"Victor Sack" > wrote in message
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> Recently, we ate at a Vietnamese restaurant, possibly the only truly
> authentic one in Germany. Among other things, we had whole curried frog
> legs, as well as whole, unpeeled giant prawns, some deep-fried, some
> grilled. Only chopsticks were provided. Whole large frog legs are as
> impossible to eat with chopsticks as whole chicken legs. Besides,
> covered with thick curry sauce, they were rather messy, of course.
> Giant prawns needed to be peeled, but were very hot indeed. We ate them
> all using our fingers regardless. Was this correct? The restaurant was
> full of Vietnamese who didn't appear to be surprised, but maybe they
> were just polite or used to farangs' uncouth behaviour...

About 15 years ago, when I was in ESL class(in Jr high), we had to bring
some of our food for a little party in class. The vietnamese kids brought
some sort of noodle, and they were all eating it with their hands. Of
course, being Korean, we looked at them and went "what are they doing..."