Martin Yan Quotes
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Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning.
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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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Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.
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I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.
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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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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.
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When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.
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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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The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.
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Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
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Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
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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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You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.
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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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First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.
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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 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 think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.
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In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.
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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.
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I enjoy the quiet life.
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I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.
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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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You don't have to show people how successful you are.
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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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The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united.
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When you have a good stock, you can make a good soup.
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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.
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If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.
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