The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined.

At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.

As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.

People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.