David Chang Quotes

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David Chang

Profession : Chef

Birth : August 5, 1977

I'm grasping with how you do something on a large scale with multiple operations and not have quality decrease.

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Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.

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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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I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.

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I doubt I'd ever do television to the extent that, say, Gordon Ramsay has.

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People are getting famous now for serving food out of a truck, or for, well, pork buns. I don't know if I'm really pleased to be a part of that. I'm somewhat terrified of what the future holds, especially in America.

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

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Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world.

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

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There are many things to admire about Japan but this is the one thing I love the most and probably the only time I eat breakfast. Fish, eggs, soup, salad, veggies; all in the tiniest bites. It's a full meal, but it's so refreshing.

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I was terrible at desk jobs.

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I learned so much more prepping vegetables than I ever did in cooking school.

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

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I don't like eating in restaurants.

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I constantly think I'm a fraud - that this success is not warranted or justified.

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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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People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation.

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One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7.

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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.

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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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