Martin Yan

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free. ↗

— Martin Yan

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I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher. ↗

— Martin Yan

#celebrity #considered #cooking #entertainment #entertainment business

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. ↗

— Martin Yan

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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. ↗

— Martin Yan

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Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef. ↗

— Martin Yan

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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. ↗

— Martin Yan

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Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning. ↗

— Martin Yan

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

— Martin Yan

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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. ↗

— Martin Yan

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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. ↗

— Martin Yan

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