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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-eater-20130422-dto,0,6902048.htmlstory

"Rumor Has It" by Adele plays over the restaurant's speakers as Chan's hands curl around another trusty fork.

He's tried to use chopsticks over the years, and a friend even bought him a spring-loaded pair as a gag birthday gift.

The fork feels more natural, he said, as he stabbed a section of beef roll and took yet another bite of Chinese food.

Bumped the thread because I sorta sided with David Chan earlier, and now I find out he uses a fork. I know things were different back when he was a kid (before Chinese exclusion laws were repealed), but damn, man. Non-Asian adults can and do learn to use chopsticks.

 

[Log4Girlz]

A fork? Only animals use forks.

 

[doctorcdcs]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-eater-20130422-dto,0,6902048.htmlstory



Bumped the thread because I sorta sided with David Chan earlier, and now I find out he uses a fork. I know things were different back when he was a kid (before Chinese exclusion laws were repealed), but damn, man. Non-Asian adults can and do learn to use chopsticks.

You bumped this because he uses a fork?



....Thanks. I didn't even know this thread existed. It made for good reading.

edit:

A fork? Only animals use forks.

I try to use chopsticks whenever possible, but lately I've been getting severe cramping in my hands if I keep my hands in the chopstick position too long; painful enough that I have trouble moving my fingers. I eventually have to concede defeat and go with the fork.

 

[Haly]

::grabs torches and pitchforks chopsticks::

Burn the heretic!

 

[Log4Girlz]

I try to use chopsticks whenever possible, but lately I've been getting severe cramping in my hands if I keep my hands in the chopstick position too long; painful enough that I have trouble moving my fingers. I eventually have to concede defeat and go with the fork.

Its ok, I had a Yorkie once that used forks.

 

[doctorcdcs]

Its ok, I had a Yorkie once that used forks.

Did he post above you just now? Cause that's AWESOME

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clearly i dont know what a yorkie is. i leave this post for shame purposes

 

[beat]

You bumped this because he uses a fork?

If Chinese cuisine is fundamental to Chinese identity, chopsticks are fundamental to Chinese cuisine. I am 100% serious about this.

 

[otapnam]

Koi palace and yank sing are overrated.

 

[kutthoat5150]

that msg is some addicting shit

 

[Davidion]

He likes a different Chinese restaurant? Different strokes. He prefers forks over chopsticks? Disgrace.

 

[Conor_Fool]

What a terrible, terrible thread to look at when i'm this hungry

 

[Spring-Loaded]

He's tried to use chopsticks over the years, and a friend even bought him a spring-loaded pair as a gag birthday gift.

Holy shit, I want some of those. I was considering just getting collapsible ones, but these would be like those nightsticks you flick to in order to extend them.

 

[Steelrain]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinese-eater-20130422-dto,0,6902048.htmlstory



Bumped the thread because I sorta sided with David Chan earlier, and now I find out he uses a fork. I know things were different back when he was a kid (before Chinese exclusion laws were repealed), but damn, man. Non-Asian adults can and do learn to use chopsticks.

You don't really need to though.

 

[golem]

You don't really need to though.

If you're trying to eat a XLB with a fork you're doing it wrong. Fingers are the only proper substitute for chopsticks.

 

[Gully State]

Ding Tai Feng is just amazing. They need to open some branches in other cities.

Taipei branch is amazing but the one in Arcadia isn't all that special. I've had better XLB in small restaurants around the Bay Area than Ding Tai Feng in Arcadia...