9 Rules to Handle Chopsticks when Dinning at Chinese Restaurant

To find good Chinese food in Singapore might be easy for you. But do you easily able to give justice to the food by eating it in a traditional manner? To be precise, do you think that you eat the Chinese food in the traditional way with chopsticks perfectly? Well, there are some chopstick eating rules, which you might not be following when enjoying your favorite Chinese cuisine. Have a look to see how much justice you give to your fav food:

F  When served a large serving plate or steamer of food, use the public serving chopsticks to serve the food in your plate. Never use the used chopsticks in the serving bowl.

F  To serve the food, you can also use the broader end of your chopsticks (on the condition, it shouldn’t be chewed by you).

F  Do not stab your food with the chopsticks. It is disrespect to the chef and the food as well. This even shows that you are rude at the dinning table.

F  Make sure that you never pass the food from chopstick to chopstick. It is considered as ill manner and bad table behavior.

F   Once you are done eating, do not pass the chopsticks. Instead, you should lay them on the left side of the dish.

F  While eating, never point out to others with the chopsticks (be it intentionally on un intentionally). 

F  While eating, do not make music with the chopsticks & the bowl. This is done by the poor beggars and thus will depict you as an ill manner person.

F   In case, something gets struck in your teeth. Then do not use the sticks to take it out. It would, at first, will not help you at all, and secondly, it would show you as a bad mannered person.

F   Make sure you do not drop the chop sticks on the floor. Even if it happens by mistake, then sincerely apologize for this. According to Asian culture, if a chopstick falls, then the ancestor of the host gets disturbed, so make sure you do not do any such thing.

Simply remember these rules when you make a visit to Cantonese restaurant in Singapore to enjoy your authentic Chinese food.