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Chopsticks recommendations available in the EU (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by Tolstoy@lemmy.world to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
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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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[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Perfect summary^^ thank you very much. I was at our Asian couple of days ago but didn't looked specifically for plastic or metall. I only saw a cheap looking wooden set (looked liked colored single-use ones) and wasn't sure, hence this post.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I bet they got em. I see the same fucking set I own in videos of people's home cooking on Chinese social media, they seem ubiquitous. Lemme just add that I'd avoid the fancier-looking wooden ones. They're nice to let guests use and admire, but the lacquer and designs wear with use and the wood swells with washing. They're not expensive and still wooden, so they don't have a huge environmental impact (discounting shipping, but I really don't think either of us are gonna be sourcing locally made chopsticks for daily use anytime soon), but they're not buy em for life and use daily. Heck I dunno if the plastic ones I have are truly good for life but they're at least good for five years! 🤣