A giant stone horse stares down at you. It’s easily fifteen feet tall. Welcome to P.F Chang’s, my favorite restaurant in Austin, Texas.

The food is amazing. I get the same thing every time. As an appetizer, I order the Salt and Pepper Calamari. Some calamari is hard to chew, but not this one. It’s just perfect. As a main course, I order pan fried pork dumplings. Those dumpling are to die for. The outside is just as delicious as the pork inside. One bite, and the flavors flood your mouth. It’s beautiful.

Also, it’s the place where my family always meets after my dad flies his plane, since it’s halfway between our house and the airport. My dad loves to fly gliders- these huge planes with no engines. He uses updrafts alone to stay in the air for hours at a time. He’s always happy at P. F. Chang’s since he’s just retuned from a long gliding trip.

So, it’s no wonder that I love P. F. Chang’s so much. After all, I’m always happy with my family, and I’m always happy with my food.