Mr Chow, the Glossary
Mr Chow is a series of upscale Chinese restaurants founded by British-Chinese restaurateur Michael Chow.[1]
Table of Contents
47 relations: Alan Richman, Andy Warhol, Anjelica Huston, Art world, Beverly Hills, California, Billy Wilder, British Chinese, Caesars Palace, Chinese culture, Cliché, Clint Eastwood, Federico Fellini, Frank Bruni, Frank Sinatra, French wine, GQ, Jack Nicholson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeanne Moreau, Julian Schnabel, Keith Haring, Knightsbridge, List of Chinese restaurants, Los Angeles, Luxury goods, Madonna, Malibu Country Mart, Malibu, California, Miami Beach, Florida, Michael Chow (restaurateur), Midtown Manhattan, New York (magazine), New York City, Peking opera, Privately held company, Restaurant, Restaurateur, Swinging Sixties, Take-out, The Beatles, The New York Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, Tribeca, W Hotels, Westwood, Los Angeles, Zhou Xinfang.
- Chinese restaurants in the United Kingdom
- Chinese restaurants in the United States
- Restaurants established in 1968
Alan Richman
Alan Richman (born January 25, 1944) is an American journalist and food writer.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer.
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director and model known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters.
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Art world
The art world comprises everyone involved in producing, commissioning, presenting, preserving, promoting, chronicling, criticizing, buying and selling fine art.
Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born filmmaker and screenwriter.
British Chinese
British Chinese, also known as Chinese British or Chinese Britons, are people of Chineseparticularly Han Chineseancestry who reside in the United Kingdom, constituting the second-largest group of Overseas Chinese in Western Europe after France.
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Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States.
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Chinese culture
Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago.
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Cliché
A cliché is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being weird, irritating, or bland, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director.
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Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
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Frank Bruni
Frank Anthony Bruni (born October 31, 1964) is an American journalist writing for The New York Times since 1995.
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
French wine
French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles.
GQ
GQ (which stands for Gentlemen's Quarterly and is also known Apparel Arts) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931.
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Jack Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
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Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau (23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite.
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker.
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Keith Haring
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s.
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park.
List of Chinese restaurants
This is a list of notable Chinese restaurants.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Luxury goods
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a more significant proportion of overall spending.
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Malibu Country Mart
The Malibu Country Mart (also the Country Mart or MCM) is a large outdoor lifestyle center or "boutique mall" located in the heart of Malibu at the Civic Center of Malibu, California.
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Malibu, California
Malibu is a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, about west of Downtown Los Angeles.
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Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
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Michael Chow (restaurateur)
Michael Chow (born 7 March 1939) is a British Chinese restaurateur, interior designer, artist and actor.
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Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.
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New York (magazine)
New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Peking opera
Peking opera, or Beijing opera, is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics.
Privately held company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.
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Restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers.
Restaurateur
A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally.
Swinging Sixties
The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London denoted as its centre.
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Take-out
Take-out or takeout is a prepared meal or other food items, purchased at a restaurant or fast food outlet with the intent to eat elsewhere.
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, first published on 5 February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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Tribeca
Tribeca, originally written as TriBeCa, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
W Hotels
W Hotels is an American hotel chain founded by Starwood Hotels and Resorts but now owned by Marriott International operating around 70 upscale hotels and long-stay apartment facilites worldwide.
Westwood, Los Angeles
Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California.
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Zhou Xinfang
Zhou Xinfang (14 January 1895 – 8 March 1975), also known by his stage name (meaning "Qilin Boy") was a Chinese actor and musician who was a Peking opera actor who specialized in its "old male" (生, laosheng) roles.
See also
Chinese restaurants in the United Kingdom
Chinese restaurants in the United States
- China Coast
- Dough Zone
- Formosa Cafe
- Guo Li Zhuang
- Kim Sơn (restaurant)
- Mr Chow
- Panda Inn
- Pekin Noodle Parlor
- Sam Woo Restaurant
- Shan (restaurant)
- Sun Wah BBQ
- Tom's BaoBao
Restaurants established in 1968
- Angus Steakhouse
- Block House (restaurant)
- Braum's
- Café de Coral
- Casa Bonita
- Casey's
- Claudia Sanders Dinner House
- Collins Foods
- Darden Restaurants
- Don Peppe
- Golden Skillet
- Hop Kee
- Johnny Carino's
- Kettle Restaurants
- Komeda Holdings
- La Banquise
- Lares Ice Cream Parlor
- Leo's Tavern
- Max Hamburgers
- Mr Chow
- Mr. Sub
- Oleo Strut (coffeehouse)
- Pizza Delight
- Ramen Jiro
- Red Lobster
- Roy Rogers Restaurants
- Sonny's BBQ
- Taco Maker
- Taco Villa
- Taquería El Califa de León
- The Attic (restaurant)
- The Brothers Three
- The Clam Shack
- The Mangrove
- The Sardine Factory
- The Shelter Half
- Trabuco Oaks Steakhouse
- Tubby's
- VIP's (American restaurant)
- Villa Rozenrust
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Chow
Also known as Mr. Chow.