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its the 99% of those that try to copy the cultures that get looked down on.
if im in a asian resturaunt i will use chopsticks, but when it comes to eating rice. bring forth the fork/spoon.
and then i and those i am with allow ourselves a little giggle at those we see trying to eat rice with chopsticks when they clearly can't.
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You bogan.
I don't care what country I'm in. I don't care what food I'm eating. I eat my food the way it was intended to be eaten.
So you really eat rice with a spoon? That's the lowest thing ever. Spoons (desert spoons) are for ice cream and cake, cereal. Not for rice.
In Thailand, I eat rice with a fork. Traditionally, Thais eat with their hands. Nowadays, they use a spoon, because they lack culture there. But I'd eat rice with chopsticks in Thailand before I'd use a spoon; simnply, I'd do it the Chinese/Japanese way before I'd eat with a spoon or my hands. If in Japan, I'd use chopsticks right away.
It's not that I like bending to Asian culture. It's just the common sense behind it; if a Thai were to come to my mothers house in Australia and eat a main course with a desert spoon, I'd be greatly ashamed. Why should I return this? A spoon is so wrong for eating main courses, I seriously feel like giving them a can opener and a pair of tongs to eat with; it's just as random.
Eating with a main course with a spoon is not part of any culture; especially Western culture. If you pick up your spoon to eat a main course at a well to do Western house, I gaurentee you won't win any appreciation.
Finnally, eating rice with chopsticks is not a difficult thing. If you've trouble doing it, you're no different than any Japanese 5 year old.