Choplery: Chopsticks and Cutlery in One

It's not on sale yet, but "Choplery" will give diners at Asian take-out joints an easy choice between chopsticks and Western utensils. The only way these could be better is if they worked in reverse: starting with chopsticks, then fusing together into a fork when you've realized the error of your ways. (Remember, eaters, the best way to eat rice with chopsticks is to put the bowl to your mouth and to shovel it all in.)

Concept Page [DesignGoStudios.Blogspot.com via Josh Spear]

[#1 posted by scaught , February 28, 2008 9:41 AM]

"(Remember, eaters, the best way to eat rice with chopsticks is to put the bowl to your mouth and to shovel it all in.)"

Is that..err..acceptable? I know you can pick up a bowl of miso and drink it straight out of the bowl...

[#2 posted by Sxe , February 28, 2008 9:43 AM]

Aw, crud. This is from my sketchbook from a couple weeks ago... I snooze, I lose!

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8994/choplerysmgh7.jpg

[#3 posted by gobo , February 28, 2008 12:15 PM]

@1: Yep, that's the Actual Japanese Way to do it.

And sushi is eaten with the fingers, fish-side-down.

[#4 posted by Agent 86 , March 1, 2008 1:32 AM]

Strangely, I find most pan-asian cuisine take out dishes easier to eat with the wooden chopsticks than with the plastic utensils.

[#5 posted by claud9999 , March 1, 2008 9:09 AM]

I agree about shoveling fried rice, but how many times have you been served fried rice in a bowl? Always comes on a very shallow serving plate and I always get a flat dinner plate to eat from...

[#6 posted by vinotrip , March 4, 2008 6:07 AM]

@Gobo: Is that also the Chinese and Korean way to do it?

[#7 posted by gobo , March 12, 2008 9:48 PM]

@Vinotrip: heck if I know, but the Korean guys who run the sushi bar down the street from me shovel rice, so maybe so.