Graham Elliot Quotes

England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

What makes Harlem special is that at any given time, food seekers can not only find food deeply rooted in Southern, Latin and African traditions, but also can taste the newer Senegalese, Chinese, and Italian influences as well.

My learning from my travels is that taste is objective. If a thing is tasty, it's universally tasty. Or, just not.

I'm half Moroccan and half Indian so I have quite an adventurous taste in food.

Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.

New York gives us a wide colour palette to cook from. We have cuisines from around the world, and that lets us pick and choose.

In my travels, I also noticed that kids in Thailand like spicy food, and kids in India love curry. I'm hoping to introduce my son, Hudson, to lots of veggies and spices when he's young. I say that before he's started on solid foods, so it could be easier in theory than practice!

You just feel a little odd when you don't get your kind of food. Fortunately, there are Indian restaurants all over the world.

I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food.

Miami is one of these places where diversity is in our blood, where, you know, if you want to go have a Nicaraguan breakfast, a Cuban lunch, and an American diner dinner, you do.

Some foods you may say, 'Oh wow, this is not food.' People actually eat that somewhere. I just want people to really understand that and really appreciate it.

My brother is working to change the perception of Chinese food in America.

For people in London, Asian flavors are always part of the culture, more than in New York.

Filipino food is not common when compared to your local Chinese food options.

The Chinese are much too sensible to like turkey - come to think of it, I don't think I've ever encountered turkey anywhere in East Asia, either in a market or on a menu.

Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of foods I crave. A lot of the dishes I used to love became boring to me.

I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.

America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.

I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines.

I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.

I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.

When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don't know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously.

Pasta isn't just for Italian food anymore. Now there are tasty pasta recipes found in Asian cuisine, and it's emerging as a newfound love for vegans.

In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.

When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I never had a problem with Brussels sprouts or broccoli growing up. I always grew up with the mentality of finishing your plate.