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Even those of us with nowhere special to go on Christmas have a traditional meal cooked up and ready on the 25th. There’s no prep required and nothing to clean if you’re savvy about eating out of boxes.  Toss that overcooked turkey and stale gingerbread house into the trash. Bring on those crispy egg rolls, steamed dumplings, fried rice, and General Tso’s special dish.

While many restaurants shut their doors for the holiday season, we’ve got a few here that will be on-call so Santa has a place to stop when he’s tired of all those damned cookies.

Downtown and Chinatown

Roi du Wonton

2125 Rue ST. Marc
514-937-5419
No delivery

Home cooked yum. Also, you know, wontons. Soup. Good. A fave of many.

La Maison Kim Fung

#M05, 1111 St. Urbain
514-828-2888
Delivery with à la carte express and Just Eat

A Chinatown fave with plenty of place to sit and enjoy life! Good thing, because it’s usually packed. Dim Sum.

La Maison VIP

1077 Rue Clark
No Delivery

Here’s where you can get your General Tao, your lobster in black bean, chow mein and all the classics of North American Chinese.

Plateau

Wok n’Roll

4293 St. Denis
Delivery

It’s one of those all-Asian places that has Vietnamese, Chinese, and Thai food on its menu. Student friendly.

Szechuan et Nouilles

355 Rue Bernard Ouest
514-274-7452
Delivery

Brown sauce, sesame seeds, sweet and sour orange gunk, think greasy goodness for your Christmas meal.

Rosemont/CDN

Kum Mon Restaurant

6565 Chemin De La Côte des Neiges
514-733-6029
Delivery

Big tables for big groups. Cantonese with generous portions and hot and sour soup that people write home about. The house fried rice gets props too.

Kam Shing

6730 Chemin de la Côte des Neiges
514-731-1401
No Delivery

You’ve eaten here never because? Shrimp toast, salt and pepper shrimps, a staple for locals with giant portions and giant tables.

Rice Rice and Noodles

6254 Chemin de la Côte des Neiges
514-731-1343
Delivery

Cheap, family run place

St. Henri/Westmount

Fang Chi

3967 St Antoine West
514-933-7421
Delivery

People live and die by this place. General Tso’s chicken here is supposedly best in the city. Not sure if that’s a valid statement.

NDG

Super Noodles

5397 Chemin de la Cote Saint Luc
514-484-2228
Delivery

A mile long menu. Noodle dishes, greasy, crunchy, the perfect Christmas day Chinese joint.

Tchang Kiang par le Yangtze

6066 Sherbrooke Ouest
514-4387-7744
Delivery

Eggrolls. Word.

Verdun

La Maison Egg Roll

3741 Wellington St
514-767-8555
Delivery

Might be one of the worst Chinese restaurants in the city, but isn’t that what you want anyway?

LaSalle

Chez Ping

7401 Boul Newman
514-595-1888
Delivery

Cantonese place off the beaten track. Dim sum and a combination of traditional and nontraditional dishes.

Ville Sainte Laurent

Restaurant Yi Pin Xiang

735 Blvd Decarie
St. Laurent
514-748-8877
Delivery

Dumplings in many forms — shrimp, chicken, mushrooms, pork (of course), beef. Try them fried. Try them steamed. Sour and Chilli soup replaces the hot and sour.

ST. Leonard

Wing Phat

4201 Rue Jarry
514-376-0615
Delivery

Family friendly restaurant also does delivery. It’s huge portions that are good to share. It’s not just Chinese either — it does Cambodian, Thai, Vietnamese. So, papaya salad anyone?