Roy Choi

At my lowest point, I found cooking.

— Roy Choi

I went to high school in Orange County.

— Roy Choi

I don't really care about job security.

— Roy Choi

Oh yeah, the 'Chef' movie was awesome.

— Roy Choi

I like to go to a Korean salon.

— Roy Choi

I want to reshape fast food in America.

— Roy Choi

I typically like Sicilian pizza.

— Roy Choi

I have a fun side and a serious side.

— Roy Choi

Only if you're from L.A. do you know Elysian Park.

— Roy Choi

When I was around 25 years old, I lost everything and was a complete dirtbag.

— Roy Choi

I bet a chef could get more pussy than a guitar player right now.

— Roy Choi

I'm not a get-off-my-lawn guy. I embrace the new generation.

— Roy Choi

I've always wanted a straight-up cooking show since I was a child.

— Roy Choi

My restaurants are about community and about sharing and about warmth.

— Roy Choi

I'll never be able to outlive Kogi. Kogi is a beast.

— Roy Choi

Sometimes, in the deepest moments, there are no words. There is only food.

— Roy Choi

I knew of the 'Gilmore Girls' - I wasn't a rabid fan, but I watched it sporadically when it was first on.

— Roy Choi

I don't have a boss. I don't answer to anybody. I do everything that I want to do out of the purity…

— Roy Choi

American barbecue is all slow and low, you know, or low and slow, as they say down in the South, in Texas.…

— Roy Choi

I kind of feel for the vegetable world - the vegetarian world. It's almost as if people look at them like aliens…

— Roy Choi

When Kogi started, I was dead broke, selling tacos on the street just to survive.

— Roy Choi

A-Frame was a real, pivotal moment because that's where I really got to channel a lot of emotions.

— Roy Choi

I make milkshakes at home, but the two best are at at Gulfstream and Disney's Soda Fountain on Hollywood Boulevard.

— Roy Choi

I didn't just grow up lowriding: I grew up lowriding and also in mansions in Orange County.

— Roy Choi

My parents and friends, they're Ph.D.s that worked as custodians, that owned their own businesses, that went bankrupt, that moved seven times,…

— Roy Choi

There are certain foods that are somewhat sacred or you're not supposed to mess with. When you do mess with them, it…

— Roy Choi

I have a tendency to trail off in conversations. I don't look up at people sometimes when I talk or cook, and…

— Roy Choi

I translate Hawaii as a place where people make sure I'm having a great time, eating terrific food, without any expectation of…

— Roy Choi

Go out one day and treat yourself. Go out and have the best sushi you can find, or go to the best…

— Roy Choi

I know a lot of artists and chefs don't talk about this, but sometimes you just don't get to the finish line.…

— Roy Choi

A lot of my friend's mothers and parents worked at Paramount Studios, so I would always go. I met the Fonz when…

— Roy Choi

I'm a little old-school in that I think there's some value in the classics and the steps of achieving a certain profession.…

— Roy Choi

I realized why I can cook for different environments. Because of everything I've gone through growing up. Why can I cook for…

— Roy Choi

I grew up around food and in a restaurant, so it never dawned on me that this was a thing to do;…

— Roy Choi

I don't really do that much office work. I just go to the office, and I'm like Steve Carell in 'The Office.'…

— Roy Choi

My parents worked and sold and hustled; they were gone from the morning, and I pretty much took care of myself. But…

— Roy Choi

This is the premiere food symposium in the world. To quote you guys: 'Intended to invoke a sense of courage and urgency...Enabling…

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I know all about Orange County.

— Roy Choi

I dream like a shaman.

— Roy Choi

I'm a quiet person in real life.

— Roy Choi