53 Quotes by Martin Yan

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.

You don't have to show people how successful you are.

So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.

As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.

Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.

I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.