Eating Tricky Food
Chopsticks seem extremely impractical for eating certain foods, however, there are polite workarounds. In many Asian countries a spoon will accompany dishes that are difficult to manage with only chopsticks.
Lifting a bowl to face level and pushing rice into your mouth is both acceptable and perfectly normal in all parts of Asia with the exception of Korea. Alternatively, chopsticks can be held side by side to shovel rice from your plate.