/jp/ - Otaku Culture

what the fuck, even if you use it for a different thing you shouldn't have any problems.

>>5336366
you do not know how to use a spoon?

the spoon is for anal pleasure while you eat.

Well I've never actually encountered spoons in this particular shape and I'd rather not make a mess in front of people again.

If I'm putting noodles in it, is it easier to eat/drink from the front or the side?

You use chopsticks to put noodles on the spoon, dip spoon into soup if desired, put spoon in mouth.

>>5336383
... I hate the fact that I'm laughing at this.

>>5336392
I've never heard of/seen anyone eat from the side of the spoon.

>>5336396
I don't see the point of using the spoon in the first place when you already have chopsticks. I mean, if you try and lift the noodles all the way up into the spoon aren't you more likely to drop them and make a big splash?

jesus christ how hard is it to eat?

I was just at a ramen shop today...and pretty much learned from basic observation and common fucking sense. Use chopsticks to eat the food, and use the spoon to get up the broth.

>>5336404
Well maybe you want to eat the noodles and drink the soup at the same time?

If you don't want to make an ass of yourself, why don't you try eating with real utensils, like forks and spoons, instead of archaic Japanese utensils that you don't know how to use anyway?

>>5336422
Yeah that's what I'm currently doing just trying to see if there's any tricks to putting noodles into a spoon.

Okay, here's my main question at the moment:
- Lift the noodles all the way up into the air and then lower them into the spoon hence risking dropping them with a splash? OR
- Put the noodles into the spoon and slowly tug the other end out of the bowl until the ends are inside the spoon (much harder because noodles are likely to fall out)?

>>5336436
Most Japanese places in Japan don't have western utensils. I have Japanese family members (living in Japan) that I occasionally visit and I would like not to look like a dickwad when I'm eating ramen with them.

>>5336404
For Chinese/Vietnamese culture (I'm a mix of both), it's considered well mannered to not directly eat from the chopsticks. It's also a lot more manageable and cleaner when you properly use the spoon to eat noodles because you aren't lifting a clump of noodles and shoving it into your face and then slurping it up.

You're supposed to keep the spoon in the bowl when you place the noodles into the spoon, so if you do manage to screw up, there isn't a mess. However, you still look like an idiot when you do screw up.

>>5336454
I don't think he's in Japan. In any case he should either just stick to what he's familiar with or use the Japanese utensils and make peace with the fact that he's going to look like he's a functional retard doing so.

The spoon is for smaller pieces of food, like the tofu blocks commonly in miso soup, and for people who prefer not to drink the broth directly from the bowl. There's no reason to try to put the noodles in the spoon, unless you enjoy looking retarded.

>>5336462
>>5336470
Interesting. I have lots of Chinese and Viet friends who put the noodles in the spoon while most of my Jap friends tend to just slurp up noodles (and even the smaller pieces of food too).

Obviously it may not be universal country-wise but it seems that this seems to be the difference in how these three cultures eat.

Put a fork in the noodles. Rotate the fork. YOU'RE A WINNER.

>>5336437
Either method works, I see people that do either of the two or just bypass the spoon entirely when I serve tables at my uncle's Pho restaurant. It really is just dependant on your ability to use chopsticks.

FUCK YOU ALL LEAVE ME ALONE, IF I WAS JUST BORN A JAPANESE SCHOOL GIRL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN I WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THIS FUCKING SPOON.

>>5336499
I feel bad now, because I only keep calling you retarded for trying to use the Japanese utensils because I'm similarly frustrated about my not being a little Japanese girl.

>>5336489
Chinese and congs don't use chopsticks for soup, explaining why they use spoons.

>>5336504
Mouth-to-bowl. Slurp!

>>5336503
*fingers ballsack while jacking off with other hand*

>>5336523

For Viet I just place noodles in the spoon without raising my spoon and chopsticks 5cm from the bowl. I, myself eat the noodles and beef separately as I eat them by dipping them into the sriracha/hoisin sauce. I was told there is the female way of doing where you stack everything on the spoon.

I don't know about the others but if I see anyone raising their chops in the air with noodles, I think of them as a dumb dumb.

>>5336647
Okay, that was actually pretty much the original reason I made this thread. Thanks for clearing that up for me.