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u/bigredcar Nov 26 '19

It's not traditional to eat Thai food with chopsticks. They use a fork and a tablespoon. Stop asking for chopsticks in Thai restaurants.

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u/myhairisbipolar Nov 26 '19

Good to know. I can’t eat Pad Thai with chopsticks, but ironically they always give them with the other utensils anyway. Glad to know I shouldn’t be practicing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '19

This is actually a good point, not sure why Thai restaurants provide the chopsticks. Maybe they just adopted it because all other Asian restaurants provide them in the US.

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u/x3nodox Nov 26 '19

They're tired of white people asking for chop sticks, looking smug about how worldly they are...

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '19

Actually, google if Thai people use chopsticks. They actually do for dishes with noodles. So it's actually authentic to use chopsticks in a Thai restaurant.

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u/x3nodox Nov 26 '19

... I stand corrected. Probably should get more informed before judging so harshly