Chopsticks

[SpeedFreak]

Sat here having a bowl of noodles and it struck me that I find chopsticks natural to use now. I don't have to think about it anymore. So who else can use them well and who has tried and given up?

 

[SpeedFreak]

Even the Chinese use spoons for their rice. I like using chopsticks for noodles and stir frys though.

Not true. Lift the bowl to your mouth and scoop the rice in with the chopsticks

 

[SpeedFreak]

Now, since you're in bristol Zefan, have you been to Mayflower in the centre near the bus station?

 

[SpeedFreak]

Yes but if you are eating off a plate the Chinese use a spoon.

Yes, but usually chinese people eat rice from a bowl

 

[SpeedFreak]

I couldnt use them before i went to asia...Now I can...

Not keen on chinese chopsticks though...not precise enough...Korean chopsticks > * with japanese a close second.

aren't korean chopsticks metal?

 

[SpeedFreak]

the hardest thing to pick up imo is chinese mushrooms. they are slippery as hell. As for dumplings, you just get used to it, although little kids tend to use spoons.

 

[SpeedFreak]

there are also loads of rice variaties. Scented, glutonus, broken etc.... Basmati rice is not easy to eat with chopsticks. Chinese rice is only washed lightly and then cooked, hence it's stickiness. The Chinese do have strict table manners. Do not stick your fi di ( chopsticks) into your rice. This resembles the burning of insence to commemorate the dead. Elbows off the table at all times. Never fill your tea first, eldest to youngest then you. Sometimes there are two sets of fi di. One for you to use to eat with, the other to pick up food and place in your bowl, but if you're with family this doesn't normally apply. Oh, and always fight for the bill