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EATING CHINESE FOOD

Shanus — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:24:22 GMT

When we bring in Chinese food, we each order different dishes and share so we have a variety on our plates. I notice on TV shows especially, people each order their own carton and eat from it w/ their chop sticks.

Last week, we ate out in a our favorite Asian restaurant and the couple next to us each ordered the same dish & had leftovers to go in the take out box. May seem insignificant, but why not order two different dishes? Certainly there is more than one dish on the menu that would please you.

How does your family order Chinese/Asian food?

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dex — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:26:14 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
When we bring in Chinese food, we each order different dishes and share so we have a variety on our plates. I notice on TV shows especially, people each order their own carton and eat from it w/ their chop sticks.

Last week, we ate out in a our favorite Asian restaurant and the couple next to us each ordered the same dish & had leftovers to go in the take out box. May seem insignificant, but why not order two different dishes? Certainly there is more than one dish on the menu that would please you.

How does your family order Chinese/Asian food?

We order many dishes and have them served one at a time.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:40:37 GMT

We order multiple dishes, our favorites and we share. You are confusing tv silliness with real life. I've never in my life seen a group sitting around eating Chinese food from a box with chop sticks. As for the couple, I'm sure they had their reasons for doing that way. They didn't want two different things, they wanted the same thing.

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Shelbelle — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:40:39 GMT

My DH and I eat very differently, we each order our own .

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Shanus — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:44:57 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
We order multiple dishes, our favorites and we share. You are confusing tv silliness with real life. I've never in my life seen a group sitting around eating Chinese food from a box with chop sticks. As for the couple, I'm sure they had their reasons for doing that way. They didn't want two different things, they wanted the same thing.

@chrystaltree It's not silliness. It's on TV shows more often than not.

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:49:14 GMT

DH and I both like the same item (Chinese food) , and we always order the same thing...he likes his HOT, HOT, HOT, lots of red peppers....and we each have our own take out box...I would never eat his because of the hot red peppers.

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kaydee50 — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:49:34 GMT

We each order our own single entree and eat with chopsticks.

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Jamma — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:50:10 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
When we bring in Chinese food, we each order different dishes and share so we have a variety on our plates. I notice on TV shows especially, people each order their own carton and eat from it w/ their chop sticks.

Last week, we ate out in a our favorite Asian restaurant and the couple next to us each ordered the same dish & had leftovers to go in the take out box. May seem insignificant, but why not order two different dishes? Certainly there is more than one dish on the menu that would please you.

How does your family order Chinese/Asian food?

Exactly the way you do.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:51:27 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
@chrystaltree wrote:
We order multiple dishes, our favorites and we share. You are confusing tv silliness with real life. I've never in my life seen a group sitting around eating Chinese food from a box with chop sticks. As for the couple, I'm sure they had their reasons for doing that way. They didn't want two different things, they wanted the same thing.

@chrystaltree It's not silliness. It's on TV shows more often than not.

LOL I suppose it depends on how we see life. In my world, everything on tv shows is fiction and much of it silly, even when it isn't in a comedy.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:51:53 GMT

Our favorite Asian restaurant has a buffet, where we can enjoy lots of favorite Asian dishes!

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skatting44 — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:02:34 GMT

The most fun is sampling different dishes and sharing using clean serving utensils .

Love to try various cuisines !

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drizzellla — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:06:35 GMT

This is my theory - just mine.

But I bet on the set, they have the caterer order food for the scene. And each actor wants their own container. It is easier to eat in that scene if they are just dealing with one container.

Besides they know they were the only one eating from that container. They don't want other people digging into the containers with the other people's chop sticks.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:11:13 GMT

Why does there have to be one " right way " to eat Chinese food ?

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Sooner — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:02:50 GMT

We mostly make our own stir frys.

If we go out for Asian we each order what we want, same thing or not. Why would one feel compelled to order different dishes? Get what you want.

We don't take leftovers home from Asian restaurants because usually it is smells or garlic and doesn't reheat well anyway. And we never do Asian take out.

I fail to see an issue here. But that's not unusual for me.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:21:53 GMT

We don't share. I would say 7 out of 10 times my husband will order Egg Foo Yung for himself and it's not something I care for.

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TaylorBrown — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:41:47 GMT

Everyone in our family orders what we want and have our own cartons.

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AuntG — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:47:23 GMT

We order our own meals and have never seen chopsticks offered at the restaurant. Just plastic utensils.

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Jaspersmom — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:50:42 GMT

Depends on the group. I've dined in and out with some groups of people where we order a variety of items and then share buffet style. I have other friends/family where everyone makes their own selection and sticks with their own choose. I'm okay with whatever choice the group makes. We do use plates and don't eat out of the box. Some of us use chopsticks and some use forks.

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icezeus — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:50:56 GMT

I just went out with a group of GF's a few weeks back, to a Chinese restaurant. We all ordered different dishes and shared them.

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software — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:15:20 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
@chrystaltree wrote:
We order multiple dishes, our favorites and we share. You are confusing tv silliness with real life. I've never in my life seen a group sitting around eating Chinese food from a box with chop sticks. As for the couple, I'm sure they had their reasons for doing that way. They didn't want two different things, they wanted the same thing.

@chrystaltree It's not silliness. It's on TV shows more often than not.

You just proved her point.

TV show = silliness

In my family we order different things but we rarely share. I prefer beef dishes, the others prefer chicken. I like spicy, they don't. I like steamed rice, they like fried rice. At my age, I pretty much know what any asian dish tastes like. No need to share.