I use chopsticks a lot with my Asian food. Either in restaurants or at home. My husband actually got me gold-pleated chopsticks from Korea which I haven’t used and probably never will. It’ll be just for display. IN any case, I love buying different chopsticks to use or for display in my china cabinet. I have an Oriental theme going on in my kitchen so it makes sense, plus I’m Asian as well .
These pencil chopsticks from MoMA aren’t actually pencils. they’re just designed to look that way. The chopsticks are made of ramin wood. A set of 8 …read more

Whenever I’m out for lunch and crave for sushi, I notice that most Kiwis eat with their hands, i.e. dip the sushi onto the soy sauce then into their mouth. Made me wonder why they don’t bother at all to use the chopsticks. Hence, I went out of my way to look for this instruction video:
 

I am so deeply, terribly embarrassed. The guys at Funchop sent me these samples WAAAAAY back, in November I believe, and I promised to do a review. Between then and now, I had my kids try them, communicated my questions and got a response from their contact person, took pictures, and uploaded them to my PC. Then the PC crashed and I totally forgot about the Funchops from that point on. Okay, that’s TMI, and really lame. But it’s the truth, and I feel I owe the manufacturers/distributor an explanation. So anyway, on …read more

Chopsticks is a new restaurant in West Chester, about a half an hour’s drive from downtown Cincinnati. It’s about 6 months old, located in West Chester’s commercial strip on Tylersville, off of I-75. Tastefully appointed and quiet inside, the walls a cheerful mustard, and seating for about 75. There’s an empty space right when you walk in from the “lobby” area that needs a little something to bridge the space from doorway to table, but it also contributes to the fresh and uncluttered atmosphere.

The first time we tried their food (take-out) was when we had …read more