Alvin Leung

“I've ruined a lot of hotel towels. I did a shoot in San Francisco and stayed at the Mandarin Oriental. I must have ruined thousands of dollars worth of towels. I dye my hair once a week. The dye is not temporary. It stains everything. It stains tiles, that's how powerful it is.”

“My grandmother passed away from diabetes. And my father died from heart disease as a result of diabetes. They were in their early 60s.”

“The core of who I am is Canadian.”

“Hong Kong never had prestige. It's gone from fishing village to where it is today.”

“Engineers don't have that sixth sense where we can just toss in things here and there like many chefs.”

“My food is an extension of my personality.”

“I'm not cheap but I'm not unaffordable.”

“This is X-treme Chinese Cooking. X-citing, X-otic and X-traordinary.”

“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.”

“The stock from a pigeon is unique. It's much better than quail or duck.”

“As I have to have low-sugar foods, I eat more berries, dragonfruit and kiwis. Aside from that, my go-to sweet treat is Chinese dessert soups.”

“My success rate is about 80 percent. Two of ten dishes won't work.”

“Talent in cooking can be described as skill, creativity, your instincts, how do you approach a problem.”

“Bo Innovation is there for anyone who comes to Hong Kong and wants to learn about Hong Kong in the shortest amount of time.”

“It's important to learn from your mistakes and then to refine.”

“All the earrings are mostly crosses. It's kind of a contradiction to wear it since I'm known as the Demon Chef. They're all custom-made. Some are Tiffany's. Some are Stephen Webster from England.”

“I don't like being labelled so I decided to label myself.”

“Change is always good. You can't keep tradition all the time. Yes, Grandma cooked on a wood stove but she would have used electricity if she could.”

“I don't sleep. I have a notepad next to my bed.”

“I loved Batman as a kid.”