Martin Yan Quotes

• I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child’s cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

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• I normally don’t eat junk food.

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  I live a very low-key life.

   

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

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• I enjoy the quiet life.

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

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• I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

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• I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.

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• I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.

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• Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.

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

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• Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

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

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• At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.

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• 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.

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• Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.

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• A lot of people don’t enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

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Birth:	22nd December, 1948
Nationality:	Chinese
Profession:	Chef

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