Shun Lee Palace is one of several New York City Chinese restaurants that claims to have invented the popular dish 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. . It is located at 155 E 55th St. between Lexington and 3rd Avenues, and opened in 1971. This site is known as Shun Lee East.
They have a second restaurant, called Shun Lee West , 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".
In a 2003 interview, proprietor Michael Tong estimated that 70% of his customers are Jewish and that he goes out of his way to accommodate them - including being open on Christmas and catering to Kosher customers.
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