{"id":17526,"date":"2025-12-07T09:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T01:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17526"},"modified":"2025-12-07T09:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T01:04:34","slug":"how-paris-famed-chinese-restaurant-dave-and-its-hong-kong-born-owner-drew-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17526","title":{"rendered":"How Paris\u2019 famed Chinese restaurant Dav\u00e9 and its Hong Kong-born owner drew the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For almost 40 years, Dav\u00e9, a Chinese restaurant in the heart of Paris, attracted the who\u2019s who of fashion, film, art and music.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Opened in 1982, it was not just a place to eat, but an exclusive, intimate salon where celebrities, artists and designers gathered for what felt like a private, timeless film sequence.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Conversation and creative juices flowed as fast as the champagne, and at the centre of it all was the owner, Hong Kong-born Tai \u201cDav\u00e9\u201d Cheung, a charismatic host who spent nights weaving his way through the dimly lit tables, often with his beloved cat Momo in tow, chatting with a cast of celebrities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-12vv9w2 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Singer Madonna and Armenian-American film director and writer Alek Keshishian are pictured at Dav\u00e9. 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