Without new ideas success can become stale

You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.

The biggest empty space, the biggest gap in what should be a premier and always vibrant food scene in America is that we don't have hawker centers like they do in Singapore, basically food courts where mom and pop specialists can set up shop in fairly hygienic little stalls all up to health code making one dish they've been doing forever and ever.

As Americans, we tend to look at Mexican food as nachos, which is not Mexican food really - they don't eat them.

I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food.

I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.

I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an advocate for the meat industry.