You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

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.

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

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.

A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef.