chopsticks, fried rice, white people

[That Foreign Guy]

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Fork? Chopsticks?

What is wrong with you people!

All the Chinese people I know use spoons to eat fried rice.

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Yeah, all the Chinese restaurants at home (the good kind with dead piglets and ducks in the window, mostly Asian customers, and Chinglish menus) bring a spoon with fried rice. That or eat family style, bring your bowl to your mouth and shovel it in!

Damn, now I am all depressed as there's only dodgy english-style chinese takeaways here [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[El Diablo]

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"I'm surprised that this hasn't got any attention. Personally I think it would be really, really interesting to do this and see their reaction."

It didn't get attention because it was a retarded question. What are you going to do, give some Chinese guy who orders a steak some chopsticks? Retarded. Giving Chinese people chopsticks in a Western restaurant in a Western country is not interesting, it's idiotic.

[adsman]

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What are you going to do, give some Chinese guy who orders a steak some chopsticks?

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Funnily enough, while going through my stand-up routine in the shower this morning after reading this thread, this was exactly the situation that presented itself. I got a big laugh from the crowd as well.

[supafrey]

Between having an asian gf for years and growing up in Toronto, using chopsticks becomes pretty standard pretty quickly. Getting the "want fork?!" question at the noodle bar in every casino has been one thing, but laughing at people purposefully trying to use a fork as some social statement against my relationship has been a fun ride.

When some ugly chinese guy comes to my table and sees me with my gf, I (and only myself) often get asked if I want a fork. Sorry dude, I TOTALLY know my gf would be falling all over you if it weren't for this one white guy you're trying to shoot down by angrily handing him a utensil as you work minimum wage.. *grumble*.

Women are usually more polite and only give them on request, 'cept when I've gone to super traditional places and they either judge me or literally have little to no gwi-lo experience.

[tdarko]

Just got back from a Thai place. Had to ask for chopsticks, waitress looked surprised, super standard. I am white fwiw.

[tyler_cracker]

tdarko,

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Just got back from a Thai place. Had to ask for chopsticks, waitress looked surprised, super standard. I am white fwiw.

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funny that someone who seemed pretty sure that fried rice is a dish "for little kids" doesn't know that chopstics are not standard utensils for Thai food. do you ask for chopsticks when you eat Indian food too?

[DonkeyKongSr]

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.

[Life]

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Giving Chinese people chopsticks in a Western restaurant in a Western country is not interesting, it's idiotic.

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what about giving chinese people in a chinese restaurant forks.

[2/325Falcon]

All,

I'm not impressed with your chopstick usage. Keepin' It Real requires the use of one of these or you're just another poser: