[The Authoritive Oztrailian Blog] Not what you think

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These is implements given when eating a sandwich. Chinese, especially more country side will not often eat food holding it directly in their hands. Especially for kfc and western style food places coffee shops where you eat finger food.

I remember when first visiting China and Thomas and Mareen in Beijing many years ago. I met a guy who just arrived in Beijing he was a chef, we ate in his hometown style cheap restaurant in a hutong which now is gone. One time I took him to MacDonalds. He never eaten there. I got some burgers. After we sat down to eat he just looked at me grabbing my burger with my hands and eating. He went and argued with the people behind the counter and came back with a plastic spoon which he used to eat his burger with. In one way I was thinking that, hmmm, the Chinese are rather civilized....

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Posted By The Authoritive Oztrailian Blog to The Authoritive Oztrailian Blog at 5/06/2013 02:57:00 AM