When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better…A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. – Calvin Trillin

Please understand the reason Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese don’t cook them, they threaten them. – Jeff Smith

Chinese food – You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles. – Henry Beard

Food is always better eaten in little doleful pinchfuls off the ends of chopsticks, no gobbling. The reason Darwin’s law of survival applies best to China: if you don’t know how to handle a chopstick and stick it in that family pot with the best of them, you’ll starve. – Jack Kerouac