wǒ jiào zhōng wén míng zì jiào luó lǎng

我叫michael，中文名字叫罗朗

My name is Michael, Luo Lang is my Chinese name

jīn nián suì

今年41岁

I turned 41 this year

nián lái dào zhōng guó

98年来到中国

I came to China in 1998

suì jiù kāi shǐ jìn chú fáng

14 15岁就开始进厨房

Started working in the kitchen when I was 14

wǒ zhī qián shì měi guó zhù huá dà shǐ guān dǐ de xíng zhèng zǒng chú

我之前是美国驻华大使官邸的行政总厨

I was previously the executive chef at the residence of U.S. ambassador to China

nà sān nián zuò le duō gè huó dòng

那三年做了200多个活动

Did over 200 events those three years

cóng lái méi yǒu zhòng fù zuò yī gè cái liào shí cái

从来没有重复做一个材料（食材）

Never used one ingredient twice

nián shàng lù

2009年上路

I went on my trip to follow the traditional Chinese food culture

zhuī sù chuán tǒng de yǐn shí wén huà

追溯传统的饮食文化

In 2009

cóng běi jīng kāi shǐ zǒu dào shǎn běi jiù shì huáng tǔ gāo yuán

从北京开始走到陕北，就是黄土高原

From Beijing to northern Shaanxi, which is the Loess Plateau

kàn le guō kuī ròu jiā mó yáng ròu pào mó

看了锅盔、肉夹馍、羊肉泡馍

Had Guo Kui, Rou Jia Mo, Yang Rou Pao Mo

diào liào bǐ jiào duō hé sī chóu zhī lù de lì shǐ yǒu guān xì

调料比较多，和丝绸之路的历史有关系

They are heavy on spices, which can be related to the history of the Silk Road

rán hòu dào níng xià gān sù qīng hǎi xīn jiāng

然后到宁夏、甘肃、青海、新疆

My trip went on to Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang

wǎng nán zǒu dào sì chuān

往南走到四川

Down south to Sichuan

là ròu huí guō ròu gè zhǒng de huǒ guō

腊肉、回锅肉，各种的火锅

Preserved meat, Double cooked pork, and hotpot of all kinds

yī zhí wǎng nán zǒu miàn màn màn de biàn chéng mǐ

一直往南走，面慢慢的变成米

The staple food turned from noodle to rice as I went south

rán hòu sì chuān zǒu yún nán guì zhōu guǎng xī guǎng dōng

然后四川走云南、贵州、广西、广东

From Sichuan to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong

dòu bàn jiàng jiù shì zài sì chuān xué de

豆瓣酱就是在四川学的

I picked up broad bean paste recipe in Sichuan

fàng yán fā jiào bǎ tā shài chǔ cún

放盐，发酵，把它晒，储存

Add salt, ferment, dry in the sun and store

měi nián qù yī tàng guì zhōu

每年去一趟贵州

I'd go to Guizhou every year

shā zhū de shí hòu wǒ fù zé qiè ròu qù máo guā pí

杀猪的时候，（我负责）切肉、去毛、刮皮

When they butcher a pig, I'm in charge of hair removing and dividing it into parts

là ròu là cháng dōu shì zì jǐ zuò

腊肉腊肠都是自己做

I make my own preserved sausage and meat

bù tóng de rén bù tóng de mín zú

不同的人，不同的民族

Different people of different nations

yīn wèi nǐ men dōu yào chī zhè gè dōng xī

因为你们都要吃这个东西

When you have the same food

nǐ men de shí jiān jiù kě yǐ yǒu shí zì lù kǒu jiāo chā

你们的时间就可以有十字路口（交叉)

Your timelines cross

chú shī sūn hǎo tā de nǎi nǎi fā gěi tā yī gè wēi xìn

厨师孙好，她的奶奶发给她一个微信

Chef Sun Hao received a WeChat message from her grandma

zài bào zhǐ lǐ kàn dào zuì dǒng zhōng guó měi shí de lǎo wài

在报纸里看到最懂中国美食的老外

She saw the foreigner who knows best about Chinese food in a newspaper

shì bù shì nǐ shī fù

是不是你师傅

She asked Sun if it was her teacher

wǒ zhēn de bù shì zhè me rèn wèi

我真的不是这么认为

I wouldn't say so

zhè yī bèi zi chéng nuò yào chè dǐ le jiě hé bǎo hù zhōng guó wén huà

这一辈子承诺要彻底了解和保护中国文化

I promised to undersand and guard Chinese culture with all my life

qù nián wǒ zài guǎng zhōu kāi le yī gè wén huà kōng jiān

去年，我在广州开了一个文化空间

I started a culture space in Guangzhou

wǒ gēn jù zhōng guó jié qì

我根据中国24节气

According to the 24 solar terms of China

yǒu yǔ shuǐ de cài dān máng zhǒng xiǎo mǎn xià zhì lì qiū

有雨水的菜单，芒种，小满，夏至，立秋

We have menus for Rain Water, Grain in Ear, Grain Full, Summer Solstice, Autumn Begins

dōu shì yòng dāng shí zuì xīn xiān de yuán cái liào

都是用当时最新鲜的原材料

The freshest ingredients are used

shǒu gōng zuò de dōng xī

手工（做）的东西

And everything is handmade

pào cài suān cài suān jiāng dòu jiǎo dōu shì wǒ men zì jǐ zuò

泡菜、酸菜、酸豇豆角都是我们自己做

Including all pickles

yǒu yī xiē wǒ men shǒu gōng jiàng yóu de

有一些我们手工酱油的

And we use handmade soy sauce

jiàng yóu shì zhōng cān de líng hún

酱油是中餐的灵魂

Soy sauce is the soul of Chinese food

àn zhào gǔ dài de fāng fǎ lái zuò

按照古代的方法来做

We follow the ancient way of making

gēn wǒ men dōng guǎn de shī fù xué zuò de jiàng yóu

跟我们东莞的师傅学做的酱油

Learned from soy sauce making experts in Dongguan

zhēn de jiù shì wǒ zhè yī bèi zi chī de zuì hǎo de jiàng yóu

真的就是我这一辈子吃的最好的酱油

It's the best soy sauce I ever tasted

ér qiě méi gàn cài yě shì

而且梅干菜也是

I learned how to make Mei Gan Cai

zhī qián wǒ men qù shùn dé jiù gēn yī gè lǎo tài tài xué de

之前我们去顺德就跟一个老太太学的

From an old lady in Shunde

zài nián de lǎo lóu de dǐng céng

在100年的老楼的顶层

On the roof of a one-hundred-year-old building

fàng yán fā jiào bāng tā shài

放盐，发酵，帮她晒

Add salt, ferment, dry in the sun

tài yáng de wèi dào kōng qì de wèi dào shuǐ tǔ de wèi dào rén de wèi dào dōu zài lǐ miàn

太阳的味道，空气的味道，水土的味道，人的味道都在里面

The flavor of sun, air, water, and human concentrates in the preserved vegetables

sān sì yuè fèn de shí hòu

三四月份的时候

Around March and April

wǒ gēn wǒ de tuán duì wǒ men qù shùn dé nà biān

我跟我的团队我们去顺德那边

I went to Shunde with my team

cān tīng zhǔn bèi zuì shàng jí de

餐厅准备最上级的

To prepare for the best beef hotpot

niú ròu huǒ guō

牛肉火锅

That we were going to serve in the restaurant

dāng shí wǒ chī de zuì duō jiù shì yín zhēn fěn

当时我吃的最多就是银针粉

And I had a lot of Yin Zhen rice noodles when we were there

suì de yī gè lǎo tài tài

70岁的一个老太太

Made by a 70-year-old lady

tā zuò yín zhēn fěn cóng kāi shuǐ dào jìn qù

他做银针粉从开水倒进去

Adding boiling water

róu miàn rán hòu jiū yī kuài rán hòu jiù cuō cuō

揉面，然后揪一块，然后就搓搓

Knead the dough, pinch off a piece and rub with both hands

měi yī wǎn jiù shì yǒu nián de jīng yàn

每一碗就是有70年的经验

Every bowl is 70 years of experience

wǒ jué dé nà gè yín zhēn fěn cái shì shē chǐ pǐn

我觉得那个银针粉才是奢侈品

To me that bowl of noodle is luxury

wǒ men shì tōng guò yǐn shí yě kě yǐ chuān yuè

我们是通过饮食也可以穿越

We can travel through time by food

nǐ zuò yī gè dōng xī dì dì dào dào de chuán tǒng

你做一个东西，地地道道的传统

You make something in the exact traditional way

nǐ xiàn zài chī de wèi dào jiù shì rén nián nián qián de chī de wèi dào

你现在吃的味道就是人1000年、5000年（前）的吃的味道

Then what you have is exactly the same as what people had ten or fifty centuries ago

suǒ yǐ zhè gè jiù shì chuán chéng zhè gè jiù shì wén huà

所以这个就是传承，这个就是文化

This is heritage, this is culture

wǒ duì zhè gè shì yǒu gǎn xīng qù

我对这个事有感兴趣

And this, is what I'm interested in