David Chang

In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against…

— David Chang

If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.

— David Chang

When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.

— David Chang

Lifes too short to just breeze on by.

— David Chang

My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I…

— David Chang

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

'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

If people think you are this amazing, own it.

— David Chang

Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though.

— David Chang

New York gives us a wide colour palette to cook from. We have cuisines from around the world, and that lets us…

— David Chang

I think the best restaurants in America should be in California.

— David Chang

Why can't it be awesome to work for a food company? Why can't we create an environment where people are trying to…

— David Chang

You can't go into the chef's office of any serious kitchen and not see a copy of Larousse. A must-have for professional…

— David Chang

I work so hard that I forget to take care of myself.

— David Chang

I don't like eating in restaurants.

— David Chang

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.

— David Chang

The Momofuku Culinary Lab started as a space where we could focus on creating and innovating. I didn't want us to worry…

— David Chang

We're hoping to succeed; we're okay with failure. We just don't want to land in between.

— David Chang

America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop…

— David Chang

I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better.

— David Chang

I love to eat sushi, and, you know, those flavors and wasabi and really eating spoonfuls of it... I would just mix…

— David Chang

I love the intensity of the fine-dining kitchen, but loathe the fine-dining experience.

— David Chang

I was terrible at desk jobs.

— David Chang

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

I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino.

— David Chang