What is it with Jews and Chinese food?

Once upon a time, I used to work in lower Manhattan and regularly order Chinese food from a place called Shmulka Bernstein's (also known as Bernstein's on Essex Street). And I always worked on Christmas (which as all Jews in New York know is the best day to get work done in the office while the kids are at school), and the Jewish secretaries used to compete to come in and work for me (and get