If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is. — David Chang Copy Share Image
Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It's going to give her a sense of ownership, and that changes everything. You stop… — David Chang Copy Share Image
I love to eat sushi, and, you know, those flavors and wasabi and really eating spoonfuls of it... I would just mix… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. You'll find 'natural flavor' or 'artificial… — David Chang Copy Share Image
I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. — David Chang Copy Share Image
The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook. — David Chang Copy Share Image
Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing… — David Chang Copy Share Image
If you're going to be a vegetarian, limit yourself to food from a place you can go to in two hours and… — David Chang Copy Share Image
I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the high school golf team… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're… — David Chang Copy Share Image
To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin… — David Chang Copy Share Image
If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on. — David Chang Copy Share Image
One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7. — David Chang Copy Share Image
People don't think that bread is part of Asian culture or Asian food culture, but it's quite prevalent in Northern China, and… — David Chang Copy Share Image
I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get… — David Chang Copy Share Image
When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they're family. It makes… — David Chang Copy Share Image
There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you look at maybe the top chef… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Shouldn't a three-course meal be 90 minutes? Do you know how hard you have to edit your menu to pull that off?… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for. — David Chang Copy Share Image
Be careful what you wish for - getting to be a successful business and maintaining it is so hard. Anyone can be… — David Chang Copy Share Image
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… — David Chang Copy Share Image
If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is. — David Chang Copy Share Image
When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat. — David Chang Copy Share Image
My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It's going to give her a sense of ownership, and that changes everything. You stop taking things… — David Chang Copy Share Image
'Tampopo's amazing. I think it's an absolutely fantastic movie, but I don't think it captures for me the meaning of food. — David Chang Copy Share Image
Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though. — David Chang Copy Share Image
New York gives us a wide colour palette to cook from. We have cuisines from around the world, and that lets us pick and… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Why can't it be awesome to work for a food company? Why can't we create an environment where people are trying to push each… — David Chang Copy Share Image
