Assuming you eat Chinese food, DO you use chopsticks? Why or why not please?

Answer 1

Yes, when I eat Chinese food, I'll use chopsticks.

As u all know, Chinese food on the table are usually communal food, ie to be shared round the table unlike western food which are for individual consumption.
Traditionally, there would not be a practice to scoop the food onto your own bowl as the rice bowl is too small to put all the food in. It is also considered rude to reserve food in your bowl. So, u only pick the food one mouthful at a time. That's why Chinese food are usually cut into bite-size before cooking. Even if it is cooked in chunks or whole(as in Peking duck and suckling pig), they will be cut into bite-size before serving. Hence, the use of chopsticks.

As the saying goes, 'in Rome, do as the Romans do'.

Answer 2

Yeah, I love to try and use chopsticks when I eat Chinese Food. I still haven't mastered it as well as some of my friends, but once you learn to use them, there's actually a lot you can do with them.

Answer 3

Yes and no. I've eaten with chopsticks since I was 8. At home, in restaurants, everywhere. When I go to a restaurant now, if they offer me chopsticks I use them. If they don't I don't. I'm 50-50 at home. Why? Well, I'm not Asian so the waitresses often don't offer them to me and I no longer fuss with it. At home, I'm just as likely to eat spaghetti with chopsticks and stir-fry with a fork. Whatever is close and handy.

Answer 4

Yes, they are just as easy to use as a fork. I like using chopsticks, and I hate often having to ask for them at a lot of chinese food places. I often just use them at home for things for food other than chinese food, too. No one else in my family has mastered them, but I like them very much.

Answer 5

I know how to use them but can eat more easily with a fork. If everyone at the table is using chopsticks I will too but it is never my preference.

Answer 6

coming from an actuall CHINESE person i use chopsticks practically every day to eat chinese food, not other stuff. its fun and it makes me feel more cultural. i only use a spoon if its hard to grasp using chopsticks

Answer 7

Yep - all the time whenever I eat any kind of Asian food.

My dad taught me how to use chopsticks when I was about 5 y.o. and I've enjoyed the fun of using them ever since!

Answer 8

One good reason for using chopsticks when eating Chinese food is that you typically eat slower and thus recognize when you're full faster. A lot of Chinese food is full of fat esp. fried.

Answer 9

Yes, love to use chopsticks when they're available/offered. It's so much more fun and it is the traditional way to eat.

Answer 10

If you like to use chopstick, that is alright. There is also a chopstick skill that you need to master. A Oriental person can tell how skillful without talking to you. That's is power !