There are certain foods that are somewhat sacred or you're not supposed to mess with. When you do mess with them, it touches a nerve where you have to compare it to the original, and then that thing you're creating has a loosing change right out of the gate.

Roy Choi

Cooking is one of the most zen things - you have to be there.

Roy Choi

It's so easy to produce food, throw it away, and watch people starve. It's so hard to produce food mindfully and to feed and to reduce waste.

Roy Choi

In mainstream media, everything gets turned into a stereotype of ourselves.

Roy Choi

Straight up, Oreos, sodas, chips, salsa dips, egg white omelets, yogurts, breads, ketchups, mustards, barbecue sauce, frozen pizzas, hot pockets, ice cream, all these things that you eat in your normal life - I think if chefs got more involved in that, then it could be better. Because we're the ones that know flavor.

Roy Choi

I was a salary man for so many years. I never had to worry about the ins and outs of business or entrepreneurship or funding. I just had to show up and do my job. And then, all of a sudden, I was having to be responsible for my own business.

Roy Choi

When you have parents that come from a country that you weren't raised in, you feel this weird sense of familiarity, like you've returned to something.

Roy Choi

When you come out of the ocean after surfing all day, loco moco is the best thing you ever tasted.

Roy Choi

All Korean food is not just one thing.

Roy Choi

I'll never be able to outlive Kogi. Kogi is a beast.

Roy Choi

TV is a hard thing to do. It's a hard thing to get a show.

Roy Choi

I have a tendency to trail off in conversations. I don't look up at people sometimes when I talk or cook, and those are all pretty bad no-no's being in front of the camera.

Roy Choi

A-Frame was a real, pivotal moment because that's where I really got to channel a lot of emotions.

Roy Choi

The things that make Korean food delicious are garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili powder, and chili paste. They make anything delicious.

Roy Choi

Go out one day and treat yourself. Go out and have the best sushi you can find, or go to the best barista in your city and have just a cup of cappuccino, and tell yourself that you deserve this. I think that is very empowering.

Roy Choi

Korean food is primarily based on herbs and shoots and sprouts. There's no pasture land in Korea; we eat like Hobbits.

Roy Choi

Public television is a very important thing for our human race, and it allows us the ability to discuss the elephants in the room and understand stories beyond the headlines.

Roy Choi

Oh yeah, the 'Chef' movie was awesome.

Roy Choi

I typically like Sicilian pizza.

Roy Choi

As a young manager, I had no idea what it meant to be a chef.

Roy Choi

Food trucks are an essential part of people's days. They are important to the fabric of feeding people, like hotel chefs cooking breakfasts or for weddings.

Roy Choi