It’s really awkward while having a great chow down at a Chinese joint and the bloke next to you is using his chopsticks with ninja-type skills. I mean really, who can finish that bowl of rice minus a fork without spilling it all and hiding it under the Lazy Susan.
Well Menulog has supposedly come to the rescue to help with the fine art of ‘Chopstick-ery’. But before we get to the tricks of the trade let’s show this ancient tradition some respect.
The origins start with a legend that involves one of the greats, Chinese philosopher Confucius, he believed having sharp objects at the dinner table could trigger someone. Sharp knives etc were a bad idea back in the day it seems, they took the game food fight way to far. Hence the emergence of the relatively harmless wooden eating sticks.
Below is Menulog’s Guide to Chopstick Etiquette verbatim. I shan’t be adding my own insights because I’m the guy who sweeps aside dropped food under the aforementioned Lazy Susan. But For a step-by-step guide click here.
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Chris was EFTM’s Motoring Editor for many years, driving everything from your entry level hatch to the latest Luxury cars through to the Rolls Royce.
He has been in the media for 20 years, produced three Olympic games broadcasts, attending Beijing 2008 & London 2012.
Strangely he owns a Toyota Camry Hybrid, he defiantly rejects the knockers.
Chris is married to Gillian and resides in Sydney’s North West. They have Sam the English Springer Spaniel and Felix the Burmese cat to keep them company, and recently welcomed baby Henry to the family.
He has now left EFTM, and writes freelance and runs his own Facebook Page “Bowen’s Garage”
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