“ Yes, it's Christmas Day, but somebody has to help keep the gears of capitalism grinding on while others more fortunate (and wealthy) are able to enjoy feasting with their friends and family in the comfort of their own homes, opening presents, watching football games (is anyone actually watching "The Yule Log?"), interacting with loved ones, drinking that "special" Christmas Egg Nog (I used to drink the "Mr. Boston" brand back in my drinking days). In Hoboken, that thankless, onerous duty falls to at least some members of the "notorious" (actually, no one's ever heard of us, but humor me...) Lunchbox Mafia. Given the fact that it's Christmas Day, our choices for take-out delivery are limited to slim and none. In other words, the Chinese restaurants in the area are cleaning up, and we're among their willing victims. In order to keep things interesting, we've been ordering from different Chinese restaurants when that's the cuisine we want. "No 1" has proven itself to be pretty good. The price is right, the delivery is fairly quick, the food is generally pretty decent (their egg rolls are less than stellar, but if you cover them with enough mustard, they taste grand). My first impulse in writing this review was to give this place a not-so-great rating, based on what happened today. I'm working with "Frankie Five Angels" (Dwight). The Godfather of Lunch himself (Chuck) is due in later. He told me to order him chicken and broccoli when we ordered, and he'll eat it when he arrives. So we did. I decided to treat myself and ordered the "Happy Family." Dwight ordered chicken with mixed vegetables. And we ordered chicken and broccoli for the Don. As usual, delivery was quick; the delivery guy was friendly and cheerful. The problem was, looking through the plastic lids of the dishes we ordered, everything looked the same. I put aside the Godfather's dish, handed Dwight what I thought was his, and took what I thought was mine over to my desk. Those grinding gears of capitalism slowed down to a near halt as we prepared for lunch. One has to have one's priorities in order, after all. I liked what I had, but as I'm eating, I notice there's no shrimp, no beef, no scallops, no pork. I look over at Dwight. "I think they gave me the wrong order. All I have in here is chicken and mushrooms. It's good, but this ain't Happy Family. Ain't even Manson Family." (Ha Ha; that's my version of "holiday cheer"). Dwight calls the restaurant back, indignant. Then he looks through what he's been eating, and comes up with a healthy sized shrimp. And another. And Dwight is allergic to shrimp. Oh, oh. In the Lunchbox Mafia hierarchy, I like to refer to myself as "Tom Hagen," because of my Irish-German ethnicity; not because I'm particularly smart or observant. I almost wiped out Frankie Five Angels with the shrimp he can't eat. God forbid I had mistakenly given the Godfather of Lunch my Happy Family; he's Muslim and eating pork is an "infamnia." I could well have ended up sleeping with the fishes. If I have an objective criticism to make about the restaurant itself, the dishes should maybe be more clearly marked when it's a multiple order, as ours invariably are. Even when the plastic lids are peeled back, one dish looks awfully similar to the other one(s). Other than that, though, it's a good Chinese restaurant, fairly priced. When I ask that they make their dishes without MSG, they actually pay attention to me. I've yet to get migraines from eating here. Unfortunately, because of my own stupidity and short-sightedness, I've been demoted from "Tom Hagen" status to "Paulie Gatto" status. Ah, well... (Dwight may have actually eaten one of those shrimps; his lips are "tingling" with allergic reaction and I'm waiting to see if I have to call 911. He's a good friend, but he isn't getting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation from me. 911 it'll have to be.) ”