/ck/ - Food & Cooking

One thing chopsticks do that other utensils can't really manage is to manipulate gristly and fiddly food like ribs for you to chew around. Crucially, you can reposition your grip without returning the food to the plate.

I think you can only really do the same thing with your hands, so chopsticks are good for food that you'd otherwise need to get your hands messy to eat around and pull meat out of.