When at an Indian restaurant do you eat with your hands?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Poll question: When at an Indian restaurant do you eat with your hands?

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. We can't take you anywhere, can we?

:D

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. ass o'Vindaloo!

[Beware the Beast Man]

8. Don't remind me....

:hurts:

Delicious, but with horrible side effects.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. FLAME ON!!!

[GirlinContempt]

2. mm yes indeed

[redqueen]

3. Depends what you're eating.

If it's soup, of course not. :P

The nan bread is good for scooping up rice and sauces... that's the standard way to eat that stuff.

Mmmmmmm... this your first time going? Enjoy!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. No no no -I've been eating Indian since I was a little kid

After living in NYC I saw people eating with their hands so I tried it and I enjoy it all so much more. And there's nolearning curve as there was when I started using chopsticks. I'm allabout the "when in Rome" principle.

[redqueen]

31. Wow...

I have seen Indian people I work with using spoons here, but when we go out or eat at their houses it's always nan (naan?)... now I want some. :)

[tigereye]

36. aha

that's right. Cool. Just make sure it's the correct hand. If you know what I mean.

[DS1]

26. With enough naan you don't have to wash your dishes

:D

Damn, now I'm hungry, can't wait to get home and make a toasted bagel with curried chicken inside

mmmmm

[redqueen]

30. Have you tried the crispy sun-baked bread stuff?

It's GREAT with yogurt!

[kick-ass-bob]

5. I had Indian coworkers take me to a local Indian plate

and showed me the ropes. So...


Yes.

[tjdee]

6. I also eat fried chicken with my hands.

I don't understand this overuse of cutlery I see so often. I've seen people cut fried chicken with a knife and fork....even pizza.

At Indian restaurants I use my hands...

God, you can wash your hands, people! They even have wet-naps now!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. My fiancee eats pizza with cutlery - it mortifies me

It's like she's barely human

[kick-ass-bob]

14. An upstate New Yorker friend eats pizza with a fork.

But I think he's got some kind of mental thing with that - he eats french fries with a fork too.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. You should killhim-it would be the merciful thing to do

[cassandra uprising]

18. Baw?

You don't find my anal retentiveness charming? :bateyes:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

20. You pick up a fork and knife in Sally's and it's OVER!!!

[tigereye]

37. hey Ms. C

how ya doin, dearie? :hi:

[dolo amber]

28. I eat pizza with a fork

:(

*grunt* *slobber*

[the_spectator]

33. I eat pizza with a fork too -

For one thing, I like pizza with a lot of toppings on it - a knife and fork means they don't all fall off. Also, with a knife and fork, you can eat it all and have it be warm. Otherwise, you have to either A) burn your mouth or B) wait for it to all get cold.

[Orangepeel]

11. besides, your hands are probably cleaner than a restaurant fork (n/t)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. It gets you to wash before and after

plus your hands smell good for hours!

[MnFats]

9. American Indian or Asian Indian?

Also, what is the airspeed of an unladen African Swallow?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. It could grip it by the husk!

East Indian.

[malmapus]

17. lol took me a second

Man my brain is fried today


But back on topic, no I don't eat it with my hands.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. You should give it a go one time.

If you eat vindaloo and wear contacts wash your hands many times. It's really fun.

[malmapus]

23. will do!

Like living on the edge :)

[unblock]

16. indian restaurant, no; indian friend's house, yes

i've never seen even indians eating food with their hands at an indian restaurant.

but when visiting a friend's house, i eat as they do, which, in the case of my indian friends, is with their hands.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

22. I've seen many many people at restaurants in Manhattan

eat with their hands. And that's filth ridden Manhattan.

[jpgray]

32. Right there with you (nt)

[Shell Beau]

24. Does Indian food contain a lot of curry b/c if so, I

will not eat it. I haven't had it, and honestly, I am scared to eat it b/c I don't like the seasonings they use (same goes for most Asian cuisines).

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. Indian food is mostly curries so you won't be too keen on it

but there are milder dishes.

[jpgray]

34. You can always get some Tandoor roasted meats with fresh vegetables

It ought not to curry you out--not too different from a dry-rubbed steak depending on the chef and the yogurt sauce or whatever they're using. That clay oven is a magic thing--certainly there's more to Indian cooking than just curries.

[Shell Beau]

35. I would think so, but I can smell the Indian restaurant

when I am not really that close to it b/c of the strong seasonings they use.

[Debbi801]

27. Moroccan restaurants are the same way...

Awesome food.

Now I'm hungry...

[bikebloke]

29. Not even in India

In India, I didn't. And I was travelling rough. Most places would give you a spoon. If not, I carried one in my day pack, that accidently stowed away with me when I left a plane.

I met a German bloke who was studying sitar. He ate with his hands and literally finished the meal with food reaching up to his elbows.