[TalnSG]

I would agree - practice with ramen. It can be the easieist or the hardest thing on the planet to eat with hashi - or any other utensil for that matter. If the ramen has an oily coating, like in my seafood from Nom Shin, the better quality your hashi - the worse its gonna be. At least with cheap, rough bamboo hashi it won't slide around as much.

I was taught with rice, but you have to know someone cooks good sticky rice for that.