"As far back as I can remember, my life has always been involved in cooking," says Chen. He recalls that when he was in elementary school, he and his brothers often used little hammers to crack open dried scallops; by the time he was in middle school, he was going out at dawn before school to help with shopping.
「從有記憶以來，我的生活就和廚藝分不開，」陳兆麟記得小學時，兄弟們經常拿著小鐵鎚，幫忙父親將乾硬的乾貝敲開，國中時，他得在大清早上學前幫忙採買。