My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D.C. proper and have a chef's table where people can come and taste my food without having to have a catered event.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm going to work on food culture and help food become fun and part of peoples' lives again. The traditional restaurant is more commercial-oriented. But I want community through food.
I think D.C. has always been very, very vibrant for food. Like Boston in a way. Boston and D.C. were really the two cities that were the most active with their local chefs and their local food scene.
I think there are a lot of chefs in D.C. who have made D.C. what it is today. I am very respectful to them. I'm very admiring of what they've done.
I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.
Each city should have its own type of restaurant.
I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
Get to know the Chef and you will start to enjoy dining out even more.
I'm open to starting restaurants anywhere as long as the produce that's readily available is high quality. For example, I'm never doing a restaurant in Shanghai because I saw the produce available there, and it's just not good. I won't do a restaurant in Moscow for the same reason.
I wouldn't mind having a nice little restaurant.
I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.