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David Chang

Profession : Chef

Birth : August 5, 1977

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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I really don't care for the proper chef coat.

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Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

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Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of the new, modern chef is different.

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'Tampopo's amazing. I think it's an absolutely fantastic movie, but I don't think it captures for me the meaning of food.

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I'm a big sports fan.

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For everyday diners in Manhattan, cracking the waiting list at Nobu is said to be harder than getting courtside tickets for the Knicks.

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I appreciate people who are happy.

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If people think you are this amazing, own it.

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

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

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I like eggs. My favorite way of cooking eggs is old school French.

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If you're going to be a vegetarian, limit yourself to food from a place you can go to in two hours and just eat that.

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I'm always criticizing and only see the mistakes.

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

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I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the high school golf team once I got there. I had a big dose of humble pie then, and ever since, I've always known that there is always someone out there better than you, more talented. Always.

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Be careful what you wish for - getting to be a successful business and maintaining it is so hard. Anyone can be good one night; being good over several years is incredibly difficult.

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Before I had my own restaurant, I was never top dog in the kitchen. I've always had a low opinion of myself as a cook.

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I love chicken. I love chicken products: fried chicken, roasted chicken, chicken nuggets - whatever. And going to Japan, I would see that these chicken were smoked and then grilled and then have this amazing crispy skin.

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