ChopStix Use them?

[BINOWGAYLATER]

FACE TO BOWL:
I NEVER GO TO A japanese/chinese resturant that doesn't serve the rice in a bowl - I hve to convince Western people that this is perfectly good etiquette and "the way it's done" !!

slurp the soup - of course -- noisy slurping is validation to the chef !!

pick up stix - put on top of rice - raise bowl to mouth - insert food - "shovel small pieces" ok - NEVER stab FOOD with pointed end of stick !!

 

[freefall]

Pretentious and stupid to use chopsticks the way we eat in the West. Chinese people eat out of a bowl which they bring up to their mouths. Then it is possible to shovel the food in using chopsticks. But when the bowl rests on the table it is ridiculously difficult to eat with sticks.

The food shoveling is only customary in Japan. In China, it is considered to be rude on a formal dinner. For me personally, shoveling is like hogging up the food.

In the correct way, the rice is really grasped and carried to the mouth, while the bowl is raised towards the face just to anticipate in case the food falls from the chopsticks. But it's slow and thus busy people prefer throwing food to their mouths instead of picking and inserting.

 

[chatolandia]

I use chopsticks for East Asian eating, well with the exception of fried rice.

I actually prefer using chopsticks when eating long noodles (like Chinese Noodles or Spaghetti), it's just easier.

I learned because my first job required me to go to Toronto, and my co-worker was this Chinese lady, she took me to a ton of places that basically did not put forks on the tables. So I learned

I am OK at it, not great

 

[star-warrior]

The food shoveling is only customary in Japan. In China, it is considered to be rude on a formal dinner. For me personally, shoveling is like hogging up the food.

In the correct way, the rice is really grasped and carried to the mouth, while the bowl is raised towards the face just to anticipate in case the food falls from the chopsticks. But it's slow and thus busy people prefer throwing food to their mouths instead of picking and inserting.

Perhaps only the posh people balance the rice on the end of their chopsticks... It will make a mess if the rice isn't sufficiently sticky to hold together as a lump.

Nearly everyone I know uses the scooping method where the rice is pushed into the waiting mouth.

 

[TickTockMan]

Before I got hurt I used them a lot. Now I can't for the most part. It hurts too much.

 

[BINOWGAYLATER]

Before I got hurt I used them a lot. Now I can't for the most part. It hurts too much.

again - we're talking about them for eating purposes only !!!! hehehe

 

[Georgiadude]

I use them every time I eat Chinese or Japanese food. I'm trying to show my children how to use them as well. They're trying. A couple of the restaurants we go to have some for children. They bind the sticks together with a rubber band. makes it easier for the kids to grab some food. It's really cute watching them work at it. Eventually they give up but their trying.

 

[justsimon]

I use chopsticks when appropriate.

I use them every time I eat Chinese or Japanese food. I'm trying to show my children how to use them as well. They're trying. A couple of the restaurants we go to have some for children. They bind the sticks together with a rubber band. makes it easier for the kids to grab some food. It's really cute watching them work at it. Eventually they give up but their trying.

You need these:

 

[flyingfree]

I use them in Chinese and Japanese restaurants. I sometimes bring my own chopsticks if I remember.

Incidentally, to those that use chopsticks to eat sushi, I offer this quote from Sushifaq.com:

"It is OK to eat nigiri-zushi (sushi) with your hands (edit: using your thumb and index finger). Sashimi is only to be eaten with your chopsticks."