ELLE DECOR - MR CHOW MIAMI
November 16th, 2009
WHERE MIAMI - MR CHOW MIAMI OPENING
November 16th, 2009
FASHION WEEK DAILY - CHOW FAMILY CHOWDER
November 16th, 2009PHOTOS BY PATRICK McMULLAN
MICHAEL & EVA CHOW
MISCHA BARTON & EVA CHOW
“Michael and Eva Chow celebrate 30 years in New York at their uptown outpost”
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
(NEW YORK) “I’m normally down there eating,” said DJ Cassidy from his upstairs booth at Mr.Chow 30th anniversary bash last night. “Today I feel like I’m feeding everyone with some music soul food.” He wasn’t kidding. For its big birthday party, Michael and Eva Chow opted out of an expected, intimate lavish dinner. Instead, they cleared out the uptown restaurant’s furniture, invited Cassidy to spin, turned up the volume, and made sure people were dancing–at least for one night. “I’m almost never uptown,” said Thakoon Panichgul. “But this sure doesn’t feel stuffy.”
The busy hosts had a lot of well-wishers to attend to. Mischa Barton, Mary Boone, Daniel Benedict and Andrew Saffir, John Demsey, Terrence Koh, Helen and Tim Schifter, and Hamish Bowles were just a few of the faces who sipped champagne and gobbled up Beijing-inspired treats that ranged from dumplings to shrimp toasts to lobster. “I feel as if we opened yesterday,” smiled Michael Chow. “It was a dream! And I probably only look young because it’s all done with mirrors, but let’s hope for another 30.”
As for his favorite memories? “This was always an artist haven,” the owner proudly pointed out. “We always promoted artists of all types, whether they were painters, classical musicians, or actors. Andy was here all time and so was Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. And they didn’t like to leave!” Brooke Shields had her own mementos. “I’ve been sitting at these tables since I was basically a child,” she shared. “I don’t think I could say the same thing about my own dining room!”
-VALENTINE UHOVSKI
WWD LIFESTYLE - CHOW TIME
November 16th, 2009PHOTOS BY STEVE EICHNER
CHINA CHOW & MICHAEL CHOW
EVA CHOW & BROOKE SHIELDS
CHINA CHOW
MISCHA BARTON
MICHAEL CHOW & TONY SHAFRAZI
“I didn’t realize so many people would come so early,” said Eva Chow as guests poured through the door of her husband’s namesake eatery a few minutes after 8 o’clock. But it was a party-packed night, and they wanted to come by to pay their respects for the 30th anniversary of the iconic Chinese restaurant.
Mischa Barton, Mary Boone, Marjorie Gubelman, Thakoon Panichgul and artists Terrence Koh and Andres Serrano were among those who crammed into the place, along with a host of restaurant regulars. Guests seemed focused on one thing: chasing down waiters bearing trays of hors d’oeuvres versions of Chow staples like chicken satay, fried lobster, oysters in the shell and plenty of dumplings, as those at the balcony bar looked on.
“Wait, you mean I have to go down to the dance floor to get something to eat?” said Jefferson Hack, who was hanging out with Andre and Purple’s Olivier Zahm. (He didn’t — luckily a waiter swooped to the rescue with prawn toasts.)
Meanwhile, Brooke Shields was reliving history. “Keith Haring took me to dinner and we sat right there,” she said, pointing to a corner banquette. “He gave me a painting. It was the last time I ever saw him.”
“I remember Paul McCartney banging out ‘Back in the USSR’ on a table right after he wrote the song,” said Michael Chow, who also fondly reminisced about Mae West, Andy Warhol and the many hip-hop artists who made the restaurant their clubhouse.
“My original vision was to promote Chinese culture, and make sure that the Chinese people are represented well,” explained Michael Chow. “Fortunately, it’s been a big hit.”
NY TIMES.COM- THE MOMENT BLOG
November 15th, 2009PHOTOS BY MICHAEL LOCCISANO
MICHAEL & EVA CHOW
What: Michael and Eva Chow’s blowout to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Upper East Side chapter of the Mr. Chow empire.
Where: Mr. Chow, 324 East 57th Street.
Who: Brooke Shields, Cindy Adams, Hamish Bowles, Glenda Bailey, Olivier Zahm, Jefferson Hack, Terence Koh, Thakoon Panichgul, Mischa Barton, Andres Serrano, Beth Rudin deWoody, Derek Lam, Erin Fetherston, Celerie Kemble, China Chow, Daniel Benedict, Andrew Saffir, Euan Rellie, Hal Rubenstein, Helen and Tim Schifter, John Dempsey, Kevin Brown, Larry Gagosian, Mary Boone, Tony Shafrazi, Alejandro Santo Domingo and the Asian pop sensation J.Y.
Party favors: Chef Li Hong served up salt and pepper lobster, Beijing oysters, chicken satay, steamed vegetable dumplings, pot stickers and prawn toast, all washed down with generous amounts of Laurent Perrier Champagne; music by DJ Cassidy, who had even Michael Chow cutting a rug to his rare grooves and shameless dance-floor fillers.
Overheard:
“I’ve been practicing my Michael Jackson moves since seeing ‘This Is It!’ — Michael Chow
“If these walls could talk.” — Eva Chow
“It takes a lot to get me to come uptown, but this is worth it.” — Brooke Shields
“Did you hear that Jim Shi went dressed as Michael Chow to Halloween?” — Fashion Week Daily’s Valentine Uhovski. [Editor: Jim, if you’re reading this, we want photos!]
HAMISH BOWLES & CHINA CHOW
BROOKE SHIELDS & CHRIS HENCHY
30th ANNIVERSARY MR CHOW 57th STREET , NEW YORK
November 15th, 2009
CHINA CHOW & MICHAEL CHOW
Thakoon Panichgul says his favorite “Mr. Chow’s moment “ was in 2007 when the beloved eatery hosted the post-Met Costume Institute Gala festivities and he met Maggie Cheung. What about his favorite Chinese food dish? “Soup dumplings,” House specialties aside, the entire room, Panichgul included, is watching an elegant, Givenchy-clad Eva and husband Michael Chow, as the couple are congratulated by the likes of China Chow, Mary Boone, Tony Shafrazi and Terence Koh on the occasion of the storied space’s 30th anniversary. Then, it’s onward to a fete hosted by another icon, Valentino Garavani, on the 18th floor of the Standard Hotel for an impromptu party put on by Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti with special guest DJ Jesus Luz. There’s Hugh Jackman, Adrien Brody, Lauren Remington Platt and a trio of girls in Valentino: Genevieve Jones, Harley Viera Newton and Byrdie Bell. Now the question’s more fashion than food-focused: What are you wearing? For Shala Monroque it’s Delfina Delettrez gargoyle earrings and Prada dress. Speaking of designers, there’s Narciso Rodriguez, Italo Zucchelli, Marc Jacobs and Daphne Guinness (love her white shirts and signature fragrance!) Oh, and as for icons, isn’t that Madonna?
MR CHOW 57th STREET, NEW YORK CELEBRATING 30th ANNIVERSARY
November 6th, 2009MR CHOW 57th Street is celebrating their 30th Anniversary, and is offering a bottle of Laurent Perrier Champagne as a gift to each table.
