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" I love big shrimp, like Japanese botan shrimp and the meaty ones from Santa Barbara, Calif. In classic Japanese cooking, shrimp like these would be dropped into a broth or boiled as served with sushi. But I think boiling dilutes their great flavor, and they are better when stir-fried. "

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Wake Up

Sleep

" Chefs are artists, and I couldn't be happy with my art if I was forced to use cheap ingredients. "

" I feel like I owe something to America, as it is where I found success. "

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America

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" My cooking is simply ingredients plus umami. "

" I eat soup noodles for comfort. In fact, noodles of any kind. It's a food that is very easy to eat; it's very soothing and comfortable, too. If I could choose any, I'd say buckwheat was my favourite: it has a very good flavour and is healthy, too. "

" I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world. "

" It's still my happiest time when I'm eating. "

" Shellfish is better to buy live. In the U.S., because we eat oysters and clams raw, it is very important that they are alive before we prepare them. It's important to look for a closed shell. If a clam is alive, the shell will be closed. Never buy clams if the shell is open. "

" I was a bit of a wild boy - always swimming and exploring the mountains. "

" When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual. "

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Out

Casual

" Peru was the Incas; it has 3,000 to 4,000 years of history. "

" When I was 11 or 12 - a young boy in Japan - one of my older brothers took me to a sushi restaurant. I had never been to one, and it was very memorable. Back then, sushi was expensive and hard to come by, not like today, when there's a sushi restaurant on every street corner and you can buy it in supermarkets. "

" The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn. "

" Los Angeles is my home - I have my wife and two daughters growing up there. "

Nobu Matsuhisa

Home

Two

" I have a restaurant in Milan, and Paper Moon is five minutes away from my hotel, so I always go there for lunch. It's a casual place that serves good salad, pizza and pasta; the space is tight with tables close together, and it feels buzzy. Food comes out fast, too. "

" Sushi is something very exclusive. It is not like a McDonald's, not like a hot dog, not like a French fry. It's very high-class cooking in Japan. "

" What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!' "

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" Of course the Japanese and Peruvian fish are different, but it's the same Pacific Ocean. They are different, but I know fish. "

" In Tokyo, we have more three-star Michelin restaurants than Paris. "

" The first jolt I received in my life was when I lost my father in a motorcycle accident when I was eight. I would have been with him if he hadn't turned down my request to go out with him that afternoon. "

" Whenever possible, buy a fish whole. With tuna, this isn't practical; with smaller fish, it is. "

" I can live without a computer. My assistant checks my e-mails. "

" My business partner Robert De Niro knows a lot about hotels; he opened the Greenwich Hotel in New York City. "

" I exercise every morning, no matter what. Sometimes it's tough to do right when you get off the plane, but after ten minutes you start sweating, and you always feel better. "

" I like Mercedes because my wife has been in two big accidents and emerged without a scratch, thanks to the safety of these cars. "

" If I am at home in L.A. on a Saturday or Sunday, I like to start the day with a hot bath and then do an hour of stretching. "

" In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects. "

" People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports. "

" Eating a lot on the plane is not good for jet lag. "

" In my generation, there was no sushi school, no cooking school, so people have to learn from working. "