Think Twice Before Ordering This Lackluster Soup From P.F. Chang's - Tasting Table

"After heading into P.F. Chang's with a grumbling stomach, you may be tempted to order an appetizer while you wait for Chang's spicy chicken (aka the best menu item to order) to arrive at your table. While there are plenty of underrated menu items you should order at P.F. Chang's, there are also a few dishes you should think twice about ordering at the Chinese chain restaurant. Tasting Table sampled some of the most popular menu items and ranked them from worst to best, finding some clear winners and others that are best kept nowhere near your table."

"One such example, their classic wonton soup, left us wanting, to say the least. A wonton soup recipe should offer tasty broth that is enjoyable to spoon into your mouth, but P.F. Chang's soup was not what we had anticipated. Not only was the bowl filled with wontons, but an assortment of chicken, mushrooms, and shrimp are also packed into each one. If you're a vegan or vegetarian, this is not the order for you."

"The few extra pieces of protein that are mixed into the wonton soup served at P.F. Chang's feel like a rather haphazard addition and do little in the way of turning up the dials of flavor on this starter. To further dig this order into the ground, the plump wontons we were hoping for were instead droopy, weak-looking, sad dumplings. This kind of dining disappointment could have easily been avoided with a different order of our go-to lettuce wraps or crab wontons. Other diners have experienced the soup served cold and complained about the chicken being dry with no flavor."

P.F. Chang's wonton soup contains wontons plus added chicken, mushrooms, and shrimp, producing a heavier starter unsuitable for vegans or vegetarians. The broth lacks the expected tasty depth, and the wontons often appear droopy and weak rather than plump. The extra proteins come across as haphazard additions that do little to enhance flavor. Several diners reported cold servings and dry, flavorless chicken. Many diners prefer alternative appetizers such as lettuce wraps or crab wontons, and some choose to prepare a copycat wonton soup at home to control flavor and cost.

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