https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 00:53:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580425 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 11:35:29 +0000 erinpye 2580425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: lol no! He made me eat EVERY meal with chopsticks, leading up to the trip! 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580383 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 05:31:02 +0000 jaguar 2580383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can..... but I get more on the floor than in my mouth. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580381 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 05:14:10 +0000 mrbee 2580381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: Haha, did you have to move a little pile of rice, one rice grain at a time? That's how I was taught by my Japanese mom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580378 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 04:33:15 +0000 erinpye 2580378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I married into a Japanese family, of COURSE I can! My DH made me learn, right before we went to visit his family in Japan 9 years ago, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580363 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 00:00:13 +0000 Umbreon 2580363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just went to an Asian wedding. At our table it was about 50/50 for the people of who needed forks. </p> <p>Totally proud or myself for only using chopsticks haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580346 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 21:37:29 +0000 Tanjowen 2580346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we lived in Vietnam you were offered a spoon and chopsticks. Locals used the spoon with the chopsticks to wind up the noodles, kind of like we do with pasta. It worked well for those of us that were terrible with chopsticks starting out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2580213 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 12:00:27 +0000 PeaceLily 2580213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've tried to use chopsticks for years and always ended up embarrassing myself and would have to ask for a fork. I've stopped even trying now and always just ask for a fork...</p> <p>Not sure what my issue is with them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579965 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 16:10:55 +0000 chopsuey 2579965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yessss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579961 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 16:00:52 +0000 Anagram 2579961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not really a master but I'm pretty good. I learned one summer living in Vietnam and it's like riding a bicycle...you don't forget. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579946 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:39:23 +0000 Cherrybee 2579946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try my very, very best..... but I'm just terrible at it!! I had to google what pho is and, umm, no I'd have chance! I could eat big chunks of dry food with it, but not that!! And, oh my god, the thought of drinking the soupy bit straight from the bowl is just mortifying to my English, stiff upper lip sensibilities. I just couldn't! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579892 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:24:39 +0000 sapphire 2579892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I suck at it and just embarrass myself and ask for a fork. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579891 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:22:32 +0000 BSB 2579891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I'm probably a very rare asian that prefers a fork to chopsticks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579889 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:18:45 +0000 BSB 2579889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: In my vietnamese family and when I went to Vietnam, it's pretty normal to put the bowl upto your mouth and use the chopsticks to shovel the rice into your mouth. Yeah, you wouldn't pick up grains of rice with chopsticks. In my case, I would grab a fork or a spoon. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579886 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:16:31 +0000 BSB 2579886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: When we eat at a pho resturant, I eat it with a fork and my white DH eats it with chopsticks. </p> <p>I'm a slow eater so eating with chopsticks would make even longer to finish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579883 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:14:24 +0000 BSB 2579883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: You are making pho? Good luck! I'm Vietnamese and I've made it 3 times. Haha, too much work and my mom or pho shops make it better. I would do it again... if I ever find the time. </p> <p>I can use chopsticks if that's all they have, but given the choice I grab a fork. I'm Americanized... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579863 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:29:35 +0000 yoursilverlining 2579863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I agree about many dishes being so much easier to eat with chopsticks!! </p> <p>I always eat Pho with chopsticks - I don't really know how you would eat it otherwise as it seems weirder to eat soup with a fork and you can't really eat it with just a spoon. Just my 2 cents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579859 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:26:14 +0000 Meso 2579859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>one of my LO's favorites is pho! whenever we go LO sticks out two fingers and will say, "chopsticks!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579798 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:10:48 +0000 JenGirl 2579798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spent a summer in Japan, so I got real good, real quick! But my husband has never lived in Asia and he's pretty good, as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579652 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:34:07 +0000 travellingbee 2579652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a Master but I can use them fine. Sometimes I struggle with rice. :) When I went to Japan, people kept giving me forks and were shocked that I knew how to use chopsticks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579648 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:30:54 +0000 travellingbee 2579648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: my DH and in-laws won't use them because they don't know how and find it frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579642 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:20:24 +0000 pastemoo 2579642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: sounds fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579600 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:37:22 +0000 MaryM 2579600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't say I'm a master, but if I'm at a Chinese restaurant, I'm not using a fork. </p> <p>One of the first times I met DH's best friend was going to his friend's mom's house for hot pot. </p> <p>Since no one else was using a fork, I forced myself to learn pretty fast. But it would be nice to have forks available just in case. (Which is what they do at his friend's restaurant which is more authentic than carry out. The table isn't set with forks, but you can ask for one) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579594 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:33:11 +0000 MrsKoala 2579594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, and I'm much better at it after spending two weeks in Japan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579579 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:28:43 +0000 snowjewelz 2579579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like I shouldn't vote since I'm Chinese and obviously use chopsticks haha. I feel like most people I see in Asian restaurants are okay with chopsticks usage, even kids! Tho with the thing that holds the chopsticks together usually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579502 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:21:56 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2579502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not that good and a few frustrating bites I use my fork to really have a chance to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579477 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 04:01:45 +0000 mrbee 2579477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: We'll have plastic forks as a backup if someone can't figure it out! I don't think kids will be as much of an issue though, since the event is late at night and pho isn't the most kid-friendly meal. But could be wrong, so we'll have extra plastic forks just in case!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579476 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 03:24:59 +0000 pastemoo 2579476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: What about kids? My son is still getting the hang of them. Or do they have those little converter thingies to help the noobs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579458 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:33:42 +0000 mrbee 2579458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: We're in the Philippines! Yah I think we'll default to chopsticks and have forks as a backup... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579456 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:18:31 +0000 avivoca 2579456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try, but I'm not good at it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-eat-with-chopsticks#post-2579452 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:02:19 +0000 PinkElephant 2579452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are some things (ie, pretty much any type of noodle dish) that I think are WAY more efficient to eat with chopsticks than with a fork! </p> <p>I voted Master (although Ive seen people cut with chopsticks in ways I definitely can't!) - DH is only so-so, my parents won't try, my Inlaws try but struggle, and my kids haven't really tried much yet. </p>