"Dan Logcher" wrote in message

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> edm101 wrote:
>> I don't know about Japan but in Macau/Hong Kong (China) where I come
>> from, drinking soup by holding the bowl up to one's lips or by using a
>> porcelain Chinese soup spoon are both acceptable.
>
> I only do this when drinking miso soup.

Apologies if i offend any here, but having just come from living 6.5 years
in Japan, there's some inaccurate info here.


>> It is considered impolite to leave a bowl of rice on the table and
>> transport the rice up to one's mouth with a pair of chopsticks. The

Not really. Its ok to do that. What you do not do is pour soy sauce on the
rice. It (and any other sauces) go in a dip bowl.

>> proper way is to pick up a morsel of food with the chopsticks and place
>> it in one's mouth, then immediately hold the bowl of rice to one's mouth
>> and indeed "shovel" sweep it in with the chopsticks, then eat the morsel
>> of food and rice together.

You see this, but it is not the only way nor is is impolite to leave the
rice bowl on the table when you eat from it.

> Good, cuz that's what I do..


Thats ok Dan. What you do is 'ok' but folks used to chopsticks dont need to
do it that way.