Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

I had the same experience as tdarko. Went to a Thai place, got no chopsticks and had to ask for them. Then, just last night on some TV show or something they mentioned that chopsticks aren't standard for Thai. Weird since several other Thai places I have been to have given them to me without asking.

FWIW, I'm a white guy in Southern California and get chopsticks automatically most of the time at Asian restaurants. I think the sushi craze and Asian culture here makes chopstick use a normal skill for white people.

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

tyler cracker,

I understand how Thai food works, the restaurant in question has chopsticks at the table--they were removed for us white people that sat down but stayed for the Asian people around us (hmmm). So I asked, b/c I had a noodle soup which is consumed with CHOPSTICKS NOT A SPOON OR ANY OTHER UTENSIL. Thank you and have a nice day.

And yes, Chicken Fried Rice as a meal is for little kids--sorry to break it to you.

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

Can I get a ruling on the maturity of fried rice as a side dish? 'Cause the local chinese joint makes a bbq pork fried rice that is unfuckwithable.

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

It'd be funny if you guys brought your own chop sticks to the restaurant.

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

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I understand how Thai food works, the restaurant in question has chopsticks at the table--they were removed for us white people that sat down but stayed for the Asian people around us (hmmm). So I asked, b/c I had a noodle soup which is consumed with CHOPSTICKS NOT A SPOON OR ANY OTHER UTENSIL.

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i realize you were aiming for a one-liner initially, but don't you think that, say, all of those details were pertinent to the discussion?

i strongly agree that chopsticks are the nuts for noodle soups, so good job sticking to your guns on that. i would wager that noodle soups are one of the things for which chopsticks *are* standard in thai cuisine.

we can agree to disagree about fried rice, i suppose, but do you have the same feelings about peanut-butter-and-jelly sandiwches? i mean, those are "kid food". does that detract even the slightest bit from their all-encompassing awesomeness?

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

i have never seen fried rice served with other foods. its served by itself as a meal. its not a replacement for rice and eaten with another dish (as served in Chinese American Restaurants).

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

tyler,

PBJ isn't a side dish that graduated into the main course of your lunch pale.

French Fries are side orders, and even large orders of FF's with cheese or whatever thrown on top of it isn't a main course--it is an appetizer. You can't just enlarge a side dish and call it a main course, it is still a side dish--a lot of rice isn't a meal just b/c it gets you full.

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

KKF- Isn't Asian fried rice just left over rice? Not really what we are talking about right?

Americans turned American fried rice turned it into a dish, is this correct?

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

thai cuisine has a lot of "just rice" dishes.

i think you lost this one tdarko [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Re: chopsticks, fried rice, white people
 

Chris,

lol, lost? huh? Are we playing some kind of game that I was unaware of?

Anyway, let's explain supply and demand to you. Actual Thai dishes are less popular than what is actually ordered, the red and green curry dishes and the dishes heavy in coconut milk aren't ordered nearly as often as rice dishes--why? B/c rice is eaten way more often--so a Thai place is going to supply a ton of rice dishes because there is a high demand for them. I really have no idea what your comment has to do with to be honest. Also, Thai rice isn't Chicken fried rice, and it comes as a side order w/ your food in a small dish. Thai food is meat based not rice based fwiw, rice dishes are only there b/c many people don't eat traditional Thai.