I know it's a chain, but I am definitely a fan of the Chang's. Located at Phillips Place near SouthPark Mall, it serves as a central meeting place for lunch with the girls that come from the far corners of the Charlotte area and has consistently good service and food. \n\nMeeting a girlfriend here for lunch today, we were both starving when we got there and couldn't wait to dig in. My dining companion started off with the Salt & Pepper Calamari, which I did not have any of, but it appeared to be well prepared, and must have been good because she ate it all (it's not a huge portion).\n\nTheir lunch items are served with either a cup of soup or a salad. I chose the egg drop soup - it is so good here. Light, with a good broth, with whisps of eggs rather than big ole globs. Served with fried crispy strip things (you know what I am talking about) that were light and fresh. For my entree I ordered the Mongolian Beef, which I LOVE. That is my all-time favorite dish and I almost always order it (I am boring, once I find what I like, I stick with it, lest I order something else and be pissed if I don't like it). It is served with white or brown rice or for $1 more, fried rice. The beef was tender, well cooked and all nice-sized quality pieces of beef.\n\nFor dessert (I told ya... I was starving... and I knew my dinner tonight was going to be a $.20 package of ramen noodles) I ordered the Banana Spring Rolls which are pretty much bananas wrapped in a spring roll wrapper, fried and then served with coconut-pineapple ice cream and drizzled with caramel and vanilla sauces. Light-ish and quite good. Different.\n\nService was very good, as it generally is whenever I go to PF Chang's. For lunch, a drink and dessert, it was $22, which is more than I usually pay for lunch, but it was quite good and a nice afternoon with a good friend.
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