Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

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.

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.

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

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.

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.