Have You Ordered Your Chinese Food for New Year's Eve?

By Charlene Arsenault (Patch Staff)

It started somewhere, and the tradition is still going strong. Lots of people around here order Chinese food for New Year’s Eve.

A lot of people have already placed their dinner orders to be picked up for Wednesday night.

It’s hard to find any substantial explantation as to why so many people fight the lines to order Chinese food for the annual celebration (which is more increasingly a quiet night at home). Some go to restaurants, but most do the take-out route, often putting the order in days, or even a week, in advance to make sure that pu-pu platter is set to go.

It seems to be a New England tradition, and Massachusetts residents are certainly familiar with scrambling to secure the best egg rolls and chow mien in town to help ring in the new year.

In Woburn, local Chinese restaurants include:

• Sichuan Garden
• New China Pearl
• Oriental Chinese Restaurant, Main Street

Where do you get your Chinese food for New Year’s Eve? Do you order in advance? What dishes do you order? Share your tips (and experiences) in the comments section.

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