by Anura Guruge
on December 25, 2022

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We like Chinese at Thanksgiving & Christmas. It is a long-standing tradition. In the early days we used to go out for it. Then we settled on takeout (even prior to COVID).

During the last few years, this year & last in particular, it has been beyond crazy trying to order takeout.

THEY HAVE BEEN SWAMPED.

At Thanksgiving only ‘China Palace‘ was open. They just couldn’t handle the demand. They tried. They just were overwhelmed.

Ditto, today, Christmas. They couldn’t even get to the phone. There were 2 hour waits for takeout. Yes, we finally managed to get some (not exactly what we wanted given the menus had been curtailed) though it was a STRUGGLE.

We will have to think of alternative approaches next year.