To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best ham…

- David Chang

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

- David Chang

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. There's so much more competition. You can do an event every week and not coo…

- David Chang

Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, theyre not teach…

- David Chang

I love chicken. I love chicken products: fried chicken, roasted chicken, chicken nuggets - whatever. And going to Japan, I would see that these chick…

- David Chang

Lifes too short to just breeze on by.

- David Chang

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 J…

- David Chang

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

- David Chang

I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine…

- David Chang