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> 移り箸 Utsuribashi (also known as 渡り箸 wataribashi) > To keep putting the chopsticks into the same side dishes. It is proper etiquette to first eat rice, move on
by koolba 7mo ago
> 移り箸 Utsuribashi (also known as 渡り箸 wataribashi)
> To keep putting the chopsticks into the same side dishes. It is proper etiquette to first eat rice, move on to eat from a side dish, eat rice again, and then eat from a different side dish.
So keto itself is a faux pas?
> 返し箸 Kaeshibashi (also known as 逆さ箸 sakasabashi)
> To turn the chopsticks around when serving food so that the tips of the chopsticks that have touched one’s mouth do not touch the food.
Ewww. I’d rather be rude than share germs.
- tmathmeyer 7mo ago>> To turn the chopsticks around when serving food so that the tips of the chopsticks that have touched one’s mouth do not touch the food. > Ewww. I’d rather be rude than share germs. I think this means you should use something other than your chopsticks to share food, and not just assume that "the back of my chopsticks are germ-free, I'll use that"
- wahnfrieden 7mo agoKeto diet doesn’t exist in Japanese cuisine. If you’re going to a keto friendly place, it’s something trendy and contemporary so this traditional advice obviously doesn’t apply. It is not a faux-pas to eat non traditional / non Japanese cuisine.
- sneak 7mo agoKeto diet doesn’t exist in western cuisine either. It’s a niche thing in both places, and both places have specific single dishes without carbs.
- jwrallie 7mo agoYou will quickly learn the first one because if you keep eating the delicious side dishes you will be only left with large amounts of bland rice to eat last.
- laughing_man 7mo agoIt would be pretty irritating if someone in your dinner party ate the lion's share of the more flavorful food and left the rice for everyone else.
- thaumasiotes 7mo ago> if you keep eating the delicious side dishes you will be only left with large amounts of bland rice to eat last. At a Chinese restaurant, you're not given more than a small bowl of rice anyway. There is no way to "be left with large amounts".
- grep_name 7mo agoI've always thought I'd like to visit Japan someday, but have always been worried about the cultural significance and omnipresence of white rice. Like, I can see how not eating rice would seem boorish (like you only want to eat the more expensive proteins, don't understand the purpose of a palate cleanser, etc), but living with type 1 diabetes I have not eaten white rice in literal years. Every single time I do, I regret it -- it's a complete nightmare to control your blood sugar after, sometimes for the entire rest of the day. I've even wondered if I could find a way to avoid being impolite by deliberately under eating the whole time if I were to visit, to make it clear I'm not just taking the good stuff and leaving the rice out of greed.
- ted_dunning 7mo agoExplain your needs and they will be incredibly gracious. They will also be sad for you to miss the rice.