http://chopchopsticks.com/personalized- ... otion.html
Kizashi chopsticks
Well, the link is actually for the chopstick maker that made these for Suzuki. They may be able to custom make them again given they've done it before.~tc~ wrote:Any idea where to get some?
2025 Mazda CX-50 Preferred Hybrid
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
Super cool! I would love to have my own chopsticks. There's always a varying variety in the restaurants. 
Chopsticks can vary depending on Asian culture. They originated in China a long time ago, but are commonly used in East Asian countries and some South East Asian nations.SamirD wrote:Super cool! I would love to have my own chopsticks. There's always a varying variety in the restaurants.
Japan is notorious for their use of disposable chopsticks, but the ones used at home are reusable ones made from plastic or traditionally lacquered wood. I think Chinese chopsticks are similar. Korean chopsticks are metal and sometimes flat. They can be hard to use. Chopstick etiquette also changes from culture to culture.
I've got my own set of reusable ones. Been using chopsticks all my life but have yet to hold them the "proper" way. Whatever.
2025 Mazda CX-50 Preferred Hybrid
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
I've been to one restaurant that had the plastic reuseable ones, but have never seen the lacquered wood type. I've seen the Korean ones, but didn't realize what they were until right now.KuroNekko wrote:Chopsticks can vary depending on Asian culture. They originated in China a long time ago, but are commonly used in East Asian countries and some South East Asian nations.
Japan is notorious for their use of disposable chopsticks, but the ones used at home are reusable ones made from plastic or traditionally lacquered wood. I think Chinese chopsticks are similar. Korean chopsticks are metal and sometimes flat. They can be hard to use. Chopstick etiquette also changes from culture to culture.
I've got my own set of reusable ones. Been using chopsticks all my life but have yet to hold them the "proper" way. Whatever.
Interesting how you mention the etiquette is different in the various cultures, and that there is a 'proper' way. What differences have you seen, and what's proper vs improper?
The etiquette differs a bit here and there. For example, the Japanese consider passing food from chopsticks to chopsticks a taboo (stems from this being done with bones in funerals) but it's allowed in some instances in China. The Chinese and Japanese also lay their chopsticks down differently. Vertically in China, horizontally in Japan.
The Chinese and Japanese allow you to lift the bowl up with your hand to eat the food with chopsticks while Koreans consider this taboo.
It's taboo in Japan and China to stick chopsticks vertically in rice because this is done in funerals for the deceased.
Here's a rather comical explanation of chopsticks in Japan.
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The Chinese and Japanese allow you to lift the bowl up with your hand to eat the food with chopsticks while Koreans consider this taboo.
It's taboo in Japan and China to stick chopsticks vertically in rice because this is done in funerals for the deceased.
Here's a rather comical explanation of chopsticks in Japan.
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2025 Mazda CX-50 Preferred Hybrid
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
Indians do it too. I think it comes from the durability compared to stone or glass. But boiling hot chai in a metal cup in the summer in India can burn your fingers pretty bad, so it's definitely not the smartest thing for certain use cases.bootymac wrote:I never understood why Korean cuisine uses metal utensils and etc. Hot tea in a metal cup isn't the smartest idea...