"You don’t have chefs trying to ram different high-end concepts down your throat."
"The history of New Orleans and our cultural influences are celebrated in the food, so our food culture is pretty wild."
"It's a honky-tonk that’s located downtown on Broadway and is one of my favourite places on Earth."
"Queens is the immigrant engine that fuels the New York that people think they know."
"I do the leg work. I eat out all the time. I just want you to have a great meal. So please, pay attention."
"He doesn’t make a big deal about this, but he mills his own flours and he uses the best ingredients."
"I love going there whenever I have a day off. It's like going to a friend's backyard party."
"For three decades, a lot of people didn't recognise Koreatown other than those of us that lived in it."
"Not a lot of people know about it. It's nice to keep it for myself, but I guess that's about to change."
"When I first ate there, I felt very similar to the way I felt when I first ate at El Bulli."