Chopsticks War⎪Korea vs Japan vs China⎪ The Only Video You Need

[@set.u]

1:33 우리나라도 전쟁 이후에나 모여서 먹었지, 전통적으로는 각자 상에 먹는 문화였습니다. "어디서 겸상을 하려 하느냐" 라는 말도 있듯이요..

[@holeeshi9959]

as an (half Chinese) American, after watching this video, I noticed most American Chinese restaurants give out Japanese chopsticks.

[@Aresydatch]

It's mostly for Ease of access especially if it's a Panda Express like Faux Authentic restaurant

[@Moonstone-Redux]

Most of these Chinese restaurants in America are opened by Taiwanese people. In Taiwan their chopsticks are actually tapered similar to the Japanese chopsticks because of Japanese colonial rule, but they are still longer than the original Japanese chopsticks because the dining style is still mostly Chinese.

[@fmfmnico]

それぞれの国に歴史と食文化があって素晴らしいと思う😘

[@leooh3966]

甘えるな 今は資本主義の時代だ 争え。闘え。戦え。

[@fierceheresy]

@@leooh3966 💀💀💀💀

[@DimiDzi]

some Japanese chopsticks have ribs at the end to make grabbing stuff without it slipping off easier because according to etiquette putting things back in the bowl is bad

[@llspragulus]

I'm Korean and it's not that we are taught a correct/incorrect way to hold chopsticks. It's because there are two primary ways and each sort of defined your class. There's the "farmer" style. It's how the farmers and lower class held chopsticks. Then the "yangban" or upper class way. The "correct" method you speak of is the Royal/yangban method. It's taught because no one wanted to stay lower class and that was an instant way for people to pick you out. Korean culture is so class and money driven to a fault. So I can see chopstick holding being misconstrued as being incorrect/correct. I unfortunately hold my chopsticks in the farmer style where only the tips of my fingers hold and move them while the thumb provides pressure. I always get made fun of but, oh well.

[@poshbo]

It's the same in China, the "correct" way of using chopsticks indicates sophistication and tradition. But these days, many young people these days use the "incorrect" method. It's similar in Japan as well. And another thing the video doesn't mention is that in higher end Chinese restaurants, each diner has two sets of chopsticks of different colours placed side by side to the right of your food bowl; you use the outside ones for taking food from the shared dish into your bowl, and the inside ones for eating it.

[@makobaster7516]

我认为只要自己喜欢，舒服，无论怎么拿筷子都是可以的，毕竟它只是一个餐具

[@k1j1j1j]

​@@poshbo so there's a socially/formally favorable way to do it, and a modern counterculture that permits ignoring it? it's neat how common that is through history, i guess it's "human nature" or whatever to make up silly class-upholding social rules and then get disillusioned by them some generations later. which is more to say that it's human nature to want to fit in, even if the requirements to fit in don't necessarily make sense, yet it's also human nature to question and overcome nonsensical things.

[@shdj1hshs1shshs1]

@@makobaster7516일본은 다름. 젓가락질 못하면 부모가 욕을먹는것이 일본

[@Poetats]

i can't picture what you mean when you describe the "wrong" way to hold chopsticks. it sounds exactly like the "correct" way he shows in the video

[@apisyom1189]

There is no chopsticks war.

[@lieutenantmeatball5590]

There is a small war but only between non-asians i guess

[@ItenerantAdept]

Its criminal to be this early to a video, much less this early to a youtuber with this much potential. Keep it up. You've got my sub!

[@Big_tLee]

Really appreciate it!

[@ld7876]

Thanks for the information!

[@pharmacist5884]

In ancient China the Emperor and nobility also used silver spoons and chopsticks to detect poison. Also ivory is said to change in colour when in contact with certain poisons. That's why ivory chopsticks are highly valued in those days and only affordable by rich people. This is the reason why you still see plastic white ivory-like chopsticks in China, an allusion to the ancient practise of the nobility and the imperial family using thise magical ivory chopsticks to prevent them being poisoned.

[@nealmarshall2544]

As someone interested in the Far East, and who wondered about the differences in the chopsticks, this was most interesting and very informative! 🙂 정말 고마워요 ! 😊

[@stephenspackman5573]

I dunno, the last time I saw chopsticks they were putting food into my face. My Vietnamese friends always said this is the single most important aspect of chopstick use :).

[@michaelhongng]

I’m genuinely curious- what sources did you use to make this video? There IS a correct way to hold chopsticks in Chinese culture but we aren’t strict about it. The way you were holding them would be incorrect. Furthermore, there IS a correct way to hold the bowl in Chinese culture too.

[@92boro]

my friend in Korea told me that the reason why they don't hold the bowl is it symbolize homelessness. only homeless ppl hold their bowl

[@DP-jaja]

Not only that but putting the bowl to your mouth makes you look like a dog. Also, Koreans don’t use chopsticks to eat rice historically (doesn’t really apply these days) is because Chinese people almost exclusively use chopsticks to eat rice and lifting the bowl to the mouth….you see what I’m getting at, right? Basically the origins of these norms are based on racism. Older Koreans would ridicule you if you did these things by calling you Chinese…even to this day it is an extreme insult but most people now don’t engage in this anymore.

[@hectorar7890]

If you’re eating it with a spoon yeah. But for chopstick only countries then there are exceptions

[@llspragulus]

Hahahahahaha I can see why your friend would say that. It's actually very Chinese and was done by lower class. I still eat that way even though we've been in the US since escaping the war.

[@ThreefootedRaven]

Super wrong Korean traditional bowls and plates etc were mainly made of brass and silver. If you contain hot food, you cant hold them. These tradition stopped ever since japanese colonial era as japanese took all of brass based bowls and utensils etc for their bullets and shells. Your freind needs history lesson from gr1.

[@DP-jaja]

@@ThreefootedRaven what are you talking about? Did you mean to respond to this thread?

[@CaramelSlade]

you just made me want to make kimchi jjigae

[@HealingAi]

한국은 고려시대 이전에도 사용했어요 고대부터 내려온 수저입니다.

[@comradetiedanski6038]

To my knowledge Chinese chopstick in general are just longer and thicker but being blunt isn't a required feature as I've used and seen countless times of "Chinese" chopsticks that had a more pointier end to it and will admit it is very good at picking up the delicate fish chunks and tofu chunks, while the blunt ones just crushes it and you need to be extremely gentle when using the blunt ones, but the blunt ones do handle noodles dishes a lot better tho, but not by much. Being made out of wood in general helps with the grip of the food as the rough surfaces of the wood gives some friction while gripping the food, meanwhile metallic chopsticks that has frictionless surfaces offers no grip, which causes you to put more effort in holding it in place or using other utensils instead of just chopsticks i.e. the spoon. This is extremely evident when eating noodles, the wet and slippery surfaces of the noodle is a nightmare when eating it with a metal chopstick and you would get the same result from any chopsticks that doesn't have a rough surface to grip the food, like plastic or lacquered chopstick.

[@yuchan063]

In Korea, since the Goguryeo Kingdom, the nobles have used silver chopsticks, and metal chopsticks have become a symbol of the wealthy. Since the Joseon Dynasty, brass has been used so that even the common people can use metal utensils, and in modern times, stainless steel has replaced brass.

[@mll5530]

It is not true that the Chinese hold the chopsticks anyway they like. We are taught how to hold our chopsticks correctly, perhaps parents do not enforce or discipline their children about chopsticks holding so strictly.

[@lamdrewpleasse4667]

This video was incredible, you have great potential

[@TheCheat_1337]

Nothing about Vietnam? It always gets left out for some reason but the majority of things that apply to China, Korea and Japan also very much apply to Vietnam, from culture, religion, language, etc. It's part of the Sinosphere too, and in fact I would argue that Chinese and Vietnamese culture are closer together than Chinese and Korean and even more so for Japan, although there is most commonality between Chinese/Vietnamese/Korean.

[@DP-jaja]

Relax….he’s covering East Asia. If he included SE Asia it would be a mess! Heck….some SE Asians don’t use chopsticks 😂

[@deanwijaya1435]

I agree, Vietnam is often Overlooked within the context of Sinosphere. I reckon due to the fact that they're in SE Asia is the reason why many discussion overlooked them in the first place, unless a dedicated CJKV POV is utilised.

[@DP-jaja]

@ see my comment….this was clearly an East Asian video and let’s be honest…..China, Korea and Japan are the most dominant Asian countries.

[@gzapray7203]

East Asia.

[@DP-jaja]

@ right? SE Asian countries are so sensitive and fragile…..get a spine and be proud of your countries and not feel hurt when you aren’t mentioned as in this case bc ….let’s be honest….China, Korea and Japan are the powerhouses of Asia….just facts.

[@safisher60]

That was informative, thank you.

[@amishparadise428]

Despite being white and from the American South, I've used chopsticks intermittently for most of my life. When I moved to Japan, my Japanese friends, especially women, would sometimes grab the chopsticks out of my hand mid-eating and give me a fork or spoon. Come to find out that when I learned to use chopsticks was at a Chinese restaurant who's owner my family was friends with, and the way I use them is 'improper' here.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

your english 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is really improving thank you! please make more videos on food and different nations. vietnam 🇻🇳 and malaysia 🇲🇾 and thailand 🇹🇭 chopsticks? 🥢

[@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888]

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Nice video concept👍🏽👍🏽

[@norbertocarlosagustinkushi1916]

Great video, I enjoy it. Best wishes!!!🇰🇷❤️🙏💪💪💪

[@TateJenson]

War? It’s just a simple comparison.

[@fviannaval]

Great and educative video, thank you!

[@serufim]

it's quite hilarious to watch when chinese or vietnamese tourists in korea trying to use metal chopsticks first time

[@김윤영-m6q]

오 맞네요! 한식당에 가면 쇠젓가락이 나오고, 중식이나 일식당을 가면 나무젓가락이 나왔었네요 오👍

[@Big_tLee]

시청 감사합니다

[@codechapter6960]

really good! gert rid of the conclusion but other than that genuinely really goood video

[@jamtown607]

I’m of Chinese descent and I prefer the Japanese chopsticks.

[@callmegeniusok]

I think the Chinese ones are the most flexible. Not only are they slip-free unlike the Korean ones, they can be used for much more foods, unlike the Japanese ones.

[@johnsarkissian5519]

I’m currently visiting Taiwan. I was at a restaurant with some Taiwanese friends. I pointed out that the chopsticks in that restaurant were in the Korean style. To my surprise, my friends told me that they were unaware that there was any difference between Japanese, Korean and Chinese chopsticks. They had always taught that the differences were due to the manufacturer’s design preferences.

[@poshbo]

only Korea uses metal chopsticks, and Japanese chopsticks always have a sharp point. But in China (including Taiwan), the shapes are very mixed and it depends on the region and type of cuisine

[@honeycake9111]

True. There are so many different designs of chopsticks in Taiwan so they’ve seen a lot 😂

[@BBarNavi]

​@@poshbodo you mean China AND Taiwan? In Taiwan we have a mix of chopsticks because we have a mix of Japanese and various "Chinese" cuisines. So the style of chopsticks varies from family to family and even person to person. In my own family we use round metal, but I personally prefer the Japanese style because of how it fits in my hand. But whatever the case, we have a strong preference NOT to reach common food with our personal chopsticks. It's considered highly unsanitary. That's one of many ways we're different from that certain other country.

[@BBarNavi]

Taiwanese people don't agree on one single style of chopsticks, but round metal seems to dominate many of the restaurants I've been to, and it's the style used by my family. I've also seen the typical "Chinese" thick square imitation ivory around, but made a little shorter out of Taiwanese preference. My personal preference is bamboo in the Japanese style. Especially with ridged ends. Very versatile and maneuverable. (I can't do Korean flats😬 but you can't find them in Taiwan anyway)

[@johnsarkissian5519]

@ I, too, prefer the Japanese style bamboo ones. The “Chinese” ivory ones are too slippery for me.

[@dyong836]

Not true that there is no correct way to hold Chinese chopsticks. Also not true about Chinese not regularly using spoons. In Cantonese cuisine having a soup is normal and guess what is used to consume the soup. And the part about bigger rice bowls in Chinese culture is too much of a generalisation. Good attempt at subject but suggest a bit more research would be helpful! All the best.

[@nzglegoli]

Definitely the case about a correct way of using chopsticks for Chinese. Without the technique it makes it difficult and tiring to grip food. I'd guess that probably a lot of people have not taught their kids or not enforced it. Same thing happened in my family. I learned by looking it up (in pre Internet times).

[@tauriusmagnamus3281]

It's mainly due to China being culturally so different in the north vs south. North eats more noodles while south eats more rice. So of course using spoons in the south is common while in the north it more of a utility when needed but not the main source of shoveling food into the mouth :P

[@jasonxeko]

While not as well known, there is a distinct Vietnamese chopstick style that somewhat resembles the Chinese style but with much variation. It is typically shorter than the Chinese ones but much blunter.

[@kaneidareyue7715]

As a Chinese, I always liked the metal Korean bowls, chopsticks and spoon.

[@callmegeniusok]

They're too slippery for those who're used to the Chinese wooden chopsticks 有点麻烦 😅

[@shdj1hshs1shshs1]

@@callmegeniusok다양한 종류의 쇠 젓가락이있음..

Since China did not have advanced metal casting technology like Korea, when chopsticks were introduced to China, China could only choose to use wood or bamboo.

[@Happy_umami]

중국요리나, 면을 먹기 위해선 나무젓가락을 선호합니다. 쇠젓가락은 미끄러워서.😅

[@maniSJM]

Some facts about China is not true. Normal rice bowl in China is also small like on the picture. Only on special occasions or some family it is bigger. I am not sure about Japan. I am 99% Sure that this video is from an Korean guy

[@unnaturalselection8330]

The Chinese ones are easier to eat faster. The Japanese ones are more precise. ...And the Korean ones will give you hand cramps.

[@Niimu-it5ll]

skill issue

[@unnaturalselection8330]

@@Niimu-it5ll Nope. Grown man hands vs tiny flat stick issue. Japanese chopsticks require more skill.

[@nzglegoli]

Agreed. I've been using chopsticks all my life. Chinese ones through my youth, then Japanese ones since I moved there, and Korean ones whenever I eat Korean. I get the same issues. I can't shovel rice into my mouth quickly when using Japanese chopsticks but I can't pick up tiny bits of food in Japanese cuisine with Chinese chopsticks. Korean ones, well, let's say I'm glad there's a spoon.

[@sTRipEiSLaNd]

@@nzglegoli thats why japanese and chinese hold rice bowl when to shove with chopstick

[@nzglegoli]

@@sTRipEiSLaNd Yes, I know. I'm saying that I can move more rice with Chinese chopsticks than I can with Japanese chopsticks. Plus depending on where you are in Japan, putting the rice bowl to the mouth is considered rude. In that case, the rice needs to be picked out of the bowl. That can be done easily with Japanese rice, but not so easily with Chinese rice.

[@Serenity_Dee]

My spouse is from Singapore, and she doesn't like using chopsticks. She taught me to eat rice with a spoon, instead of a fork like I'd been taught as a white American. I can't really use chopsticks very well; my wrist and hand are permanently injured and so I just don't have the right kind of dexterity anymore, and on top of that it can get very painful very quickly if I'm having a bad day. Oh, also, I learned not too long ago that proper etiquette in Japan is to eat miso soup with chopsticks and not a spoon: you use chopsticks for the solid ingredients and pick up the bowl to drink the broth.

[@keio4456]

Korean chopsticks are so hard to use. It's heave af too

[@niceday12]

맞아요. 하지만 제일 위생적이고, 평생 사용할 수 있어서. 지구 환경에도 좋습니다^^

[@thecheesecakeman]

gotta develop those strong fingering muscles......

[@monkaeyes]

Korean chopsticks are the only ones i struggle with.

[@rjsdjvh1]

Don’t forget about Vietnamese chopsticks as well!

[@MiauxCatterie]

i mostly see the same chinese style disposable chopsticks, thick and attached at the top end, at every asian food place i visit in america, no matter if it's a japanese restaurant or chinese or korean. mostly from the same brand as well. in the past, i used to sometimes see pairs that were thinner and not attached to each other, with a pointier end. sometimes also some notches in one end. i did like the non attached sleeker pair with pointier ends better. thanks for the video.

[@Rugged-Mongol]

Try some Mongolian chopsticks, they're made of pure copper.

[@Rainbow_Task_1A]

Wow, interesting.

[@kaidanalenko5222]

They use chopsticks in Mongolia? 🤔🤔

[@shannonspage9360]

​@@kaidanalenko5222Why wouldn't they?

[@CakeCh.]

Now I wonder if copper heat pipe chopsticks exists lol

[@Phlegethon]

They don’t just use their hands and knives like barbarians?

[@Phlegethon]

Round chopsticks made of metal is the way to go it’s environmentally friendly easy to wash and most useful

[@callmegeniusok]

Except they're hard to use for multiple food types such as rounder noodles (like udong). Also, you have to make sure they are made ethically without lead, cadmium and nickel, of which when heated will harm the body.

[@ysbecca6624]

The chopsticks, my mortal enemy... I should buy the kiddie version and learn with them I guess. On another note, I know this clip from a chinese variety show where two guys were about to start eating. The younger one sat down first but the older kept talking without sitting down so the younger one got back up when he realised he was the only one sitting. This happened multiple times, finally he basically said: will you sit down already? He was laughing and it wasn't anything serious but I was reasoning this in my head and figured he either didn't want to be the only one sitting down or was trying to be polite to his senior. They had like 30 years age difference which they often joked about but I don't know.

[@laurenclark2081]

I haven’t been able to eat with chopsticks for a very long time. I have carpal tunnel syndrome and is extremely painful and sometimes impossible to hold chopsticks. It is so embarrassing. I don’t even wanna go out to eat anymore.

[@darnwrong794]

Most things about the Chinese and Japanese chopsticks are wrong. This is just a thinly veiled Korean propaganda to say how their chopsticks are the best. Here I will try to rebut things that I know are FALSE: - Chinese chopsticks are not thicker and blunt because their "food has more oil". In fact, It is only very recently in history that oil is abundant in the China region, and has always been a luxury in most of Chinese history. This is simply a stereotype because the most famous and cultural exported food are oily as they are heavier in taste and thus top picks for restaurants. Chinese families still eat, for the lack of a better word, "normal", non-oily food. - "Only Korean uses spoon" Blatantly FALSE. Japanese meals have miso soup, and food with sauces which definitely requires a spoon. Typical Chinese family meals contain "5 vegetables 1 soup" (5 dishes which contains meat and vege separately, and 1 soup) so again, SPOON for the soup. Both cultures also regularly eat congee, soupy rice, noodles etc. - "Korean uses metal because durable" technically true, but he never explained why others uses wood. Chopsticks are peasant eating utensils. Only in Korea somehow chopsticks belong to the royal class in history. That's why everywhere else, they use the cheapest, most readily available and easily replaceable material to make chopsticks. - Length. The example he used are only one type of chopsticks. There are different lengths available for each type of chopsticks shown here. You can find long Korean chopsticks, you can find short Chinese chopsticks, there is no set "this culture must use the longest chopsticks". He is just cherry picking the chopsticks to show and fit his agenda. - Way to hold chopsticks. There is a definitive "correct" way to hold for every culture. But again, this is a peasant eating utensil, nobody cared as much to follow until very recently in modern history. Especially for Japanese, they "teach the right way" because it is literally taught in school. Doesn't mean Japan specifically cares about how their kids hold it, its just standardized so its easier to be taught en masse.

[@568843daw]

I lived in Japan for a period in my young life. The Japanese kids taught me to hold chopsticks correctly and how to eat properly with native Japanese folk. I am proudly proficient at home or in public using knife, fork and spoon and chop sticks. Perhaps I can suggest you do a video on formal western dining manners for Japanese, and Koreans. It would help them a lot during formal dining settings. Especially in Business. For example, Slurping is forbidden as is chewing with you mouth open, belching at the table and reaching across others to get something you want. Mastering the art of “Small Talk” is invaluable too. I am just suggesting this as a possible future topics. Be well. Thank you for your video.

[@JPN-TKS]

Formal Western dining manners? You have no idea about the actual food culture of Japan, where we eat a lot of Western food on a daily basis. Do you think we slurp soba, udon, and ramen noodles in the same way as Italian pasta? Don't make me laugh. Most of us learn it naturally at home during our childhood. Thanks to that, when I stayed in Italy as a young, nobody complained about my table manners.

[@1그람]

한국도 마찬가지로 젓가락 사용시 올바르게 쥐는 방법을 배우지 않나요? 한국에서도 젓가락을 이상하게 잡으면 "덜 떨어진 놈", "못배운 놈" 소리 듣습니다 ㅋㅋ 그래서 젓가락을 올바르게 잡을 수 있도록 어린이용 보조 젓가락을 구매하는 사람도 많구요

[@niceday12]

기본적으로 유치원 학습지에서도 가르치고, 초등학교 교과서에서도 가르치고 있는걸로 알고 있습니다.

[@생명의단비]

유익하고 재미있게 잘 봤어요~

[@melissalambert7615]

As a young person I got into cooking Chinese dishes. As a gift someone gave me "fancy" chopsticks. They were not useful. Years later I learned they were Japanese so not suited for the food I was making. Thanks for doing these videos, very informative.

[@bigrocket-1]

This was pretty interesting. I didn't know there was a difference between chopsticks

[@Big_tLee]

Appreciate your comment! I'll make more interesting videos. Any topics u r instead plz let me know. Have a wonderful day!

[@JRKZT]

@@Big_tLee Perhaps you can also make a video about Korean dining (and drinking) etiquette for the people who are interested to go there, but not sure if the things they do will be offensive to the locals. I've been to Korea about 8 times now and I'm still not 100% sure about the dining etiquette there because all my connections there are the same age so I don't get to practice or learn etiquette with seniors. Hope this makes sense.

[@Big_tLee]

​@JRKZT Thanks for your suggestion! I'll try to my best!

[@alicedattebayo9141]

I have japanese chopsticks at home, but whenever I get to use chinese chopsticks, I realise I actually like them better. I find them easier to pick up stuff. The pointy tip of japanese chopsticks makes it easier for ingredients to slip in my experience. Korean metal chopsticks was tricky at first, especially the flat ones, but not too bad once you get used. The spoon is godsent though. I love that korean restaurants always give a spoon. My chopstick skills have improved, but eating rice with chopsticks is still the bane of my existence. Just give me a spoon for rice!!

[@etatauri]

as a Korean, I prefer Japanese and Korean ones for eating. The bluntness of the Chinese ones lack precision for me and feels like trying to do surgery with mittens on. I prefer Chinese chopsticks for cooking, due to its larger size.

[@alicedattebayo9141]

@@etatauri maybe I just lack precision skills and that's why I like the bluntness of the chinese ones 🥲 I shall get better!

[@lieutenantmeatball5590]

Idk if it’s the same for other asian countries, but in japan, we (may) use beans to practice the precision. Pick one up from one bowl and carry it to another.

[@lovewhenshe]

Nice

[@singular9]

1/4 of the world needs forks really bad.

[@ENNEN420]

My nervous system is too fried to use chopsticks so my body has made me above such petty things like arguing over which chopsticks are better. It's Japanese chopsticks that are the best though if you wanna know.

[@tigeruppercut2000]

What about Vietnam??

[@shannonspage9360]

He seems to be covering East Asia. If he covered Vietnam then he would also have to include the other South East Asia countries. Maybe he will make another video covering those countries or perhaps he isn't familiar enough with their utensil customs to feel he can speak for them?

[@tauriusmagnamus3281]

A lot of mix influences from China and Muslims. So a mix of using fingers and rarely a spoon.

[@TheMundaneChannel-pn5py]

korean chopsticks are the toughest to use

[@jannetteberends8730]

Now I’m hungry. But that was interesting, learned something today.. In the past I had al kind of chopsticks. Always had problems with the Chinese ones. Didn’t know they were Chinese then. I’m from the Netherlands, and restaurants here don’t use chopsticks here. Maybe the Japanese, but I don’t like fish, so never go there.

[@Jimalcoatl]

For practical utility and hygiene, Korean stainless steel chopsticks are my favorite. I don't trust wood/bamboo chopsticks to stay bacteria free through repeated usage and I don't want to contribute to ecological waste by using them as disposables/single use.

[@サターンV]

In fact, mainly Japanese chopsticks are protected by a coating called lacquer and also decorated with Japanese-style designs that are beautiful and can be used for decades, which is popular and symbolic of family wealth. Nevertheless, I understand your preference for stainless steel cutlery, and for non-Asian cultures, you can choose what you prefer.

[@etatauri]

You don't have to worry about bacteria as wood is naturally anti-bacterial. I can't argue that the metal ones are much easier to clean though, especially if you have a dishwasher.

[@bedrock6443]

Also splinters suck

[@ggalsorunning3762]

There are other materials for chopsticks, such as ceramic, silicone, and titanium. But none of them are perfect. - Ceramic chopsticks have the best overall performance, but they are easy to break if they are accidentally dropped - Silicone is often used for long chopsticks for cooking. The surface will become sticky after a long time of use - Titanium chopsticks are usually hollow and very light. But they will leave black marks in ceramic bowls But these are rarely seen in restaurants due to cost considerations

[@도룽뇽]

한식을 먹는 외국인이 일본이나 중국 문화를 먼저 접해서 그런지 한국 예절과 상반되는 모습을 보일 때면 안타까워요 그리고 한국은 조선시대까지 1인 1상이었습니다 음식을 공유하는 문화는 일제강점기에 생긴 슬픈 역사입니다..

[@かたかてんこ]

そうなんだ、初めて知った

[@ここの-x8m]

Unfortunately, the person posting this channel is not familiar with Chinese and Japanese culture at all.

[@RockinFootball_23]

I disagree with China not having a "correct" way of using chopsticks. There definitely is but I think maybe culturally the newer generation don't care as much hence the impression that "anything goes". I think this may stem from the loss of traditional culture due to the cultural revolution. My parents who grew up in China were taught strictly how to use chopsticks properly just like how you describe how the Korean and Japanese do. Both my parents are left handed too and that was seen as having "bad table manners".

[@LazarusIsBackBaby]

Been traveling around Japan for a month, every chopstick I've used has been squared off... I feel like 1:15 is just wrong

[@dealman3312]

Great video

[@Arus_战巡]

That's not the reason for why chopsticks from China look like that. 1, Not all Chinese cuisine use a lot of oil, that depends on areas, but chopsticks are the same. 2, The typical Chinese chopsticks have round heads and square ends, which is an ancient design that represents the shape of the universe that our ancestors used to believe: round sky with square earth. This kind of design has exsited for thousands of years, even before the Song Dynasty, when oil fry foods were introduced. 3, Chinese chopsticks could made out of many materials, usually wood or bamboo, but there were ivory or silver chopsticks, nowadays they could also made out of stainless steel, but the shape is always the same.

[@iu2]

4:17 I don't believe that's how most Koreans hold their chopsticks. The tip of the index finger stays on top and doesn't slide down, similar to holding a pen as shown here 6:40.

[@minhquanle4488]

One more time Vietnam is being ignored although they also in the "chopstick community"

[@honeycake9111]

Hum…. I thought Chinese invented chopsticks so it’s funny to say Chinese don’t learn to hold chopsticks correctly. Also, most Chinese do teach their children to hold chopsticks in a proper way.

[@callmegeniusok]

"Correctly" is subjective. Regional preferences (and differing diets) make it so that there is no one correct position :)

[@nariu7times328]

What about the the wooden disposable ones that are given when I got to any kind of Asian restruant? You have to split them apart and they are made of very pourous wood and are very short. Sometimes they are blunt, somtimes they are pointed. They drive me crazy.

[@MoreNmore_snsd]

2년 전에봤던 일본인 유튜버가 만든 내용과..너무 똑같네요...

[@callmegeniusok]

I've always thought of it as Japanese chopsticks are thin at the end to help with their diet of seafood (plucking out the bones), the Korean metal chopsticks (while also being thin as inspired by the Japanese) are an ancient Chinese practice that just became a norm (for detecting poison in their food), while the Chinese chopsticks are often used for vegetables and are designed with flebivility in mind. At least the most common Chinese chopsticks - All three types were innovated and used in regions of South and North China

[@CiceroSapiens]

If you haven't tried Korean choosticks, try them! You'll never go back.

[@callmegeniusok]

Everyone I know has tried and immediately went back to Chinese chopsticks 😅 I'm so sorry they are just too impractical and inconvenient for many slippery foods, not to mention safety hazards with large amounts of nickel and lead that once heated, can harm health

[@CiceroSapiens]

@@callmegeniusok mine are 304 Japanese steel, hopefully all the way through, oh no!

[@slee2695]

Lmao it's stainless steel not led..good luck with moldy wood​@callmegeniusok

[@Lippeth]

Eating a big Chinese meal with others doesn't require longer chopsticks because there should be spoons in each dish to scoop onto your own plate so you don't get your mouth germs in the food from your chopsticks. Grabbing food from a center dish with chopsticks to put on your plate is bad etiquette, unless eating with close family members! The longer chopsticks are meant for cooking anyway, not eating!

[@The_Binninator]

Hahaha this explains a lot. I was on a date with a Chinese guy and I asked him how to hold chopsticks because people told me I'm doing it wrong but never explained how to do it right. "It doesn't matter! Can you eat? Then you're holding them right! I've been holding them a weird way myself my whole life, nobody cares!" he said, while sticking his fork directly into a huge slab of meat that he then brought up to his mouth in one piece 😂

[@dw908]

I like the look of Japanese chopsticks, but they're the most impractical for daily use. Eating with metal chopsticks feels odd, but I can understand it from a sanitation and stain resistant point of view. If you're well practiced, the Chinese chopsticks offer the best experience. In any case, I detest plastic.

[@jeff8297229]

All i can say is, korean chopsticks are the worst imo. It being flat makes it harder to hold and pick up food and the fact its metal makes eating hot food more hazardous

[@slee2695]

Im shocked a chinese would have that opinion

[@kuoklucas4554]

There is also a correct way to hold chopsticks in china and kids are also taught at a young age

[@iu2]

5:02 I would argue that the spoon, not the chopstick, is the primary eating utensil for Koreans.

[@imissmydog8279]

Korean way of eating seems inefficient by only using the right hand. Better to use the spoon in the left hand too.

[@niceday12]

한국인들은 대부분 젓가락의 달인들이예요. 굉장히 빨리 잘 먹어요^^

[@Heyimurfather]

Dis guy dont know shit, stop citing wikipedia

[@NMalteC]

I'm pieved that you ignored Vietnam, the FOURTH of the ONLY FOUR nations to use chopsticks.

[@BBarNavi]

Taiwan too

[@ponuni]

thailand uses chopsticks too for certain dishes.

[@imissmydog8279]

Nothing on plastic chopsticks which are popularly used in food courts and Chinese restaurants.

[@user-ix7iu4wf8o]

Wrong, we use any and all kinds of chopsticks as long as the food can be picked up to put into the mouth. then the way of holding it may be true those days but nowadays everyone has been mixed up so much how you hold does not dictates what class you are not one bit at all. Everyone are taught on how to hold but you essentially can hold however you want as there is NO right method efficient yes but NO right method.

[@auroricaura]

I'm half korean and half chinese, we grew up using chinese chopsticks. We still had a lot of korean food though and I feel like modern day chinese chopsticks don't stain as easily from fermented foods.

[@imissmydog8279]

Chinese children are taught to place chopsticks on the prints of the middle and ring fingers.

[@iu2]

Metal spoons paired with...drumroll...metal chopsticks. That makes sense, but Westerners can't seem to grasp this simple concept. Westerners use metal spoons, knives, and forks, but Koreans shouldn't? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦🤔

[@timkeane2719]

It’s not that. It’s that medal chopsticks are much harder due to the less friction

[@iu2]

@@timkeane2719 Nonsense. If that were the case, then plastic chopsticks or metal forks wouldn't be used as well. BTW, it's spelled metal, not medal.

[@ElJibaro718]

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[@ModernVintage31]

@@iu2 I disagree with you. I have rheumatoid arthritis and can no longer use the metal Korean chopsticks nor the longer, plastic Chinese style chopsticks. The only common material type suitable for chopsticks for me anymore is unvarnished wood. Why? Friction. Try eating clear, thin glass noodles from a soup with small slices of vegetable and meat, using only the Korean metal chopsticks and with the bowl staying sat upon the table. Or, take enough caffeine to make your hands tremble and try peeling a single marinated perilla leaf off the top of a stack of them, then using that leaf to pinch and roll up some of your rice. Using only the metal chopsticks again.

[@MikeM-cb7xv]

Chopsticks are thicker in China because they were initially used as cooking utensils. And chopstick use then spread from China to Vietnam, Korean and Japan.

[@iu2]

That really doesn't explain anything because chopsticks are also used as cooking utensils in the other three countries you just mentioned. What this youtuber explained about the differences seems logical.

[@MikeM-cb7xv]

⁠@@iu2Maybe you have never had Chinese hotpot. You would not want to use thinner chopsticks for this. His characterization of Chinese food being mostly oily is not accurate. The Chinese invented steam cooking, like dim sum. Not everything is stir fried in a wok. They’re thicker in Chinese culture for cooking, picking up bigger pieces of food and passing food from one dish to another. Also, chopsticks are from China. And then widely adopted by other cultures centuries later. He’s also wrong about Japanese picking up their bowl while using their chopsticks. The Japanese leave the bowl on the table while eating from it. It’s not polite in Japanese culture to be holding a pair of chopsticks and using your other hand to pick up anything else like a bowl or drink.

[@iu2]

​@MikeM-cb7xv You're repeating the same thing again. And nobody cares about who invented what and where....chopsticks and dim sum. Compared to Korean and Japanese cuisine, Chinese food is more oily. That's a fact. Nobody is saying that Chinese food is oily. It is just more oily than Kor/Jp, which is why the chopsticks made that way. Also, Chinese people are not eating hotpot every day or every week. So, that's not the reason for its shape and size. Japanese people eat shabu shabu, and their chopsticks don't look Chinese. So, there goes your misguided hypothesis. Finally, you are 100% wrong on the Japanese. They do pick up their bowls. You clearly have never lived in Japan. You seem triggered by this poignant analysis from this youtuber. Why don't you make a response video so that we can point out all the wrong things you claim in it? I'm out. Mute.

[@MikeM-cb7xv]

@@iu2Hotpot was just one example. Chopsticks are also thicker and longer in China to pick up bigger food objects like dumplings and baos, and to eat family style. It seems you are more bothered by the fact that these other cultures had to appropriate from Chinese culture. Yes, some chinese food can be greasy just like some Korean and Japanese food can be greasy like jjajangmyeon, tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork), ramen, and gyozo….actually that’s still Chinese food. 😂 And you’re obviously not familiar with Chinese cuisine. But there are lots of Chinese foods like rice and steamed dumplings, which are sticky, that are not oily. And, I do agree with one thing in the video where he says Chinese food are slippery. Yes, noodles, which are from China, are slippery so thicker chopsticks make it more conducive to picking up. And I do stand corrected on it being ok to hold your bowl in Japanese culture.

[@callmegeniusok]

@@iu2 You really aren't getting it lol. Also, to say all the food in a nation as big as China is more oily than two tiny nations that originated from the former... Wow!

[@imissmydog8279]

The design of pointy chopsticks is stupid because it makes it very difficult to pick up food. Metal chopsticks are more hygienic. Hopefully, Chinese Metal Chopsticks are available (for the best of both worlds).

[@stephaneg9591]

Using chopsticks means being mechanical. Scissors can cut paper or cloth because the fulcrum, force point, and action point automatically function correctly. Chopsticks are the same; there is only one correct way to use them. In the past in Japan, parents strictly taught this to their children, but in modern times, parents themselves no longer use them correctly, and children use them however they like. Even Japanese chefs do. It's a shame.

[@alexshi9320]

The truth is in China all three types of chopsticks are used. I'm surprised foreigners think there is designated shapes by country, this is simply not true.

[@homf6936]

Conclusion: Chinese's are longer and thicker....

[@ipfreely]

I use a fork now, I grew up using chopstick, but I don’t use it anymore. Why bother with this nonsense. I got no time eating with chopstick.

[@bubbalo3388]

I used them all enough that I got used to each style and don't have a problem with either. The Chiense style takes less effort because it's thicker and pretty much the same diameter from top to bottom thus easier to use as you don't have squeeze them together too much. The Korean ones are thinner thus requires a little more articulation to squeeze the tips together. The Japanese ones taper in to a narrower point thus requires the most articulation to squeeze the tips together. If the chopsticks are made of plastic or something slippery, then more effort. The narrower chopsticks also require more effort to pick up things that are larger and heavier. The chinese ones can handle it better. In my opinion, the Chinese ones are good for all around. And if you are good with them, you can even pick out fish bones. Unless it's a small fish. Korean if you want to be environmentally friendly.

[@Thinkofwhat]

......oily dishes. Mate you are out of your depth. Have you any idea how many variety of regional cuisines in the Middle Kingdom?

[@Big_tLee]

Appreciate ur comment. Well, I think it's all relative. Compared to Korean or Japanese cuisine, Chinese food generally uses more oil. And for reference, Mate, that's not something I claimed myself. It was mentioned by a Chinese person in another KZbin video while explaining their chopsticks.

[@iu2]

I agree with @Big_tLee. Chinese food, in general, is more oily.

[@trex1448]

And they're all oily. The medium used is oil which is why woks are universal in china.

[@Dankpuffin]

Korean metal chopsticks are the worst. But that is because I’m a badly self taught chopsticks user.

[@iu2]

Worst for you.

[@sportsonwheelss]

it is the shape and the material that made it more difficult. The flat shape makes it very awkward to hold comfortably.

[@iu2]

@sportsonwheelss Korea does sell hollow metal chopsticks, but those are for restaurants that have a lot of foreign customers. Koreans don't generally use them at home.

[@tauriusmagnamus3281]

Part of the reason for those annoying style is due to Buddhism. Self control, no indulgence, and selflessness while dining with others. Can't eat like a pig when you can't even pick up huge amounts of food XD