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

When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

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.

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.

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

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.