The pearls of wisdom that were shared in fortune cookies cooked up at Montreal's Wing Noodles have charmed me and many others for decades, and the memories will live on after they close.

As a child, when my family went to Chinese restaurants, my favourite part was opening the fortune cookie to read my future. Article content

I cracked them open at many long-vanished places like House of Wong, Yangstze, Nanking and Bill Wong. Article content Article content

The fortunes ranged from simple predictions, like “A pleasant surprise is in store for you,” to philosophical advice, like “A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”

Some were clever, like “The road to success is always under construction.” Though you wouldn’t know that in Montreal.

Another memorable o

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