112 Quotes by David Chang
"Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It's going to give her a sense of ownership, and that changes everything. You stop taking things for granted; you become less wasteful."
"People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation."
"Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. You'll find 'natural flavor' or 'artificial flavor' in just about every list of ingredients. The similarities between these two broad categories are far more significant than the differences."
"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."
"As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long."
"For everyday diners in Manhattan, cracking the waiting list at Nobu is said to be harder than getting courtside tickets for the Knicks."
"'Tampopo's amazing. I think it's an absolutely fantastic movie, but I don't think it captures for me the meaning of food."
"There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you look at maybe the top chef in the world, or at least monetarily, it's like Wolfgang Puck, but he makes as much money as an average crappy investment banker."