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Originally Posted by metalmark666 (Post 803868)

If I'm not in a rush, it is nice to eat with chopsticks. If I'm hungry, I give up on the knife and fork and just settle for the shovel!! :D

shovel :D

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Originally Posted by TalnSG (Post 805088)

I will just go back to my ceasar salad and chopsticks. They really do work better for salads than forks these days.

yes fork is not good at bending leaves. :)) but eating steak or sausage would be funny bit with chopsticks, wouldn't?

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Originally Posted by TalnSG (Post 805088)

To even suggest that chopsticks are archaic, or that european flatware is an evolutionary advance over them, is not only incorrect, but hints of european arrogance.

That is a good point. Is it actually considered arrogant eating with fork in Japan? What would ppl look at someone who comes to a restaurant and bring out his own fork to eat?

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anyway, whether you eat with one or another, or with hands, your meal was most likely prepared using knife and spoon :P

I use chopsticks whenever the opprotunity presents itself. I find them easier to use eating, except when it's like a steak or something...

Depends on the food. Completely.

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Originally Posted by Aota (Post 807341)

Depends on the food. Completely.

the food?
or the preparation of? o.O""

eat a cow w/ a big ass knife....
eat a steak w/ a knife and fork....
eat steak cubes w/ hashi....
>.>''
same food eh? x]

I eat noodles and rice and any small itemed "prepared" food with chopsticks.
And fork with "prepared" meat that I have to cut in smaller pieces.
I have yet to learn to eat an egg roll with chopsticks.

It depends. I prefer chopsticks when it comes to asian dishes. I like to keep it traditional. If it's a dish like steak or something, I'll use a fork and knife.

Could someone tell me a dish in which using chop sticks is easier to eat than using a fork?

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Originally Posted by seiki (Post 809815)

Could someone tell me a dish in which using chop sticks is easier to eat than using a fork?

Ramen, udon, soba, rice, Japanese style yaki-niku, sashimi, sushi, (though hands are the traditional method) shabu shabu, sukiyaki, shoga-yaki, gyoza. Shall I go on?

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Originally Posted by yuujirou (Post 807358)

the food?
or the preparation of? o.O""

eat a cow w/ a big ass knife....
eat a steak w/ a knife and fork....
eat steak cubes w/ hashi....
>.>''
same food eh? x]

Lol. Hamburger=hands. Steak=knife and fork. Steak cubes=chopsticks, maybe. I've never had steak cubes. I suppose the preparation of, if ya wanna get technical. :P

It depends what I am eating. For a lot of food knife and fork/fork and spoon is way easier. Big chop sticks are awesome for cooking though. Great for turning stuff over etc. Sent my mom a pair and she loves them too.