I’m Chinese. I eat with chopsticks, even though I can’t hold them properly. My parents told me about that too late. So occasionally, I’ll eat with spoons, usually for fried rice, or as a companion to my chopsticks when eating noodles or pho.

Now then, being Chinese, I grew up using those huge Chinese soup spoons with the thing you’re supposed to put your finger in. As I grew older, I was introduced to the other type of spoon: the metal spoon. Metal spoons have long handles and incredibly small capacity. I mean, the thing was about half a centimetre deep. That caused a lot of problems.

See, apparently, people use these metal things that can’t hold a lot to drink soup. That was physically impossible, I thought. A slight shake and whatever I was holding in the spoon spilled. Even, if it did reach me to consume, there wasn’t that much in that dinky little spoon. Not at all satisfying.

Nope, Chinese spoons are much better for any type of eating. Unless you’re into not eating, of course.

Eating at buffets is always fun. There is an endless amount of food and quite a nice amount of combination and variety, even at the smallest. There are also those unique things that each place tries to do differently to set themselves apart. And who can forget the social setting? The friendly competition, measured in plates, is always nice. Buffets are a wonderful place to have a nice little social gathering. (more…)