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Originally Posted by clairebear (Post 313087)

Asian restaraunts arent very common here..I've only seen like.. one Chinese restaraunt here. I've not seen any Japanese places.

Where in scotland are you?

Edinburgh.

(stupid 10 character thing, blah blah.)

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Originally Posted by clairebear (Post 313089)

Edinburgh.

(stupid 10 character thing, blah blah.)

:confused: :confused: :confused: my friend goes to edinburgh university and every saturday evening he eats at a chinese restaurant... he said there are lots of asian restaurants.....:confused: :confused:

I hardly see any. o_O

Theres probably just hardly any Asian restaraunts in the part of Edinburgh that I live in.

(I dont even know where Edinburgh university is. *o*)

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Originally Posted by fara7 (Post 310682)

I am not trying to make fun or anything but why do Japanese, Koreans and others use chopsticks? isn't it much easier to just take a spoon or fork and eat their food? I know this may sound a bit stupid :p but i am just curious why.

I just heard before that eating using chopsticks improves your concentration power, is that true? and are there any other benefits of using chopsticks?

I have no clue... But Forks and spoons weren't around them at the time when they ate with Chopsticks...

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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 312704)

This is a very fair question.

Chopsticks fit with Japanese culture perfectly. In Japan food is art, and food is appreciated, and food is loved. You will find people say that in Japanese cuisine presentation is just as important as flavor. It must stimulate more than one of the senses. It should please the eye, the nose, the mouth, even touch and sound are important. Sensory peace, tranquility and balance are valuble. In the west these ideas are largely ignored.

So with that in mind, think about chopsticks, and think about western utensils. Chopsticks can stir, mix, move and carry. The soft piece of tofu, bite of rice or slice of sashimi makes its path from the small plate to your mouth delicately carried by two long, pliable pieces of wood. The food remains in the same form until the moment it hits your tongue.

This is eating food properly in Japan. What better time to be harmonious with nature and with your self than at mealtime?

Do you still wonder why they don't use violent metal weapons to stab, slice, butcher, and cut up their food?

Really? I thought it was a pretty good post, actually. And at least it was on topic and tried to address the inquiry of the original poster.

I agree with you MMM many things are ignored today and many traditions are being forgoten. I was studying cooking asian cuisine, I wanted to be a chef because I loved to cook but as you can see I couldn't control the consequences of my actions. If you really like the thing you are doing then the way you talk about it is poetry, not many people will under stand that seeing how they just mainly want money from there jobs instead of having a good time.
What wrong with mixing both food and sex together Tenchu?, *raises eye brow* Tenchu you say MMM sounds gay for talking about sex? Now your making me wonder if your incompitent. . . :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Hyakushi (Post 313357)

Where were you yesterday?!?

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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 313365)

Where were you yesterday?!?

:vsign:

I know I have no clue, I was kind of out of it yesterday and I can't rmember what I did yesterday. Its bugging me.

simple answer: try eating sushi w/ a fork or spoon.

next: chinese style, main courses at center and you're holding a bowl of rice. unless if you eat what you grab from the middle right away its really annoying having to remove food off your fork each time and before eating rice.

PLUS!! its cooler when ppl stab you with chopsticks in the movie than w/ forks. stabbing someone with a fork almost always serves as comedic purpose... forks hurt too man =/

My whole family eats rice with there hands...I'm the only one who likes using chopsticks. I think there easier then using forks and spoons.