Today there are very few chefs at that high level who are behind their stoves. You don't feel their presence within the room. Where's the romance? Where's the show? Where's the theater? The modern day restaurant - it's like dining in a chapel. It's boring.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

The more I invested in myself, the kinder I was to myself and the more I understood myself.

I cannot teach anybody how to cook. All I can do is show them, share methods with them.

When you walk down the street of Kabul your values for life changes, they do change.

I just want my children to be happy. And to be good people. Proper people. That's all.

People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.