Chopsticks or cutlery?

[Merlin5]

I always do chopsticks, much more fun way to eat chinese. Had my usual tonight, beef chow mein, sweet and sour crispy pork balls and egg flied lice. Had it last night too as those takeaways are always good for two meals.

Do you chopstick like real men do, or fork 'n spoon it?

 

[s452]

If I'm eating at a chinese restaurant, always chopsticks, unless i'm having soup.
At home, usually a spoon!!

 

[HazardO]

TBH, I normally use a fork, but if eating from a bowl, chopsticks.


[rant]
Why can't you buy chopsticks in most supermarkets?

They sell Sushi & Chinese but chopsticks?
[/rant]

 

["andy"]

Il use them in a Chinese restaurant but if not then what's the point

 

[Van Hellseek]

Chopsticks if eating out.

I sometimes use a spoon at home.

 

[PapaLazaru]

I cheat and use linking chopsticks.

http://www.smarterproducts.co.uk/categories/Kitastick-Linking-Chopsticks/

I get them free as it is my cousin who designed them.

 

[ganesh]

Chopsticks fo sho. In a local Chinese restaurant they don't even lay the tables with them, if you want chopsticks you have to ask. They must have got fed up with everyone asking for forks, a bit sad really.

 

[Mason-]

Only use chopsticks out. At home I just want to shovel the food in so spoon > than anything.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Chopsticks

Poll?

 

[BrightonBelle]

Chopsticks mainly but if it's something impossible to navigate with chopsticks then I'm not going to let my food get cold trying to look 'authentic' by only using chopsticks!

BB x

 

[King Damager]

Just depends on mood really.

If I'm out at a Chinese restaurant the chance of it being chopsticks is much higher though.

kd

 

[Yaayuh!]

Chopsticks mainly but if it's something impossible to navigate with chopsticks then I'm not going to let my food get cold trying to look 'authentic' by only using chopsticks!

BB x

Haha! That's quite true, pretty much the same tbh thinking about it.

 

[pitchfork]

Depends, sometimes I use chopsticks, sometimes a fork and knife.
Chinese ladel spoon thing for soup.

Depends if I want to throw the food into my face as fast as physically possible or not.
If the rice isn't sticky I'll use a spoon for that anyway, not possible to eat non sticky rice with chopsticks at any kind of pace.

 

[Musty Pie]

I always use chopsticks when eating anything asian!

 

[Spuj]

Chopsticks if I am at a Chinese Restaurant. If we get takeaway then I will just use cutlery, the misses still uses chopsticks still though.

 

[Doctor McNinja]

I always use chopsticks when eating anything asian!

Same here, I think it improves dexterity.



One question this thread has raised in my mind is what is the correct term for food from countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam etc? "Asian" seems too broad of a term to me as it encompasses everything from Japan to Pakistan. I would say* "I always eat oriental food with chopsticks" but I'm not sure whether "oriental" is seen as racist these days.


*this parted isn't directed at Musty Pie or anyone else.

 

[Muban]

Always chopsticks* (home or out), I actually find them easier to use than a fork/spoon combo. Mind you I've used them since I was 4 so that probably explains it.

* when I say always, obviously not for soup. For soup a Chinese spoon.

My home set:

 

[Cosimo]

I never use chopsticks.

 

[Belmit]

Usually chopsticks. If the rice isn't sticky or fluffy enough then it's virtually impossible, so fork it.

 

[robj20]

Knife, fork and spoon, just works better.