Thuong Tan is a Noodle Expert and the Founder of Noodelist, a food startup producing plant-based instant noodles.

A fork might let you wrap noodles up into a single bite, but with chopsticks, it’s more about getting the noodles up to your mouth, then letting your mouth do the rest of the work. In addition, avoid crossing your chopsticks into the shape of an “X” when you set them down, which is a common signifier of death.At any time, you can change the settings of your web browser and disable the option of saving cookies. If you have made it this far, you now know how to pick up chopsticks and hold them in the appropriate positions. jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"