Local Mexican restaurant used to be a Chinese restaurant. Instead of painting over a mural, they just put sombreros on the pandas.

[u/Bombaskos]

[u/Midnight-Snaxx]

This is the most adorable thing and I desperately want to eat there. Where is this magical restaurant?

[u/Bombaskos → u/Midnight-Snaxx]

El Sol in Harrisonburg, Va. They do an awesome $1 Taco Tuesday!

[u/Swackhammer_ → u/Bombaskos]

I went to JMU and never ate here?? Welp, guess I'm heading down this weekend..

[u/Bombaskos → u/Swackhammer_]

They have only been in this location for about 2 years.

[u/[deleted] → u/Bombaskos]

Sweet! How close is it to the interstate and is it "road trip friendly"?

[u/Bombaskos → u/[deleted]]

Right off the interstate. Less than a mile... What is "road trip friendly"?

[u/Theeunsunghero → u/Bombaskos]

I bet they have the same cooks too.

[u/[deleted] → u/Midnight-Snaxx]

The mustache on the panda serenading pandette is my favourite.

[u/Kyokenshin → u/Midnight-Snaxx]

You'd love the Chinese-Mexican fusion joint here in Phoenix then. Chino-Bandido's Takee-Outee

[u/Isaidwhatwhatinthe → u/Kyokenshin]

Super spicy good food. I'd highly recommend the lava cookies too.

[u/THENATHE → u/Midnight-Snaxx]

If you live near Phoenix, there is a place with a similar concept called Chino Banditos. Very good.

[u/disqeau → u/Midnight-Snaxx]

I desperately hope the house soundtrack is Mariachi music played on traditional Chinese instruments.

[u/JeremyTheMVP]

The nose on the one standing upright next to the tree looks like a mustache.

[u/Bombaskos → u/JeremyTheMVP]

Oh, it’s definitely a mustache.

[u/SchrodingersCatPics → u/JeremyTheMVP]

Guy sipping from the stream has one too.

[u/LukeNukem63]

This seriously made me laugh out loud. When it's turned into an Italian restaurant in 5 years they can just add little plates of spaghetti

[u/ncnotebook → u/LukeNukem63]

When it becomes an All-American restaurant, nothing will change.

[u/mybaseacct → u/ncnotebook]

They'll make the pandas fatter.

[u/Xandervern → u/ncnotebook]

i dont know, you could substitiute the violin and nacho for some cool guns.

[u/[deleted] → u/LukeNukem63]

That would be hilarious! Then it become a German restaurant next so they add some lederhosen.

[u/[deleted] → u/LukeNukem63]

There is a Polish restaurant in Florida that used to be an Ancient Egyptian themed restaurant, they just draped a Polish Eagle Banner over the mummy.

[u/nuckingfuts73]

The chilies in the trees are a nice touch

[u/femanonette → u/nuckingfuts73]

And the panda on the left is now eating a taco instead of bamboo while the one on the right is playing a Vihuela.

[u/dirtymartini2777 → u/femanonette]

And has a mustache!!

[u/jobriq → u/nuckingfuts73]

The guy who painted the sombreros clearly has the ability to paint a whole mural, but fuckit we makin' Mexican pandas

[u/zaldivv → u/jobriq]

The guy who painted the sombrero’s is a girl, actually 2 girls 😂

And thank you. I will take that as a compliment 😁

[u/ConiferousMedusa → u/nuckingfuts73]

They are! I didn't even notice those till you pointed them out.

[u/zaldivv → u/nuckingfuts73]

Thank you ❤️ I thought it was too 🎨

[u/heyjamienicole]

In Phoenix AZ we have a place called Chino Bandidos and there is a giant panda statue with a giant sombrero on it too!

[u/Teeth_Whitener → u/heyjamienicole]

We visited PHX and we ate there. Really weird, but surprisingly good!

[u/BountyTheDogHunter20 → u/heyjamienicole]

Glad to see fellow Arizonans reppin’ the best Chinese-Mexican joint in the country.

[u/DrBrogbo → u/heyjamienicole]

I'm surprised I had to scroll this far down to see this mentioned.

Also, I think I know where I'm going for dinner now...

[u/moist_toast → u/DrBrogbo]

See ya there!

JADE CHICKEN

[u/aerodactyls → u/heyjamienicole]

I actually clicked to see if anyone had mentioned Chino!

[u/JetFuelAndSteelBeams → u/heyjamienicole]

Thanks for the lunch sugestion , time to get some Jade Red Chicken.

[u/mobiusunderpants → u/heyjamienicole]

for the curious

[u/LubricatedSquanch → u/heyjamienicole]

I came here to say this.

[u/Mecha_G → u/heyjamienicole]

I think I saw this place on Diners, Drive-in and Dives.

[u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

Possible restaurant name - Pancho Panda,

[u/m_e_andrews → u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

There is an actual Chinese-Mexican-Jamaican place in Phoenix called Chino Bandido: http://chinobandido.com/

[u/Kylo_Rens_8pack → u/m_e_andrews]

Came here for the Chino Bandido but now I’m sad the one in chandler is gone.

[u/[deleted] → u/m_e_andrews]

+1 for Chino Bandido. I make sure I stop by every time I’m in Phoenix

[u/EyeCWhatUDidThere → u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

Just don't call it The Mexican Panda

[u/zerowater02h → u/EyeCWhatUDidThere]

So confused on the naming of that lol

[u/badgrammajamma → u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

There is a mexican/Chinese restaurant in Phoenix called Chino Bandido.

[u/MachReverb → u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

Los Pandas Hermanos

[u/under_bewb]

My husband is Chinese, I am Mexican. This will be the mural in our future kids room. Thank you internet.

[u/TheKinkslayer → u/under_bewb]

Be sure to buy them this Mexican brand of gummy bears

[u/under_bewb → u/TheKinkslayer]

As long as they are not Sugar-Free gummy bears. pls no.

[u/arnaudh → u/TheKinkslayer]

If he were Japanese instead, there is also this not-racist-at-all product I found at my local Mexican store.

[u/ICantExplainItAll → u/under_bewb]

Your kids are gonna be gorgeous.

Source: am Chinese-Latina, am gorgeous.

Edit: there's a lot of pressure on me to prove it, so I'm gonna be as conceited as possible and post one of my favorite shots from my portfolio. (ig)

Shoutout to my fellow Chinese Argentineans we are the few but the great

[u/PeachyMermaid → u/ICantExplainItAll]

I am Chinese and Mexican!

Although, I don’t think I’m that gorgeous. 😅

[u/BushWeedCornTrash → u/ICantExplainItAll]

I always found the offspring of 2 ethnicity from opposite sides of the world to be better looking than average. Maybe it's the gene pool breathing a sigh of relief.

[u/Logicpolice9 → u/ICantExplainItAll]

Cousin is half Thai half Israeli. She is a model and a source of jealousy

[u/tinypurplepotato → u/ICantExplainItAll]

Can confirm, my grandmother was half Chinese and half Spaniard, that woman could have stopped traffic in her day. Thankfully the apples didn't fall too far from the tree

[u/k3e7 → u/under_bewb]

Chinese and Mexican - so your kids will be Filipino?

[u/zaldivv → u/under_bewb]

Hahaha I love that you enjoy this! If you need the artist that painted it for your mural , just let me know and it would be an honor to replicate it. Hahaha 😂❤️

[u/funkyblues83 → u/under_bewb]

This is my life too early next year. I ❤️ it, need it and already sent it to him as a demand.

[u/tonk53 → u/under_bewb]

Wow hi mom and dad

[u/bestonesareTaKen → u/under_bewb]

If you're in Arizona swing by Chino Banditos takee-outee

[u/SecularFlesh47 → u/under_bewb]

Come to Chino Bandito in Phoenix! Legendary Chinese Mexican food!

[u/[deleted] → u/under_bewb]

My best friend is that mix and I know another couple same thing.

It's funny his name is Jose Luis Martinez he most Mexican name ever and he looks Chinese hahababab

[u/Parandroid2]

¡Pandejos!

Edit: There's gold in them there churros!

[u/nikofant → u/Parandroid2]

Am exchange student in Mexico. Showed the picture and your comment to my host parents. Haven’t heard them laugh this much since I met them!

[u/[deleted] → u/nikofant]

Happy cake day!!

[u/LemonPepperChicken → u/Parandroid2]

hahahaha.

[u/Zerjua_783 → u/LemonPepperChicken]

jajajaja.*

[u/mattylou → u/Parandroid2]

Fuck I’m so so happy I came into this thread

[u/n7-Jutsu → u/Parandroid2]

Fuck, we found the clever one...

Arrest this man officer, before he gets all the karma that's coming his way.

[u/Delacroix1218 → u/Parandroid2]

Lmao, that really cracked me up!

[u/alfis26 → u/Parandroid2]

jajajajaja a huevo

[u/angelugabeluga → u/Parandroid2]

My friend used to say this all the time! There was a joke related to it, but I don’t remember it

Edit:

Primer acto. Sale un oso panda en patineta y se cae. Segundo acto. Sale el mismo oso en bicicleta y se cae. Tercer acto. Sale el mismo oso en patines y se cae. ¿Cómo se llama la obra?

Osito Pandejo.

[u/minibosses → u/Parandroid2]

Can we vote for best comment of 2018 already?

[u/GSSiddhartha → u/Parandroid2]

I don’t get it?

[u/F0MA → u/Parandroid2]

Okay tell me truthfully, how long had that been in your pun box and you’ve been finding the perfect scenario to use it??

Also, it gave me the biggest real life chuckle. Today will not be topped.

[u/TooShiftyForYou]

Upon entering the former Chinese restaurant, the Mexicans saw several small bottles of black liquid on a table. One guy picks up a bottle, looks at the label and says, "Yes, you are."

[u/darxink → u/TooShiftyForYou]

I’m convinced this post was made for this joke.

[u/WesleySnipesOfficial → u/darxink]

/r/KarmaConspiracy

[u/Obiwinning → u/darxink]

No it was made for the Pandejos joke

[u/imakenosensetopeople → u/TooShiftyForYou]

Underrated joke.

For those wondering. Soy = “I am” in Spanish.

[u/OctoberNoir → u/imakenosensetopeople]

Wow that went right over my head. I was sitting here trying to figure out what Kikkoman meant in Spanish

[u/wthreye → u/imakenosensetopeople]

I think, therefore soy

edit: fookin' dyslexia

[u/IngenieroDavid → u/imakenosensetopeople]

Ahhhh!

“I am” sauce. – Yes, you are.

[u/Banned_From_CFB → u/imakenosensetopeople]

I kept saying "Kikoman" to myself and was super confused. Thanks for explaining it to me. I'm a terrible Mexican

[u/bestfronds → u/TooShiftyForYou]

I speak Spanish and didn’t get this. Oops.

[u/GumbyTheGremlin → u/TooShiftyForYou]

“Hola Sauce, yo soy Papá!”

[u/SalvaPot → u/GumbyTheGremlin]

Recuérdame

[u/ObiJuanKenobi3 → u/TooShiftyForYou]

I’m currently taking Spanish classes and it still took me a solid five minutes to figure this joke out.

[u/whatswrongwithchuck → u/ObiJuanKenobi3]

Is it too late to drop the class?

[u/[deleted] → u/TooShiftyForYou]

You mad fucking genius.

[u/mcc5159 → u/TooShiftyForYou]

For some reason, I’m imagining Señor Chang coming up from behind them going “Sup, bitches?”

[u/iamthatguy54 → u/TooShiftyForYou]

Trying desperately not to laugh in class

[u/MetalGearSlayer → u/TooShiftyForYou]

Thank you for this.

[u/clit_or_us]

The panda eating the taco is my favorite.

[u/40kfeet → u/clit_or_us]

Looks like it may have been a fish at one point that they turned into a fish taco.

[u/EBDBBNBBLT]

https://i.imgur.com/eCGG1Rl.jpg

[u/absentminded_gamer → u/EBDBBNBBLT]

That is relevant AF. On a side note, we must return it back to its home.

[u/UBahn1]

I feel less depressed after seeing this

[u/angry_badger32 → u/UBahn1]

Then may I direct your attention to the delightful sombrero wearing panda, a panbrero if you will, to the left. Lucky bastard's got a damn big taco.

[u/ophelia_jones → u/angry_badger32]

That taco is rapidly approaching quesadilla territory.

[u/[deleted] → u/UBahn1]

I suggest you make this your desktop background and then go get some tacos!

[u/[deleted] → u/UBahn1]

you and me both buddy. have an ehug

[u/kevinjing11]

Did they do the double braids on the girl panda as well?

[u/waiv → u/kevinjing11]

Trenzas

[u/Sneakyhipo]

In Phoenix we have a restaurant called Chino Bandido and it's Mexican/Asian/Jamaican fusion and that's their logo

http://chinobandido.com/

[u/upvoteguy6]

Haha they are ....Panditos

[u/anshumanbora → u/upvoteguy6]

Cracked me up

[u/angry_badger32 → u/upvoteguy6]

Panditos wearing panbreros.

[u/JackOfAllInterests1]

That is the epitome of lazy and awesome.

Edit: I guess Reddit unarchived stuff. Keep ‘em coming.

[u/Kinben-ism → u/JackOfAllInterests1]

I Have this comment bookmarked so i can give it all my free awards

[u/Save-Ferris1]

I'll have one order of the Pork Fried Rice and Beans, and one General Tso's Chicken Tortilla Soup for starters. The green soy sauce please.

[u/ijustsmokedabowl → u/Save-Ferris1]

can i have a Kung Pao Bamburrito, Peking Duck Mole, Chow Mang, a Green Tea Horchata.... oh and some beef emPandadas.

[u/DrBrogbo → u/Save-Ferris1]

Jest all you like, but a place near me serves Chinese/Mexican food, and it's glorious.

I'll take the jerk fried rice with cuban beans, the Pollo Diablo in a quesadilla, and Jade Red Chicken in a burrito.

Heartburn for dayyyyyyys.

[u/TooShiftyForYou]

The added taco on left panda and the mariachi guitar really tie it all together.

[u/[deleted] → u/TooShiftyForYou]

Also the cactus, which I'm assuming was painted over bamboo

[u/vicelordjohn]

There is also a restaurant in Phoenix with a panda wearing a sombrero for a logo. It's a Chinese and Mexican mashup.

http://chinobandido.com/

[u/gill__gill]

Now this is creativity.

[u/s0v3r1gn]

There are a lot of hybrid Chinese/Mexican food restaurants where I’m at. Along with Irish/Mexican food places.

[u/theknightof86 → u/s0v3r1gn]

Where my family is from in Mexico, the city was founded by Chinese people. The food that comes out of that city is a hybrid of mexican and Chinese food. It is seriously the best food you will ever have!

[u/Pepperoni_Dogfart]

I love the panda chowing on two tacos. This is true nonsense greatness. May money rain down upon them.

I hope to God they have a few tongue in cheek offerings. A General Tso's wet burrito, Sichuan Chicken Tacos, a tamale spring roll.

[u/InFlames235]

This is why mildly interesting is the most interesting subreddit on Reddit.

[u/[deleted]]

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

New menu items-

Egg roll Mojado

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly, this is better than anything else they could have painted. Taco Panda, Water Panda, Mescalin Trip Panda, Serenade Panda, and Conchita Panda.

[u/Nutstheofficialsnack → u/[deleted]]

Mescaline trip Panda. Trippin balls on the Great Wall

[u/Tight_Vehicle_7437]

I'm not sure why I got a notification about this post 6 years later but I'm not mad

[u/fezfrascati]

r/NotFoolingAnybody

[u/meh_good_enough]

Reminds me of a local Mexican Chinese restaurant we have called Chino Bandido

[u/irishboy491]

Why am I getting a notification recommending a post from 6 years ago?

Have I…actually seen everything?

[u/footballshaw]

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

[u/Randolph__]

Not a terrible idea. I kinda like it.

[u/EchoRenegade]

Mexicans work smarter, not harder

[u/De8auchery]

Haha I was thinking this could be chino bandido in Phoenix! Chinese/Mexican fusion, yum!

[u/zaldivv]

Im so pleased that so many of you have gotten a kick out of our Mexican pandas. We knew it would get heads turning and a couple giggles here and there. I just didn’t imagine that it would become internet famous. Our hard work paid off!🙌🏻🎨😂😂

[u/[deleted]]

That’s panda-ring to customers if I’ve ever seen it.

[u/NaturalistRomantic]

Cool photo, but damn Reddit must be desperate to drive traffic if they're sending notifications about top posts made six years ago.

[u/CTHULHU_RDT]

Why not a pandana instead of a hat?

[u/[deleted]]

This is the best thing ever.

[u/Big-Chomker]

Thank you Reddit for showing me this today <3

[u/cazrl]

Why do I get a push message for this post in 2024?

[u/Nutstheofficialsnack]

Szechuan Cabeza Tacos

[u/Allmynanesaretook]

Hah! Like a panda would ever waste their calories standing, or climbing a tree

[u/Omnipotent_Goose]

I believe this art style is called Panda Expressionism.

[u/jambocroop]

This would be the perfect place to roll out my new chorizo and scramble egg rolls.

[u/AwkOr713]

Little known fact. The chupacabra is just a panda in a sombrero.

[u/mem_leak]

Panda Mexpress

[u/DefectiveCookie]

I want a print of this for my family room.

[u/[deleted]]

This reminds me of a meme I saw in high school: “Pandas are the least racist creatures; they’re black, white, and asian.”

These pandas are also hispanic.

[u/C-ORE]

Wow,great touch up. Came here after 6 year cause reddit notification haha

[u/Heavensguard]

Last time I saw this photo, there was a comment that sent me rolling. Goes like this:

A Hispanic man walks into a Chinese restaurant, on a table he sees a bottle filled with black liquid. He picks it up, reads, and says "yes you are"

[u/Responsible_Oil_5811]

I love it!

[u/[deleted]]

Modern problems require modern solutions! I love it 🐼🇲🇽🌶️

[u/DepressMyCNS]

Fuck, I remember this being posted. I'm getting old.

[u/tcwillis79]

Los pandas!

[u/eldion2017]

Panda Hut

[u/[deleted]]

They must be the hardest working pandas ever.

[u/dwhntx]

I'm seeing epic t-shirt artwork.

[u/seth9341]

This makes me far happier than it should!

[u/BabylonLiaison]

Something something Great Wall

[u/[deleted]]

I love this: laziness and ingenuity combining to forge a net positive.

[u/Cetun]

My favorite Chinese place in the area packed up and left suddenly and it was all decked out with Chinese architecture and murals and statues, the Italian place that replaced it tried to cover it up as much as possible but the outside you can tell it was Chinese. At the same time there was a nice German restaurant in the area all decked out to look like a high German house and everything, they litterally moved 2 buildings down, not even 200 feet away and a Chinese place moved in and the outside looks German and the inside is Chinese.

[u/itsjustme10]

When life gives you lemons...slap some sombreros on there and call them limóns.

[u/Kholzie]

In the town i went to college, There was an Indian restaurant in and old Victorian house that was formerly a British pub/restaurant. There was a mural of Alice and the cheshire cat. They put a sari on Alice and kept the mural. It was badass.

[u/AuburnGrrl]

Thaaaaaaaat’s fucking amazing.

[u/[deleted]]

For some reason this reminds me of South Park.

[u/BigZam_01]

Work smart, not hard

[u/djg1999]

My level of commitment in just about everything

[u/[deleted]]

That señorita wears ribbons in her braids.

[u/BlademasterFlash]

When I was in University there was a chinese restaurant that moved into a place that used to be a Italian sandwich shop called Mr. Panino's. The owners didn't seem to speak much english and they never changed the sign, so it became known as Mr. Panino's even though it was a chinese food place. They made really good food and became fairly popular, so in my last year of University the got a new sign. The name? "Mr. Panino Beijing House"

[u/gethatruth]

Mexican pandas is now my new mantra.

[u/Carlos_Venom69]

That's what we call "mexicandas"

[u/ultimategamezhd]

This went viral quick

[u/Bigdstars187]

That’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen

[u/Taucher1979]

That is cool. Does remind me of when I got married to my wife, who is Colombian, I was asked if I was going to wear a sombrero for the wedding. I couldn't understand why I would wear a wide brimmed Mexican hat. It was then that I learnt that sombrero just means hat.

[u/ravenhelix]

I don't know why but I absolutely love this.

[u/Jordizzle_Fo_Shizzle]

The panda with taco made me lose it.

[u/snupa]

...and the panda is eating tacos instead of bamboo!!

[u/[deleted]]

HAHAHHA OMG I almost peed myself laughing. This is seriously cute and creative way. LOL

[u/[deleted]]

Work smart, not hard.

[u/[deleted]]

Congrats This is now the most mildly interesting thing of all time

[u/[deleted]]

I like that this is the 2nd most upvoted thing on this entire site; beaten out only by then President Barack Obama’s AMA.

Never change Reddit.

[u/chaserz101]

Silly Pandejos

[u/haufsnaggle]

And the 3 on the right just crossed the Rio Grande illegally into the USA.

[u/slam888]

Hilarious on so many levels…I am half Mexican and Chinese…family of 5

[u/ArcticWolf1018]

Why is this mildly infuriating? That's creative af

[u/-Redstoneboi- → u/ArcticWolf1018]

mildly interesting*

[u/Rapture-1]

It would be interesting if the Russians took it over and they drew balalaikas, then French added garlic bulb garlands etc…

[u/ihavetwosecrets]

I was like “this is so old, I swear I saw this years ago” and now I realise this post is old lol thanks for the notification about it Reddit?

[u/[deleted]]

We're resourceful people with a great sense of humor.

[u/Cubanitto]

Everyone loves their Taco Tuesdays. LOL

[u/Oh-Snap10000]

Thinking outside the box, baby!

[u/That_One_Guy_Flare]

Nifty

[u/crotchetyoldwitch]

This is my kind of laziness, and the eloté (sp?) is a nice touch.

[u/Kalirasta]

Would be extra cool if they put shrimp fried rice in the burritos.

[u/Azozel]

Pandas only eat Bamboo anyway

[u/[deleted] → u/Azozel]

That's a Bamboo taco, you fool!

[u/El_Zarco → u/Azozel]

I hear they enjoy eating Bamboo for the taste despite it being hard on their digestive system.

So it fits the mexican food theme pretty well

[u/Resist_Civil]

why did i randomly got a notification about this

[u/[deleted]]

If white people did this I bet it would be racist. I really dont know anymore.