In 1967, the fine dining Chinese restaurant Shun Lee Dynasty was featured in the New York Times Dining Guide with a rating of four stars, a first for a Chinese restaurant in New York City.

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Debabrata Mohapatra is an Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Bhubaneswar. He had been writing for TOI from Puri since 2006 before joining the Bhubaneswar bureau in August 2010. He covers crime, ...