I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.

When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know.

The first book was out and for the first time we were on a book tour. Being the son of an immigrant, I'd never dreamt of being on book tours. Suddenly the attention was huge.

Cooking, I mean, food, cooking foods is just everything that I do from morning to night. It's how I choose to live my life: through cooking, people that are in food culture. And I love it.

I never cooked at home - my father was the chef.

I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.