17 places across nine Western Massachusetts cities and towns — grouped by town, with addresses and direct links.
Chinese food in the Valley splits into two camps. Every town has its takeout standby — Po's in Chicopee, Fortune Cookie in Springfield, Golden Peacock in Westfield — the kind of counter that has fed its neighborhood for decades. And then there are the destination rooms, mostly in the college towns: Lao Hu Tong brought northern-Chinese noodles and dumplings to Amherst in 2024, and Panda East pairs a Szechuan menu with a sushi bar. All of them, grouped by town, below.
