Learned when I was a kid. The local Chinese restaurant was one of the first places my parents took me to. The owner showed me how--including rice essentially scooped from a small bowl into the mouth. There was something slightly "messy" about chop sticks--and my parents couldn't tell me to behave as long as the owner smiled and told me I was doing fine. Good memories.
chopsticks here; I once saw a German couple using a fork and knife on maguro sushi. It didnt make me feel cultured. LOL
As long as it winds up in your mouth isn't it all relative.
Hell, I can't even get food to my mouth with fork and spoon without getting something on my clothes. Can't imagine what I would do with chopsticks!
I tend to use a fork when eating Chinese but use chopsticks for sushi. I've tried eating sushi with a fork and it's difficult. Also, I find it easier to handle seaweed salad with chopsticks. Hmmmm.... I think I need some sushi now.
Gotta agree with Andrew here.