Thursday, January 21, 2010

Forkless in Flushing

Today I found myself strolling around Flushing, Queens with no planned destination and a rumbling stomach.

All of the restaurants seemed a little too authentic for me so it took a longer while than usual to find the right place and enjoy some dumplings. Finally, I found a restaurant that seemed legit without killing the budget (or the bowels) and I went in.

Food looked dope. Still, there was one small problem. Chopsticks.


Can't use the things. These one's didn't even come with the over simplified three panels of instructions printed on the wrapper.

Dumplings can indeed be eaten with the hands but everyone was watching me and I didn't want to be the savage Guilo who walked in off the street and ate like a monkey.

I, ashamed, signaled to the waiter and quietly asked him if he had any knives or forks.

He said no.

I ate with my hands.

7 comments:

LudwigLongPlay said...

you dont know how to use chopsticks? why bro? that don't make no senses they got dem asianic restaurants everywhere.
gotta get you lessoned up.

emx said...

One quick lesson will do it. If you can play video games you can use chopsticks.

Anonymous said...

Don't stop posting such themes. I love to read blogs like that. By the way add more pics :)

kathy said...

hahahhaha. its alright kevin, i've been using chopsticks all my life, and i got shit for how i hold them in korea because apparently i do it the wrong way...

Carlos Galarza said...

Hhahahahaha. Kev I learned within once being told it's so easy. And who cares if you do it wrong, as long as you can get more then a few grains of rice into your mouth its all good.

Robbie said...

after the guy said no you should have taking the chopstick and stuck it into the middle of the dumpling and ate it off the stick in front of him

mckenzie said...

she was working in a bridal shop in flushing queens when her boyfriend threw her out in one of those crushing scenes