The worst thing for me is to not taste what I'm eating, to not know what I'm eating. It upsets me to no avail.
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My cooking philosophy, what I try to do, is to make a cuisine where the produce and the product shines, compared to some current trends that are maybe more adding additional things, like molecular cuisine, with a lot of additives and chemicals, which are now showing that they could be bad for your health.
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I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure.
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I think I grew up with the idea that there was something comforting about preparing food.
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In France, we have a geographic situation that is very exceptional, and it creates produce that is completely exceptional.
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Right now, I am doing the reverse of molecular gastronomy. I'm working with scientists to find ingredients and produce that are proven to be good for you.
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Las Vegas is amazing because of the clientele you have here. People come from all over the world; it really is a melting pot.
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Southeast Asia food uses many different types of spices which are quite new to me, like the curry leaves which I saw at the Kreta Ayer wet market in Chinatown. With such spices used in cooking, this usually imparts a strong aroma to Southeast Asian food, which appeals to the senses.
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If you are killing a chicken and cooking a chicken, it has to taste like chicken. Veal has to taste like veal. You have to be able to identify what you're eating. One of my worst experiences is when I can't tell what I'm eating. It is a waste.