53 Quotes by Martin Yan

You can do almost anything with soup stock, it’s like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.

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

The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it’s ruined.

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.

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.

When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That’s all that matters.

First of all, I can’t really claim to be a great chef.