Comments on: Chopstick bad manners in oneself and others

By: GarnishzLife

GarnishzLife — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:26:31 +0000

Great survey on chopstick use, I would add some others as noted in the Kindle Book, All About Dining Out, in the chopstick pointer section and the “be sushi savvy in six minutes” section. It is not as much bad form to leave your sticks parallel on top of your bowl as the chance they will roll off of your bowl onto the floor which is considered by some to be “bad luck”. At the least, you have to get replacements!

By: George

George — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:16:42 +0000

In 1974 I tried an inspired diet, anything I wanted to eat, I had to eat with Chopsticks, I lost 10 pounds the first month, 7 the next, 4 the next, after that I started gaining. I became impressive at food manipulation without spearing, But when I picked up a bowl of soft serve green tea ice cream, at my favorite chinese restraunt, and did not make a mess, oriental jaws dropped, when I picked up a baby shrimp and nipped off the end without dropping it, the restraunt staff presented me with a nice pair of travelers chopsticks and I always get setted in the window seat, I’m great for business. Plus proper manners and a polite smile, with determination, and a hell of a lot of practice (Done in private at home) you can gain infinite respect, even if you are gajin. Though I do confess once at a Japanese banquet I was served a very Japanese delicacy, A live one and a half pound lobster that had bee opened, stunned, supposedly and placed before me on a platter with sauses and seaweed and you guessed it the dish tried to run without the spoon, I whacked it on the head with an empty sake bottle and picked him/her up with my hand and grabbed hasi and dug in bringing great honor to my hosts, and spent the later part of the night barfing my toenails out. Personally I take all my Japanese friends to Taco Bell or KFC, one honor deserves another.

By: kalejia

kalejia — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:11:02 +0000

thanx
example take a look at Bad Chopstick manners and Behaviors :!

By: Siberia

Siberia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:39:37 +0000

I have Chinese friends and I had to try to learn using chopsticks but it was totally disaster. If I didn’t have possibility to use fork I would probably die after few days:(

By: Proper cutlery usage beyond most Japanese | 世論 What Japan Thinks

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:05:26 +0000

[...] “You’re good with chopsticks” such an empty compliment as a lot of them seem pretty poor themselves, and if they ever get loose on a knife and fork it’s often a total disaster. Perhaps what [...]

By: The History of Chopsticks | Food & Think

The History of Chopsticks | Food & Think — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:24:20 +0000

[...] video), chopstick use is also fraught with potential faux pas for clueless Westerners. If this Japanese survey is accurate, there are dozens of ways to offend, from standing chopsticks up in a bowl of rice [...]

By: Surveys of Japanese People « Becoming Japanese

Surveys of Japanese People « Becoming Japanese — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:54:01 +0000

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By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:07:05 +0000

Q1 #16 is not surprising among westerners, since in western culture it is considered bad luck to turn a fish over after eating down to the bones on one side (this comes from seafaring culture, where the superstition is that doing so will cause a catastrophe to befall one’s vessel).

By: Let’s Talk Chopsticks « The Tasty Island

Let’s Talk Chopsticks « The Tasty Island — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:10:45 +0000

[...] There’s a whopping 40 forbidden acts listed regarding the use of chopsticks (and a few on general table manners) from a Japanese perspective on this web page. [...]