Pang Pang Chinese Food Take-Out

Good food food fast service but dirty surroundings! I’ve never seen more than 3 or 4 tables full with people, I see a lot of take out people picking up. The place really needs an update and a good cleaning. The first impression you get is «GROSS» as you reach for the entrance door that looks like it came from a preschool! Greasy dirty finger prints all over it, I’m sure it’s never been cleaned. Easy 4 stars if they just would clean up a bit.

Kyle H is wrong — I have eaten here for 10+ years, it used to be located in a strip mall on 146 ave and was takeout/​delivery only. It has NEVER been near a red rooster. It is still 90% of their business I think, hence why the sit down restaurant is rarely busy.
The service is ok, its just a family owned place… go relax and smile they will be happy to help you. In my years eating here I have seen so many people act like grade A douchebags I’m not surprised the servers are a bit gun shy. I have never had a reason to act like many people do.
Personally I don’t understand the complaint about the menu not being extensive/​large… they have 2 full pages of Chinese food — probably 90+ items and 2.5 pages of Vietnamese food with at least as many options.
That said. There is 1 thing that I believe is completely unique about this restaurant — it’s Ginger Beef it is different and in my opinion better, than any ginger beef I have had at the many many places I have tried in Calgary. (ginger chicken is made the same way as well).
My favorite dish is 4D — the dumplings. Oddly they are the only Place I know that does not serve the hot chili oil by default with dumplings but you can ask for it. They know me now and bring it automatically.
Other dishes I like/​love:
— The vermicelli (V54)
— The spicy soup — pictured on the back page of menu (can’t believe I forget the #)
— Chicken in Black bean sauce
There’s more … its all quite good. the dumplings and ginger beef/​chicken bring me back here instead of going to one of the other 1000 Chinese/​Vietnamese restaurants in town.

Soo bad. Sad too cause I used to eat here twenty years ago when was by red rooster. Garbage now. Service and food.

⁸⁄₃₀ — Underdog Challenge
So one day I found $ 20 bucks in my pocket, I decided to try this place out. I strolled in and it was completely empty. Granted it was during the day but it was on a Friday lunch hour. It took a while for someone to greet me but I wasn’t the least bit annoyed, it seemed the lady wasn’t used to having anyone come in at that time.
Anyways their menu bears the usual Chinese Vietnamese fares. Not a large menu but they seem to cover all the bases and one could get a huge solid meal here with a group of people. I decided on their rice vermicelli dish. One thing I really liked and found unique to their menu was that they offered appetizer/​small servings of phở, which is what I often wish for and Vietnamese joints never seem to offer.
I’m flummoxed by how these tiny Asian establishments thrived despite being located within the forgotten pockets of suburbia. Seriously, Pang pang’s been around for years and I’ve never met anyone in my neighborhood who has yet to step foot here.