A ‘Farm to Wok’ Chinese Style Bistro Chain
Tampa, Florida, United States
Cuisine Style: American Chinese, Sushi, Bistro, Chain
Average Price: $$
Overall Rating: 0.5/5
Dined in: April 2018
By Sean Overpeck (CFE)
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Throughout 2018 P.F. Chang’s part of the parent company Centerbridge Partners headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona where Paul Fleming and Philip Chiang opened the first location is now celebrating 25 years in business. With over 200 stores spread across 41 American States (nineteen of which are in Florida), and over 100 in twenty-two countries worldwide from Canada, Mexico, all over the Middle East, South Korea, and the UK. In 2017 they opened there the first location in China. P.F. Chang’s in Tampa like the other 300 plus chains is an Asian-themed American recipe styled Chinese casual dining restaurant with an assortment of Asian beers, Japanese Sake, wines, and cocktails. Tampa now has two locations, with the main store on Westshore Plaza, and the other which my wife and I ate at in the Tampa International Airport.
The company advertises as having a ‘Farm to Wok™’ food philosophy and that their chefs hand-roll the dim sum, hand chop and slice all vegetables and meats, handcraft every sauce and wok-cook each recipe, every day in every restaurant using wholesome, fresh ingredients. I suppose ‘farm to wok’ is loosely described considering they have a Sysco truck parked out back like most restaurants to have there food delivered. When I read about ‘farm to wok’ I thought farm to fork that specializes in getting local and mostly organic farm fresh quality ingredients. Sysco does have a small organic farm fresh branch but the question does need to be posed; is P.F. Chang’s ‘farm to wok’ part of this special branch of local organic farms or Monsanto GMO’d farms?
