 A few months after the opening of the Glendale location of the Panda Inn, the Cherngs were invited by the developer of the Glendale Galleria to open a quick serve version of the Panda Inn inside the mall.This new concept was called the Panda Express and it opened inside the Galleria in October 1983.The first Panda Inn in Orange County, the sixth in the chain, opened in La Palma in 1990.