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Chopsticks recommendations available in the EU

Chopsticks recommendations available in the EU - Lemmy.World

Hey everybody, I hope you’re all doing well. My significant other and myself are enjoying asian food on regular basis and want to switch to proper chopsticks instead of reusing the single-use ones. Since we don’t have any knowledge about anything, what’s matters what not, I wanted to ask you if someone can recommend any or at least give any advice what to look for and what to avoid. Plus points if it’s available in the EU. Thanks for your time, have a nice one

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TheAlbatross Feb 5

Go to your local Asian grocer and grab a cheap set you like. Simple as. Pick fiberglass or metal so you can throw em in the dishwasher. Make sure you have 6 or 8 pairs for two people so you can be a little lazy. FWIW, I’m from the US and I paid $6 for an 8-pair pack. This was a few years ago but I can’t imagine they’re wildly more expensive or hard to find in Europe.

Chopsticks are great. I use em while cooking all the time. Great for whisking and also flipping foods while frying. Get longer wooden ones to cook with. You can tell oil is at frying temp by looking at the bubbles that come off the tips of wooden chopsticks stuck in hot oil.

They’re also good for snacking. Easy to eat chips or what have you without getting your fingers greasy.

Edit: This is the set I have. Apparently they’re fiberglass not plastic? Anywhoo I even use em very briefly while cooking in pans for flipping or stirring something and they seem not to get damaged from the heat, though that might not be recommended.

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Pennomi

I love my steel chopsticks, but some people have issues because they’re less grippy than wooden ones.

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TheAlbatross Feb 5

Totally a preference thing. My partner prefers, specifically, metal, square topped chopsticks. I don’t care for these because I think they’re more slippery than the fiberglass ones I got. But they’re both cheap enough that its easy to own both kinds.