Chopsticks at Asian Restaurants - Yea or Nay

[TimmySmith 2,782]

More and more, asian restaurant seem to be giving out forks. Some give both.

 

I always use chopsticks, it's part of the experience.

[Alias Detective 1,179]

You mean Chinese restaurant? Yes

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Just me but if I'm camping and taking a sh!t, I'll forego the experence of using leaves and use the toilet paper I bring or that's provided.

[edjr 5,563]

with sushi and noodle soups, yay.

 

"american chinese food" nay

[MTSkiBum 1,594]

Yes, I use chopsticks. Most asian restaurants(including Vietnamese, korean, and japanese) in south west houston do not give you silverware unless you ask.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Yes, I use chopsticks. Most asian restaurants(including Vietnamese, korean, and japanese) in south west houston do not give you silverware unless you ask.

Used to be this way and still is in some places. But there are also the fork and no chopsticks places. Ate Korean yesterday and had to ask for chopsticks.

[IGotWorms 3,311]

I wonder what restaurants Timmy is eating in.

 

PF Chang's and so forth, yeah I'm sure they're giving you a fork.

 

But I don't think I've ever been to an authentic Asian (non-Chinese) place that gave you silverware without request.

[jerryskids 5,198]

with sushi and noodle soups, yay.

 

"american chinese food" nay

 

Noodle soups, like Pho? I haven't had that in a while but I don't recall a utensil preference. Sushi is the only definite for me. American Chinese, I'm fine with whatever they give me.

[edjr 5,563]

 

Noodle soups, like Pho? I haven't had that in a while but I don't recall a utensil preference. Sushi is the only definite for me. American Chinese, I'm fine with whatever they give me.

 

Yes Pho, exactly.

 

They have a little ladle type thing for the broth and use the sticks to put the noodles in the ladle. much bigger than a spoon

 

A fork with soup would be barbaric

[frank 2,144]

 

Noodle soups, like Pho? I haven't had that in a while but I don't recall a utensil preference. Sushi is the only definite for me. American Chinese, I'm fine with whatever they give me.

I read somewhere that sushi is meant to be eaten with your fingers. Since Americans like to use chopsticks they have to roll the sushi tighter so it doesn't fall apart.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

I read somewhere that sushi is meant to be eaten with your fingers. Since Americans like to use chopsticks they have to roll the sushi tighter so it doesn't fall apart.

If you watch the Jiro Sushi documentary, there is no tableware. All with fingers.

[edjr 5,563]

If you watch the Jiro Sushi documentary, there is no tableware. All with fingers.

 

I got wasabi on my finger and rubbed my eye.

 

didn't end well

[Hardcore troubadour 12,632]

Forks dammit. This is America.

[jerryskids 5,198]

I read somewhere that sushi is meant to be eaten with your fingers. Since Americans like to use chopsticks they have to roll the sushi tighter so it doesn't fall apart.

 

I've heard that.

 

I've got a friend couple; he is Japanese, her white. They went to Japan to visit his family and went out for sushi. She randomly ate stuff and found out afterward there apparently was a proper order to eat it, and others in the restaurant were laughing at her. She darn near killed her husband.

[jerryskids 5,198]

Forks dammit. This is America.

 

I'll use chopsticks until the SJWs tell me I'm appropriating somebody's culture, dadblammit.

[MTSkiBum 1,594]

Used to be this way and still is in some places. But there are also the fork and no chopsticks places. Ate Korean yesterday and had to ask for chopsticks.

 

But where do you live? Do you live in an area that almost half the population is asian?

 

http://www.city-data.com/city/Sugar-Land-Texas.html

[Cloaca du jour 2,064]

How do chinese people name their children?

 

Throw the silverware down the basement steps.

 

 

Why do chinese people use chopsticks?

 

All their silverware is in the basement

[TimmySmith 2,782]

 

But where do you live? Do you live in an area that almost half the population is asian?

 

http://www.city-data.com/city/Sugar-Land-Texas.html

Right outside of Wheaton, MD. A mecca for river crossing latinos. Plenty of Asians to boot.

 

http://www.city-data.com/city/Wheaton-Maryland.html

[Cruzer 1,992]

Pretty much just with sushi - which I always do... Trying to eat rice with chopsticks is just focking stupid.

[fandandy 3,311]

I heard Trump signed an executive order forcing all restaurants in the US of A to provide forks and spoons.

[penultimatestraw 473]

 

But where do you live? Do you live in an area that almost half the population is asian?

 

http://www.city-data.com/city/Sugar-Land-Texas.html

More than half. I use chopsticks for most meals. But some SE Asian food, especially Thai, is intended to be eaten with regular utensils.

[patweisers44 697]

I am not a pretentious dooshbag, fork and spoon are fine with me.

[shotsup 832]

I'm too white to use chopsticks.

 

Except Sushi -

[fandandy 3,311]

Don't the Chinese also crap into a hole in the ground? Do you guys also do that there to get the full chink experience?

 

Daddy, can you wash my back? I fell in a puddle of sh1t again.

[Djgb13 2,338]

Sushi, yes. Everything else, no

[Djgb13 2,338]

I read somewhere that sushi is meant to be eaten with your fingers. Since Americans like to use chopsticks they have to roll the sushi tighter so it doesn't fall apart.

Yes it is meant to be eaten with your hand. You're also supposed to dip the sushi in soy sauce with the fish side down. Not the rice. Wasabi was also eaten with sushi to kill bacteria in the fish but with better sanitation it is no longer necessary

[Big Guy 1,400]

absolute worse tool for eating rice

 

makes about as much sense as eating a steak through a straw

[wiffleball 4,640]

I came in here to talk about Eating sushi with your fingers. I'm glad others have heard of this as well. You kind of cracks me up to watch westerners Try to eat sushi with chopsticks. It's like watching people eat nachos with a fork.

 

What westerners also don't understand is there are as I recall Like five distinct categories of sushi. Of that, Four of them are specifically designed to be eaten with your fingers. What's the most hilarious is watching Westerners try to eat the seaweed rolls that are shaped like mini ice cream cones (maki?) With chopsticks. It's pretty f****** obvious that was never designed to be the case. The same thing with Rolls that are sliced up into Bite-size pieces.

 

Really, by Design and practicality, The only sushi that Requires Chopsticks is sashimi. One, so you don't end up with stinky fish fingers And 2 because it's f****** barbaric To take a beautiful piece of fish and stab it with a fork.

 

Having said that, I will admit to having given into Societal norms If I'm With business people or on a date And acquiesce and go the stupid way with chopsticks.Mostly Just so I'm not that guy Who lectures everybody on how they're supposed to eat.

[wiffleball 4,640]

As far as eating Westernized Asian food With a fork, It pretty much makes sense. Because the way we cook our rice Necessitates it. True rice should be sticky should form into Lump that are easy to eat with chopsticks, But given that most of our Asian food is prepared by Juan Rodriguez That's not how our rice generally comes out.

[Thornton Melon 544]

Used to be this way and still is in some places. But there are also the fork and no chopsticks places. Ate Korean yesterday and had to ask for chopsticks.

 

I've eaten at Korean restaurants in Korea and not even seen chopsticks.

 

As for me, I'll use a fork, thanks. I don't know what the big "experience" is of eating at an Asian restaurant. In my neck of the woods, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an Asian restaurant...assuming you can find a dead cat in the vicinity of an Asian restaurant

[Hardcore troubadour 12,632]

Love Wiffleball calling others westerners. Cracks me up.

[wiffleball 4,640]

Love Wiffleball calling others westerners. Cracks me up.

EXTRA MSG FOR YOU ROUNDEYE!

[Cruzer 1,992]

makes about as much sense as eating a steak through a straw

Terry Schiavo called - wants to know what's wrong with eating steak thru a straw?

[supermike80 1,285]

Don't know how to use them. So I either use a fork or my bare hands.

 

Plus, forks are better. :merica:

[tanatastic 2,061]

No, the fork is a superior implement, period.

[vuduchile 1,941]

Sometimes yes. But only when I feel like challenging myself in the most infinitesimal manner possible.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,579]

Sushi only.

[wiffleball 4,640]

Used to be a chapstick kind of guy, but now, it's pretty more Blistek.

[patweisers44 697]

Terry Schiavo called - wants to know what's wrong with eating steak thru a straw?

Gurgle, Gurgle

[shotsup 832]

Used to be a chapstick kind of guy, but now, it's pretty more Blistek.

/MDC