Description In: Explores the life and career of Michael Chow. AKA MR. CHOW is the definitive story of an enigmatic man from renowned artistic roots in China turned legendary restaurateur of the West. Shuttled hastily out of Shanghai as a boy at the rise of Mao, Michael Chow single-handedly built a restaurant empire which transformed the way we consume food by merging East and West and turning his dinner spots into dazzling theaters of cultural energy.