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" I think the basic thing that home cooks can learn how to do is just season properly... If the home cook realized how little salt they use compared to what's needed, it would make their food taste better. "

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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. "

David Chang

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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. "

" The one reason why I got into cooking was because I wasn't good at anything else - not that I was good at it, but it was considered honest work. "

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

" When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat. "

" I was terrible at desk jobs. "

" 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. "

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

David Chang

School

Cooking

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

David Chang

Stars

Fashion

" 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. "

" I look forward to the spring vegetables because the season is so short. Mushrooms, edible foraged herbs, wild leeks, early season asparagus. "

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

" My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know if I would have been a chef. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm always criticizing and only see the mistakes. "

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

" Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm. "

David Chang

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Harm

" I'm a big sports fan. "

" Growing up, my dad owned a restaurant in Washington, DC, and food was something I was passionate about. But when I finally got into it, I felt like it was so late in the game; that's why I worked seven days a week at Craft and Mercer Kitchen. I wanted to see how far I could take it. "

" 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. "

" Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good. "

" Why can't it be awesome to work for a food company? Why can't we create an environment where people are trying to push each other to do great things, and we're not trying to steal from anybody - we're trying to be good to our farmers and run an honorable business, if there is such a thing anymore? "

" I want to make simple food new. "

" 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. "