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Pencil Chopsticks

Dexie Wharton — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:39:10 +0000

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 .

Pencil Chopsticks

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 (4 black and 4 white) is $28 for non-members, while it’s $25.20 for members. I’m not sure yet if I want to use or just display them. Maybe I’ll but 2 sets for each settings.

(Image : MoMA)

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Pencil Chopsticks

Eating with chopsticks

Raquel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:35:10 +0000

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:

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Eating with chopsticks

Funchop!

Stef — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:50:07 +0000

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 to Funchop.

You can click on their website here as it has everything you’ll want to know about it.

My thoughts? The kids really like this, and it would be very handy to take along in a little pouch or case with you next time you go to an Asian restaurant. They are easy to use, comes in various colors so your kids can each have their own, they’re made from sturdy plastic so they can take lots of wear and tear. You can stick them in the basket section of your dishwasher and clean them that way if you need to. My only beef with these things is that if you’ve got unusually shaped or sized chopsticks, they won’t work as well. But they should work for all other “normal” chopsticks. A great idea, and may I say, about time! Although, I will sadly miss the cute waiters making the little paper-and-rubber-band-contraption that goes on my kids’ chopsticks. But, as they say, such is life.

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Funchop!

Chopsticks Vietnamese Restaurant

Stef — Wed, 17 May 2006 20:41:40 +0000

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 just moved and the kitchen at home wasn’t completely operational yet. We enjoyed it so much we decided to eat at the restaurant itself. Our major complaint? Twice now we’ve tried to order stuff and were asked if we had tried it before. Since the answer is “no”, we’ve been gently told to try something else. So now my hubby’s asking, if we don’t ever order it, how will we know we like it?

We’re not newcomers to Vietnamese food, having had many meals at St. Louis’ Pho Grand which was, at the time we lived there, one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in the area. At one time it was the ONLY Vietnamese place, until Mei Li opened up on Delmar. Being Asian, Vietnamese food isn’t difficult for us to like. The only thing (so far) I haven’t really taken to are the raw pork sausages served to us once at a dinner by some Vietnamese friends.

The hot tea we ordered was served in large cappucino-type cups, which didn’t get refilled until we were almost ready to leave. Apologies were offered by the gracious hostess, though. I was also put off by the not-so-fresh lettuce and bean sprouts that came with our appetizers. Other than that we were happy with the menu selections — somewhat repetitive but with enough variety to please everyone — and the service. We didn’t order banh mi (a personal favorite) this time but when our daughter ordered it in February it got the thumbs up from the whole family. For the price and value, this is a nice introduction to the world of Vietnamese food. Apparently Vietnamese customers seem to think so as well, as there were at least 3 tables occupied by them that evening.

Another review here

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Chopsticks Vietnamese Restaurant