Forks and knives are not easy commodities to find in China. If you go to a Western restaurant, then they will provide you with them (ex. Pizza Hut).
But usually you are given chopsticks. Wooden ones, disposable ones ~ I have even used metal ones! Only once though ~ they are NOT easy to use!
When I first arrived, I was very self-conscious about using them. Was I holding them right? No I wasn’t haha. Were people staring at my ineptness? Yes and taking pictures too! That doesn’t make one more self-conscious at all! One day I will ask why they insist on taking pictures of foreigners eating. It is very disconcerting!
After a few weeks of eating at the school with only chopsticks available, I became much more comfortable with them.
So now, 10 months after arriving in China, I can say that I can eat everything with chopsticks! Except soup… haha. I can pick up a single piece of rice with my chopsticks! I can pick up a piece of chicken and easily eat it.
One more thing I have succeeded at while in China ~ eating with chopsticks!!
Well practice do make perfect. Plus the trick is to hold in it such a way it is a V shape pivot to pick the food!
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Great! I can use them but admit to not being able to pick up a single piece of rice with them like you can 🙂
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I practiced at home haha
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Haha 😉 And you said that locals take photos of foreigners eating? That seems so strange!
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Every restaurant I have gone in, someone will take a picture! I don’t know why they want a picture of me eating! I made a face one day which made the man take more…
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