Japan - How to #14 - Eating and Chopsticks!

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[1233452432]

Thanks for the videos I really enjoy them!

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@1233452432

Thanks for watching!

[AngelicPurity]

i dont want to be the devils minion for being left handed. i dont think i could ever eat with my right hand...D: thats not fair (cries a river)

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@AngelicPurity

Don't worry.. it wont matter :-)

[TheSmoothGrind]

I searched your channel and have not seen Nagashi Soumen. When my Japanese friends showed me this, I thought it was the coolest thing haha. Would love to see your perspective. It is one of my favorite Japanese foods to prepare on a hot summer day.

[CeaNer]

do they fight in japan for who is going to pay ? i mean is that normal to do

[mywebnet]

As he says, there is a little more to say about eating manners in Japan. I'm using chopsticks from time when I had a Chinese friend (he worked as cook), so I had must to learn to use chopstick properly. About holding chopsticks, my advice, do not force yourself to hold them, give it a time, take time to do it naturally, nobody learned to use them easily just in 2 seconds. And thank you God for the knifes and forks, I rally like using them much, much more.

[Kakarot21591]

I learned naturally to hold chopsticks with the bottom one balanced on my middle finger and using the thumb and pointer alone to use them. Though that would make it difficult to separate things, would it be insulting to use them in that way?

[neomysterio]

Chopsticks are quite a silly inventions. LOL

I do like using them though :)

[Tw4tz0r]

i find a knife and fork far superior to chopsticks.

[Joshmf]

Hehe, this vid makes me want to say Gochosamades! the next time I'm at Maku! Just like I give my Lawson's tender a hearty Osuminasai when I'm going home in the evening. No one ever gets the joke...

[Nikotiini69]

Itadakimasu is actually religious in a way. At least when it was born, it was a Shinto thing to thank the animals and plants you are eating "Thank you mister salmon. Thank you rice." Now it's more of a "Let's eat!"

Btw it's too shame you can't drink while holding chopsticks! I've always taken a little sip of whatever I'm drinking after chewing the food to flush it down. It's my own thing really, I rarely see anyone drinking after every bite. Especially if the food is dry this really helps me.

[lalabunnybr]

Do you HAVE to hold the chopsticks like that?! I've always held it slightly different. Same concept but instead of the bottom chopstick being on top of my ring finger, it is in front of it and between the thumb, and then the top chopstick I control with my index and middle finger(kinda hard to explain lol). I get more of a grip on the chopsticks that way, with my small chubby hands and all. I've also seen plenty of other Asians hold it that way too (mostly female tho).