- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Alsace - in Strasbourg, by the canal; the family business was coal handling. It was still in the days when three generations would live under the same roof. There were 15 people for lunch, 20 for dinner.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother worked in a chocolate factory, so when I came home from school, I had a piece of baguette with dark chocolate in it. I remember her smelling like chocolate.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my 16th birthday, my family took me to L'Auberge de L'Ill, which was family-run but had three Michelin stars. It was a revelation. After that meal, I realised this is what I want to do.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent seven years in France. Then, I went to Asia for five years. I came to London in 1984 and then America in 1985. In 1991, I opened my first restaurant in New York City.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cooking at home is easier than cooking in the restaurant because you don't have to write a menu or try to please everybody.
- Menu
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you do a menu at a restaurant, you have to be the engineer of that menu. It has to be a crowd-pleaser.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, as a chef and restaurateur, that you have to take care of your business. Otherwise, you're only as good as your last meal. You have to watch if your food costs are too high, or you could be out of business in no time.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.
- Eat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I landed in 1980 in Bangkok, and I stopped to eat ten times between the airport and the hotel. It was all lemongrass and ginger and chilies.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I arrived in New York in 1986, when I was 28. The market here was nothing. In the Union Square farmers' market, it was a couple of potatoes, everything from California. So the only place I was comfortable shopping was in Chinatown, because it all came from Hong Kong.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020