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" Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types. "
David Chang
Think
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" To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world. "
David Chang
You
Always
Eat
" 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. "
David Chang
You
Eating
Know
" I think that the Japanese - and I do love Japanese cuisine and adore Japanese food culture - I think that they're going to plow through the entire world's fishing. They're going to eat everything anyways. "
David Chang
Think
Love
Food
" I'm always criticizing and only see the mistakes. "
David Chang
Criticizing
See
Only
" To me, there are two types of celebrity: there's good celebrity - people that are attracted to the food and working and trying to create something great - and then there's bad celebrity - those who are working on being a celebrity. "
David Chang
Trying
Good
Great
" The Momofuku Culinary Lab started as a space where we could focus on creating and innovating. I didn't want us to worry about working on projects in a restaurant; there are just too many distractions in service and running a kitchen to be able to focus on creating your dishes. "
David Chang
Worry
Focus
Service
" Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything. "
David Chang
Hide
Colleagues
Deep
" I think the best restaurants in America should be in California. "
David Chang
Should
America
Best
" 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. "
David Chang
Me
Like
Inspiration
" I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away. "
David Chang
Street
Stand
You
" One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7. "
David Chang
New York
You
Benefits
" 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. "
David Chang
Famous
People
America
" America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop with the excuses and start creating something better. "
David Chang
America
Start
Culture
" 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. "
David Chang
Life
Amazing
Movies
" The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. "
David Chang
Word
Restaurant
Out
" When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat. "
David Chang
Beat
Work
Miss
" 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. "
David Chang
Culture
Bread
You
" I doubt I'd ever do television to the extent that, say, Gordon Ramsay has. "
David Chang
Ever
Doubt
Extent
" Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for. "
David Chang
Food
Me
You
" I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good? "
David Chang
Restaurant
Say
Good
" If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it. "
David Chang
Lost
Bad
Manager
" I was terrible at desk jobs. "
David Chang
Jobs
Terrible
Desk
" If people think you are this amazing, own it. "
David Chang
Amazing
You
Think
" I feel like I'm losing my ability to understand reality; like when someone loses their hearing, they can still speak English, but their speech eventually becomes distorted because they can't hear themselves. "
David Chang
Speech
Losing
Feel
" I constantly think I'm a fraud - that this success is not warranted or justified. "
David Chang
Success Is
Think
Fraud
" Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history. "
David Chang
Cooking
Gardening
History
" I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. "
David Chang
You
Great
Casino
" Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good. "
David Chang
Will
Past
Good
" I'm not cooking every day anymore, and that's the biggest withdrawal. Cooking is honest work. Now I don't know how to measure myself. "
David Chang
Myself
Work
Now
" Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though. "
David Chang
Chicken
Though
Place