I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't need sauce. I know he doesn't even want you to pour sauce. And I've seen customers come in and do that, and I've seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I've seen him die a little inside.
Anthony BourdainCooking breakfast and brunch professionally really kind of ruined breakfast service for me for a long time.
Anthony BourdainThere is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else.
Anthony BourdainWe learn as professionals by repetition, by getting it wrong, getting yelled at and doing it again.
Anthony Bourdain