Chinese restaurant: chopsticks or fork?

[Chicago526]

I love to eat with chop sticks and do so whenever I have a chance. I got really good at it when I spent a week in China (they'd give you a fork if requested, but I decided that 'when in Rome...') and like to show off. Everyonce in a while my hands will be too tired to deal with them (I type a lot at work and my hands hurt sometimes) but most of the time I'll use the chopsticks.

 

[Tink's Pixieduster]

I'm proficient with chopsticks, even to the last grain of rice, but don't use them at all any more. I have Arthritis in my hands and the pinching motion can make using them difficult and painful.

 

[Deb in IA]

Chinese food definitely tastes better with chopsticks!!!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Chopsticks for both Chinese and Japanese food. If the rice is made correctly there shouldn't be any problems. Heck I was even able to eat brown rice with my chopsticks on Sunday, no shoveling needed.

 

[CEDmom]

DD and I use chopsticks but DH uses a fork. I'm not very good with them so they're great diet aids .

 

[azgal81]

I only use chopsticks when I eat sushi!

 

[stevenpensacola]

Jerry Seinfeld used to do a bit about eating with chopsticks...

"Have the Chinese never seen the shovel...?"

 

[Pixiedust34]

A fork. I'm too clumsy to use chopsticks in public.

 

[PDXMULAN]

I use chopsticks when I am using a bowl and a fork when my food is on a plate..much easier

 

[flaps]

Chinese restaurant: chopsticks or fork?

I'm more of an "eat-on-the-fly-use-feathers" type. Do prefer the roadkill to be fresh, though. Kinda picky like that.

 

[dairyou]

Traditionally the Chinese use chopsticks with a bowl. They pick up a piece of meat or veggie and then scoop the rice into their mouth with their chopstick. So when we're out eating Chinese food, I'll use a fork. Why, because if I tried to use chopsticks on a plate with rice my mom would laugh at me because she is Chinese

Deb

 

[parrothead365]

I found that if I take my pocket knife and sharpen one of them to point I can use it to skewer the big peices and if I whittle a flate spot on the other one, I can use it as a scoop for the small stuff like rice.....or I just use the fork

 

[Talking Hands]

I know how to use chopsticks, but I find it much easier to eat certain Chinese foods like rice and smaller items with a fork. I realize I am the only person in the entire restaurant using a fork, and I could care less. How about you? Do you care how you "look" in a chic restaurant, or would you use a fork because it picks up certain foods better?

I use chopsticks only. I have been using them since I was a very young child so picking up anything with them is not an issue for me. I lived in Japan from age 2 to 6 and was taught by my Japanese nanny. Btw I prefer Japanese chopsticks to Chinese, but can use either equally well.

 

[Daxx]

My Dad taught me how to use chopsticks when I was a child, so I find them v. easy to manipulate. Therefore, I always use chopsticks when I eat Chinese (even at home!).

If I didn't know how to eat w/chopsticks, I'd use a fork.

 

[rhanditresmom]

I grew up using chopsticks, so I prefer to use them. I do agree, though, that the plate is not widely used in Asia....bowls are more typical. Chopsticks are easier to use with a bowl, but I can use them with a plate as well.

 

[ohioMickey]

Chinese: fork

Japanese: chopsticks