Panda Country Restaurant in Santee serves Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine from its Mission Gorge Road location near Santee Town Center and Santee Trolley Square, continuing a multi-decade run under the same family ownership. The full-service Chinese kitchen occupies a retail suite in the 9621 Mission Gorge complex alongside the tea and boba corridor anchored by Kung Fu Tea at 9535 Mission Gorge, feeding off shared East Asian dining traffic on the strip. The menu covers General Tso's chicken, kung pao, moo shu, Mongolian beef, salt-and-pepper preparations, egg foo young, chow mein, and a dim sum selection featuring steamed dumplings and barbecue pork buns. Lunch specials bundle soup, an appetizer, and a main course into a single-price format, while the dinner menu expands into whole Peking duck and multi-course family platters. Wine and sake pairing for Chinese banquet menus draws from the same Carlton Oaks–area retail corridor that includes Town & Country Wine and Spirits on Carlton Oaks Drive. The salt-and-pepper fish preparation deep-fries whole fillets with garlic, Fresno chiles, and scallions in a wok-tossed finish that anchors the Sichuan side of the menu.