Best quotes by Alvin Leung on Food

Checkout quotes by Alvin Leung on Food

  • A dish should have flavor, texture, appearance and smell, but I'm doing it differently. We take Chinese food, play with your sentiments, memories of it, and then take you to the border; you won't fall over the edge, but you get excitement.
    - Alvin Leung
  • A symbol in Chinese Buddhism is the lotus plant, which regenerates every year, symbolizing life, renewal, and the Buddha himself. Actually it is used in many Asian religions including Hinduism. Few people think of it as food even though it is used as an ingredient all the time.
    - Alvin Leung
  • It is not difficult now to make good food because we have sophisticated equipment and refined ingredients. Being innovative also helps you. It sets you apart from other chefs. But taste is king.
    - Alvin Leung
  • One good thing about being brought up with Chinese food from another country means that you're not a purist and you will accept deviation.
    - Alvin Leung
  • My food is an extension of my personality.
    - Alvin Leung
  • People keep saying I'm westernizing Chinese food. No I'm not. McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, have done it big time, way before me.
    - Alvin Leung
  • In London, the food critics are harsher, the clients milder; in Hong Kong, the clients are harsher, the critics milder.
    - Alvin Leung
  • Cooking is physical; it's easier to learn than playing golf. You chop food, you pan fry it - what else is there to it?
    - Alvin Leung