Quotes By Martin Yan

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.

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 hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.

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.

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