Exactly, it annoys me when someone has to eat Asian food with chopsticks like they are cool when they never use them for anything else. It's dumb to me. I know how to use them as was made to use them when young when at friends houses but don't use them at all now. Modern utensils are infinitely more efficient.
Why were you forced at friend's houses when young?
They were Asian and whenever I went over, if I wanted to eat, I had to use them.
i love me some panda express. i'd rather eat there than pf changs. but my favorite is pei wei, which is the "faster food" version of pf chang.
and this is for "fake" chinese food of course.
Knife, fork and spoon are infinitely better. I've watched Asian people using them and they usually have their heads bent over their plate/bowl to cut down on the distance between food and mouth... because they're trying to eat with damn sticks! Its low tech and inefficient. I always laugh at my Western friends who insist on using chopsticks in an Asian restaurant. Its just pretentious. They don't use them anywhere else. Food is food and the principle of eating it is the same. If your traditional method is knife and fork, stick to it.
FYI, Pei Wei is owned by Panda Express.
No. It is considered good etiquette to eat close to the bowl. That's why when eating off the bowl, you see Asian's commonly hunched over.
I thought they were a part of PF Chang.
I am in Tustin, yeah I have no problem finding good fake. Also good real, like Yen Ching.:thumbsup:
When I was a kid I used to use chopsticks all the time trying to catch flys, like in Karate Kid
Ahhh, is that really why? I always noticed genuine Chinese hunched over and eating that way, basically using their chopsticks to rapidly shovel the food into their mouths. That use requires no dexterity at all that I can see, and certainly didn't come across as good etiquette of any sort to this blue-eyed devil.
There's too much Sugar and Salt in their food. There's no good reason for that.
I only eat Korean food because I've grown to hate Chinese food. Spicy Kimchee is my absolute favorite.
Then it went to small birds...and then cats, am I right?
Knife, fork and spoon are infinitely better. I've watched Asian people using them and they usually have their heads bent over their plate/bowl to cut down on the distance between food and mouth... because they're trying to eat with damn sticks! Its low tech and inefficient.
They were Asian and whenever I went over, if I wanted to eat, I had to use them.
Whether it's efficient or not depends on the type of food you are eating. A lot of Asian food is communal and meant to be eaten with chopsticks. Inability to use chopsticks is a sign of poor breeding.