You might know your local P. F. Chang’s as the place with the iconic red logo.

You might know it as the grandest dining area in town.

Or, if you’re anything like us, you might just know it as the best night of the week, growing up: Friday or Saturday, when your parents were too tired to cook, and everyone rejoiced in a hearty order of Chinese food.

Those nights were marked by a pile of takeout boxes, trial-and-error with chopsticks, and round-robin fortune cookie reads that may or may not have gotten a little spicy.

To this day, not much has changed on a P.F.Chang’s night.

Boxes of rice still sit in the fridge afterward, leftover sauce packets live in the silverware drawer, and your fortune strip may end up taped on your apartment’s refrigerator (or is that just us?).

Ordering P. F. Chang’s is an experience from start to finish, guided by the pure deliciousness of their American Chinese cuisine.

The one consistent truth about indulging in the casual chain?

The food is so good that, without fail, you’ll eat too much.

That’s right—fortunes aren’t the only end to a P. F. Chang’s night.

They usually pair with a stomach ache.

Although it’s nearly impossible to avoid that fate, we taste-tested the top dishes at P. F. Chang’s in hopes that, just maybe, it will help you make a more targeted order, overcome overeating, and circumvent a post-P. F. Chang’s stomach ache …

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