Masaharu Morimoto

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#day #doing #every #every day #fighter

A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#knife #without

A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#cooking #difficult #food #i #japanese

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher! ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#chefs #dishwasher #goes #into #japanese

A lot of people call me a celebrity chef, but I don't think that I'm a celebrity. So I want to stay keeping just a chef. That's more comfortable. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#celebrity #chef #comfortable #i #just

I always have dashi in my refrigerator - it's the almighty Japanese ingredient. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#always #i #i always #ingredient #japanese

I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#different #different ways #dishes #five #flavor

I don't eat anything on an airplane. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#anything #eat #i

I want to expand my cuisine to this country. I love America. I have been here 22 years. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#been #country #cuisine #expand #here

I'm not making art, I'm making sushi. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#i #making #sushi