle actually has the freshest food of any restaurant
https://www.foodpoisoningnews.com/food-poisoning-at-chipotle-a-history-of-food-safety-issues/
This is why I think Chipotle sucks ass. I've been there maybe 5 times and 3 of those times I've gotten horrible shits. No other fast food place, even Taco Bell, does this to me. Chipotle gets mogged by other fast casual burrito places too. Both Salsaritas and Qdoba are superior. No idea why there are always a million people at Chipotle.
Chipotle is AFAIK the only chain restaurant that always uses 100% fresh all natural ingredients sourced as close to each individual restaurant from local farmers as possible. It's actually pretty based. My favorite chain by far. Would be even better if they didn't charge an arm and a fricking leg for extra meat
Panda. They're both shit, but Panda doesn't have aspirations of not being shit. You know exactly what you're getting walking in. Panda also doesn't have any competition in the shitty Chinese corporate market like Chipotle has with Moe's.
Panda. Chipotle is bleh, and Panda isn't amazing, but I have soft spot for them for being a reasonably priced restaurant in the international side of Los Angeles airport.
>used to go to panda express a couple times a week >stop going for a long time but eventually get a craving again >order the mushroom chicken >get two tiny pieces of chicken not even big enough to chew, a few mushrooms, and the rest is frickhuge-sliced zuchinni slices
never went again after that
chipotle is alright though
Panda was the only tolerable food place in my university's food court, and their kung pao chicken, having actual vegetables, was sufficient to keep me alive and not terribly malnourished throughout my university years. Thank you, Panda.
>chinese food >broccoli
perhaps the easiest way to tell if your restaurant is westernized/cutting corners. there are a lot of asian greens that have their different flavor profiles and now i want to grow a garden of garlic chives
Chipotle shits on Panda Express and their shitty fricking crumbly stale rice. Frick their slimy ass chicken too. The only fast food place that beats Chipotle is Chic Fil A (FACT)
At Chipotle, everything tastes the same. It doesn't matter what combination of ingredients you get, it tastes homogenized and there is no distinct flavors besides maybe the steak. Panda Express you can go sweet spicy sour and get the flavors strong too.
in my experience the quality of Chipotle is inversely proportional to how busy it is. If you go when it's busy (or if the location you go to is consistently busy) you get poorly rolled burritos, ingredients layered improperly, lesser quantity of burrito filling etc. But if you go to a place that isn't very busy, the quality is often much superior.
Also for what it's worth, there's reason to believe that Chipotle skimps on meat and veggies if you order to go/doordash. I always go up to the line to get to my burrito
Chipotle is a great option if you want a 30% chance the store is closed even though their online hours say they should be open.
I also like the fact that they continually make online orders right in front of me while I wait in line.
Last time I got so pissed, waited 30 fricking minutes with 5 people in line, that I ordered a second burrito, crammed it down the toilet clogging it, and then took a shit on top before hitting the flusher 3 times and leaving. Then I complained to corporate and got a free burrito.
I gained like 20lbs off Panda Express my freshman year of college. It's a shit place but I love the chow mein and coconut shrimp too much to stop eating it for good.
How is this even a question? Chipotle is excellent. Panada express is an embarrassing way to pay double for half the food of shit quality than the average rat infested chinese restaurant makes. Panda is like frozen lean cuisine chinese food.
>two different sub-par "ethnic" restaurants
>owned by same parent company
I'd rather just go somewhere else.
I had Chipotle once like 12 years ago. It was pretty good. Never had Panda Express.
Panda Express is better but I wouldn't go out of my way for either.
Panda is good. If the location gets volume of people the food will be fresh and tasty
>Never had Panda Express
>Panda Express is better
Black person what?
Are you stupid?
Not him. But I don't think you know how to read, so frick off and eat my butthole out
>another homosexual moron appears
have a nice day ESL
Are you? Reread your post, realize how moronic you are and have a nice day.
Why don't you reread my post you braindead fricking turd
Chipotle is good if you're looking for a more healthy/natural option
Panda is good if you don't really care and just want some quick Chinese food.
both get heartily mogged by local options and somehow cost 5x as much
>both get heartily mogged by local options and somehow cost 5x as much
in my area, chipotle is significantly cheaper than most burrito places and the quantity of food is like 2x
doesnt taste as good as a greasy taqueria burrito, but it taste different and still good. its a nice change of pace if you eat from greasy taquerias everyday
Chipotle actually has the freshest food of any restaurant due to crazy ingredient turnover. Panda Express can be good or bad, depending on how busy that location is. Since you can't really go wrong with Chipotle as long as you like their food in general, Chipotle is the clear winner.
>Chipotle actually has the freshest food of any restaurant
https://www.foodpoisoningnews.com/food-poisoning-at-chipotle-a-history-of-food-safety-issues/
the frick does this have to do with freshness dumbass
This is why I think Chipotle sucks ass. I've been there maybe 5 times and 3 of those times I've gotten horrible shits. No other fast food place, even Taco Bell, does this to me. Chipotle gets mogged by other fast casual burrito places too. Both Salsaritas and Qdoba are superior. No idea why there are always a million people at Chipotle.
>taco bell
The shits meme is because of fragile boomers with garbage can diets that aren't used to eating dairy and beans.
I've had both many times and I can honestly say I enjoy either one.
Frick panda express. Their rice always tastes stale as shit.
Panda by far zero fricking question
Your fault for not getting chow mein stoopid homie. Or at least ask them to pour teriyaki sauce on the rice
do your job, miguel
Chipotle is AFAIK the only chain restaurant that always uses 100% fresh all natural ingredients sourced as close to each individual restaurant from local farmers as possible. It's actually pretty based. My favorite chain by far. Would be even better if they didn't charge an arm and a fricking leg for extra meat
homosexual
holy cringe, imagine believing that corpo bs.
lmao even mcdonalds peddles this "farm fresh from locally sourced" narrative. doesn't its true idiot.
Panda. They're both shit, but Panda doesn't have aspirations of not being shit. You know exactly what you're getting walking in. Panda also doesn't have any competition in the shitty Chinese corporate market like Chipotle has with Moe's.
Panda. Chipotle is bleh, and Panda isn't amazing, but I have soft spot for them for being a reasonably priced restaurant in the international side of Los Angeles airport.
Chipotle is better. Panda Express doesnt even compare to Chinese Buffet food.
>used to go to panda express a couple times a week
>stop going for a long time but eventually get a craving again
>order the mushroom chicken
>get two tiny pieces of chicken not even big enough to chew, a few mushrooms, and the rest is frickhuge-sliced zuchinni slices
never went again after that
chipotle is alright though
I do not visit fast food stands
Panda was the only tolerable food place in my university's food court, and their kung pao chicken, having actual vegetables, was sufficient to keep me alive and not terribly malnourished throughout my university years. Thank you, Panda.
Chipotle no doubt. It's just alot fresher and healthier. Panda Express is ok I guess but I wouldn't eat there regularly.
>chinese food
>broccoli
perhaps the easiest way to tell if your restaurant is westernized/cutting corners. there are a lot of asian greens that have their different flavor profiles and now i want to grow a garden of garlic chives
Chipotle shits on Panda Express and their shitty fricking crumbly stale rice. Frick their slimy ass chicken too. The only fast food place that beats Chipotle is Chic Fil A (FACT)
At Chipotle, everything tastes the same. It doesn't matter what combination of ingredients you get, it tastes homogenized and there is no distinct flavors besides maybe the steak. Panda Express you can go sweet spicy sour and get the flavors strong too.
literally everything at panda express with the same sweet and sour slop that they get in 5 gallon buckets
i have never set foot in neither establishments but my hunch is that panda express is better
Chipotle can be better, but each location varies in quality. Panda is consistently shit.
>but each location varies in quality
in my experience the quality of Chipotle is inversely proportional to how busy it is. If you go when it's busy (or if the location you go to is consistently busy) you get poorly rolled burritos, ingredients layered improperly, lesser quantity of burrito filling etc. But if you go to a place that isn't very busy, the quality is often much superior.
Also for what it's worth, there's reason to believe that Chipotle skimps on meat and veggies if you order to go/doordash. I always go up to the line to get to my burrito
Chipotle is a great option if you want a 30% chance the store is closed even though their online hours say they should be open.
I also like the fact that they continually make online orders right in front of me while I wait in line.
Last time I got so pissed, waited 30 fricking minutes with 5 people in line, that I ordered a second burrito, crammed it down the toilet clogging it, and then took a shit on top before hitting the flusher 3 times and leaving. Then I complained to corporate and got a free burrito.
Don't frick with me chipotle.
Holy shit based as frick
I gained like 20lbs off Panda Express my freshman year of college. It's a shit place but I love the chow mein and coconut shrimp too much to stop eating it for good.
Panda express gives me a migraine for some reason
Both are corporate chain garbage.
How is this even a question? Chipotle is excellent. Panada express is an embarrassing way to pay double for half the food of shit quality than the average rat infested chinese restaurant makes. Panda is like frozen lean cuisine chinese food.
If you prefer Chipotle, your spirit is dominated by feminine energy.
If you prefer Panda, your spirit is dominated by masculine energy.