gtr wrote:
>
> When I was in my early 20's in college I saw a non-asian eating with
> chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant. I thought it was really cool and
> sophisticated some kinda way.
>
> I figured if everytime I ate Chinese food I used chopsticks
> exclusively, I would eventually be expert. I don't know when exactly,
> but some time over the next many years, it became comfortable, logical,
> easy.

When I first arrived at college the guys at from the dorm went to a
Chinese place that had no forks. They put me through a lesson and
expected me to eat. With practice it went from hard to easy.

> Over the past 20 years the wife and I became heavily involved in
> Japanese culture beginning with the food. We've now been there for 2-
> or 3-week vacations on six occasions.
>
> We live near Westminster, CA (aka "Little Saigon") and so eat
> Vietnamese food at least once a week, and just next to Garden Grove
> which has a sizeable Korean enclave. We get lots of opportunities to
> continue using chopsticks.

Torrence Bowl isn't that near to you but it is in the metro area. They
used to have very good Japanese food at a good price. Not what you'd
expect for a bowling alley.