Masa Takayama

“My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple.”

“I want to know what my food has been eating.”

“In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much.”

“I began cutting up fish when I was a little kid.”

“I like the hot dogs at Dodger Stadium.”

“Today, in the newspapers and magazines, the first sentence is, my restaurant is expensive.”