112 Quotes by David Chang

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

"I like eggs. My favorite way of cooking eggs is old school French."

"I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better."

"If people think you are this amazing, own it."

"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."

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

"If you come in and then get released two times, you have a higher chance of dying than if you come in once. If you come back three times and go back out, you have a much, much higher chance of dying."

"I really don't care for the proper chef coat."

"I love the intensity of the fine-dining kitchen, but loathe the fine-dining experience."

"In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against the buildings we run in New York."