David Chang Quotes
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People don't think that bread is part of Asian culture or Asian food culture, but it's quite prevalent in Northern China, and you see it throughout Japan and as you go to Taiwan.
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If people think you are this amazing, own it.
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Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything.
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To me, there are two types of celebrity: there's good celebrity - people that are attracted to the food and working and trying to create something great - and then there's bad celebrity - those who are working on being a celebrity.
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I work so hard that I forget to take care of myself.
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As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long.
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I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine and codified it.
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When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.
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The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.
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New York gives us a wide colour palette to cook from. We have cuisines from around the world, and that lets us pick and choose.
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When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now.
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Life's too short to just breeze on by.
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Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook.
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I constantly think I'm a fraud - that this success is not warranted or justified.
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In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against the buildings we run in New York.
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If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it.
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Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.
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I appreciate people who are happy.
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Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good.
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Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy.
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People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation.
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If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on.
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I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away.
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I think being Shaquille O'Neal would be the most amazing thing. There's nothing I would have done differently in his life. Everything he's done I think is pretty spot on, even, like, the bad rap videos, the shoes, the movies, everything.