- 07/13/2010
- 02/28/2021
Chopsticks Manners
Sushi, Tempura, Wasabi…Today, many Japanese foods are known worldwide. Many foreigners enjoy Japanese food, and some even mastered how to eat with chopsticks, not forks and knives. Learning how to use chopsticks in good manners is quite difficult, but well, if you are to enjoy Japanese food in the Japanese way, practice makes perfect 🙂 1 Hold the upper chopstick with the index finger, the middle finger, and the thumb, in the same way with holding a pencil. 2 Put the other chopstick between the bottom of the thumb and the tip of the ring finger. 3 Move the upper chopstick only when you pick up food. The correct and incorrect way to hold chopsticks Below are some taboos in the Japanese manner. Waving chopsticks above food dishes. Sticking chopsticks into food instead of picking them up. Picking up a cup/bowl with the hand that is holding your chopsticks. Sucking chopsticks. Sticking chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice. Passing food from your chopsticks to somebody else’s chopsticks. Now, an advanced technique. This is the formal way to pick up chopsticks, but don’t bother doing it at casual restaurants or at home. 1 Pick up chopsticks by the thumb, the […]