Chopsticks & when to use them
I am discriminated against all the time in Chinese restaurants.
Or are they just being polite to the white guy?
Three examples:
I am sitting there with my Taiwanese wife, and the waiter very politely puts out a fork for me.
The other day I was meeting with a Taiwanese lady for lunch who asked if I wanted a fork. I answered after 12 years of marriage to a Taiwanese, I was OK. And yes, my wife was also there :-)
And many times in a Chinese restaurant I need to ask for chopsticks, where my wife and family get them automatically.
May be if I use some Chinese it would get me less discriminated against in restaurants? Qing gei wo kuaizi for please give me chopsticks. The other important word in Chinese restaurants I use is bing Shui (bing means ice and shui water ). Phrase to ask for water - qing gei wo yi bei shui. And Ice Cream (another great word I learned from my daughter when she was a toddler - bing chi lin.
At home my family uses both chopsticks and forks. It depends on what we are eating. For some dishes it makes more sense to use a knife and fork, for others it makes more sense to use chopsticks. And others fingers (such as chicken drum sticks).
Some related books:
Or are they just being polite to the white guy?
Three examples:
I am sitting there with my Taiwanese wife, and the waiter very politely puts out a fork for me.
The other day I was meeting with a Taiwanese lady for lunch who asked if I wanted a fork. I answered after 12 years of marriage to a Taiwanese, I was OK. And yes, my wife was also there :-)
And many times in a Chinese restaurant I need to ask for chopsticks, where my wife and family get them automatically.
May be if I use some Chinese it would get me less discriminated against in restaurants? Qing gei wo kuaizi for please give me chopsticks. The other important word in Chinese restaurants I use is bing Shui (bing means ice and shui water ). Phrase to ask for water - qing gei wo yi bei shui. And Ice Cream (another great word I learned from my daughter when she was a toddler - bing chi lin.
At home my family uses both chopsticks and forks. It depends on what we are eating. For some dishes it makes more sense to use a knife and fork, for others it makes more sense to use chopsticks. And others fingers (such as chicken drum sticks).
Some related books:
- Chinese Feasts & Festivals, A Cookbook, English, 144 pages, Hardback
- Cooking with Kids - Exploring Chinese Food, Culture, and Language DVD
- Cooking with Kids - Celebrating Chinese New Year, DVD for kids!
- The Ugly Vegetables by Graced Lin
- Dim Sum For Everyone! by Grace Lin
- Fortune Cookie Chronicles - Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer Lee (for adults and is a very good read).
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