Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes

I love discovering tiny streets.

My favourite thing to do in any city is just to get lost and go for long walks.

Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.

The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

Wherever I go, I'm watching. Even on vacation, when I'm in an airport or a railroad station, I look around, snap pictures, and find out how people do things.

My favorite place is whichever sidewalk is beneath my feet because I am just constantly fascinated by walking and looking and learning. If I've already walked a street five times, then the next five times I walk it looking up, and I learn something about the cornices.

I like to go out and see what a city's all about.

If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.

When you travel, try having an open mind, not just about the city that you're in but about the surrounding areas.

I think of [street food] as the antidote to fast food; it's the clear alternative to the king, the clown and the colonel.

From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.

I'm not a good tourist. I don't like walking around and looking at things. I like being in a city and working and finding out how other people live.

I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.

When I'm on the road, restaurants are like gyms: I know where I want to be in each city.

It can be tough when you're on the road, but I think food is meant to be enjoyed, so whenever we go to a new place, we look for the specialty item there.

I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.

I want to experience Dallas. It's a new city where I see new business opportunities.

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

The two impulses in travel are to get away from home, and the other is to pursue something - a landscape, people, an exotic place. Certainly finding a place that you like or discovering something unusual is a very sustaining thing in travel.

You start wanting to see a different place every day.

I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.