- Shun Lee Palace
Shun Lee Palace is one of several
New York City Chineserestaurant s that claims to have invented the popular dishGeneral Tso's chicken . [General Tso's chicken ] The owner claims that crispy sea bass and orange crispy beef were also invented at the restaurant; but as with General Tso's chicken, this claim is uncorroborated. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A59302-2002Apr16 Who Was General Tso And Why Are We Eating His Chicken? (washingtonpost.com) ] ] . It is located at 155 E 55th St. between Lexington and 3rd Avenues, and opened in 1971. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9905EEDD1E3CF934A25751C1A9659C8B63 "For Some, It's a Very Moo Shu Christmas"] ] This site is known as Shun Lee East.They have a second restaurant, called Shun Lee West (opened in 1981), which is attached to a less expensive sister restaurant, the Shun Lee Cafe, at 43 West 65th Street near
Lincoln Center . It serves such dishes as Szechuan Alligator, which the menu describes as "crispy chunks of tender alligator showered with Szechuan sauce". [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9905EEDD1E3CF934A25751C1A9659C8B63 New York City's Shun Lee Cafe on the Upper West Side: An Affordable Alternative to Shun Lee Palace] ]In a 2003 interview, proprietor Michael Tong estimated that 70% of his customers are Jewish [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9905EEDD1E3CF934A25751C1A9659C8B63 New York City's Shun Lee Cafe on the Upper West Side: An Affordable Alternative to Shun Lee Palace] ] and that he goes out of his way to accommodate them - including being open on Christmas and catering to Kosher customers. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9905EEDD1E3CF934A25751C1A9659C8B63 New York City's Shun Lee Cafe on the Upper West Side: An Affordable Alternative to Shun Lee Palace] ]
External links
* [http://www.shunleepalace.com/newyork/ Official Website]
* [http://events.nytimes.com/mem/nycreview.html?res=990CE1D81330F936A1575BC0A963958260 "New York Times" review]References
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