Usually, there is a large serving spoon or separate chopsticks so you can put the food onto your own plate or rice bowl. Don’t rub your wooden chopsticks together.

Serving chopsticks or other utensils should be provided. If not, ask for them. Don’t rummage around for the choicest morsels; the Chinese call this “digging the grave”.

HONG KONG -- From a stage at a busy shopping center, Alvin Yee-Shing Chan broke out in song, reminding people to use gong fai -- Cantonese for "serving chopsticks" -- when they eat. "Dine with ...

When we eat at Chinese restaurants, we usually eat family-style. That is, we order plates for the whole table, and then share the dishes, everyone serving themselves from the communal plates. Eating ...

Chopsticks can be made from a variety of materials, including but not limited to bamboo, wood, plastic or melamine, and stainless steel. What they’re made from will affect how you should clean ...

A new front has opened up in China’s “people’s war” against the novel coronavirus: the nation’s dinner tables. In recent days, local authorities across the country have been promoting the use of ...

Serving chopsticks are more common in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, where there is a greater awareness of hygiene. Some Chinese who hail from north of the Yangtze River see their ...