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

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters.

I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.

I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.