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Originally Posted by TalnSG
Once again this issue has crept up on me.
I know that it is acceptable to drink from a bowl of soup, though not by western standards which I consider rather dumb and wasteful on this issue.
But if you are in an Aisan restuarant in the U.S. and a spoon is provided, do you need to use it?
It is provided for the convenience of the gaijin or would the restaurant actually be encouraging you to use spoons and discouraging drinking from the bowl?
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japanese traditionally don't use spoons x]
you drink the soup from the bowl, using hashi to help.
unless i order shabu shabu or something...
i NEVER touch a spoon in a japanese restaurant x]
chinese and vietnamese restaurants however........
i find spoons totally acceptable~
though with chinese cuisine i prefer to just pick the food off the plate w/ my hashi x] instead having to put them down, grabbing a spoon, then picking them back up again =.=''''
even though the latter is more polite and considerate >.>'''
and at the vietnamese places.....i find it more enjoyable to dual wield a spoon w/ hashi to eat pho x]
or bun bo hue, or whatever ^_^