There’s always Panda representation in cooking. I think there’s a Panda vendor in Boralus. They just don’t get serious lore other than Aysa and Ji being planted somewhere. Which is great because we all know that getting attention from Blizz = you’re getting butchered.
Also I actually made my first Monk as a Blood Elf. But after going to the Wandering Isle for the Legion class hall, I just couldn’t resist making a Panda. It feels like you’re returning home =)
I was thinking more in terms of new customizations.
Female Pandaren have the best melee animations bar none. 
The answer to the question “What Alliance race is best” is always “dwarf.”
Only exception is if you want to play a Druid or DH.
Dwarf, Pandaren, Human.
Didn’t change the hand to green, 0/10.
I saw a tag team of Gnome Monks in a low level battleground.
Their names were Mario and Peach. Both names used a lot of special ALT letters. I forget which realm they were from. I could look it up. I recorded it on my stream.
They were healing each other and were virtually unstoppable in Eye of the Storm.
Go Gnome Monk 
I would say tauren or hm tauren, but it is a 2 years thread