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"At the Hastings Ranch Panda Express (3867 E. Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91107), I tried a limited-run collaboration with shoppy-shop darling Fly By Jing: spicy beef dumplings filled with American wagyu beef, five to an order, stir-fried in a wok with kale, onions, and Fly By Jing’s Sichuan-inspired Zhong sauce; they're sold only at this Pasadena location and available now through June 1. Panda Express, which opened its first restaurant at the Glendale Galleria in 1983 and now has over 2,200 locations, uses its Pasadena-based Innovation Kitchen as a testing ground for new dishes that may be offered more broadly." - Cathy Chaplin