5 things about Panda Express to mark its 35th anniversary

Can you imagine Panda Express without Orange Chicken?
The dish didn’t exist when the first Panda Express opened in the Glendale Galleria 35 years ago.
Parent company Panda Restaurant Group isn’t giving an exact date for the anniversary, but documents posted online and news stories by restaurant writers say it opened Oct. 31, 1983.
Back then, malls such as the Galleria were in their heyday, Sean Connery was on top of the box office in “Never Say Never Again,” and Kenn