DeNanda’s curiosity got the better of her when I originally posted this picture and she asked how and why would anyone use chopsticks to eat soup.
Good question.
First of all, Thai food is eaten with a spoon and fork only. Something to do with Buddhists not believing that having knives at the table is a good thing. All Thai food is prepared so that it may be eaten without need for cutting it into smaller pieces than when served.
Secondly in Thailand, chopsticks are primarily used to eat Chinese food with the addition of a few (but not all) types of Thai soups as well.
Finally, Suki Nam is eaten with chopsticks and a spoon as DeNanda guessed from my pic. One uses his chopsticks to lift small portions of soup onto the spoon which is held in the weaker hand. Lather-rinse-repeat until there is only broth.
At this time unless you have mad skills, lay down your chopsticks and consume as much of the liquid as you want with your soup spoon only. For some reason, the Thais usually leave most of that broth in their bowl. I usually take (by soup spoon only; Thais would rather be shot at sunrise than drink the liquid of the soup directly from the bow) some but not all of the broth before paying my bill.
Next up. My favorite Thai soup. It is a Lanna (northern Thailand) favorite and is not eaten with the use of chopsticks.
ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed! 
I love these lessons about Thailand, thank you 🙂
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I love reading about my favorite cuisine (tied with Spanish paella and Japanese sashimi).
It is frustrating that you can’t get authentic in the country that can provide almost everything . A good friend owns two very successful restaurants in FL and we’ve heard countless stories of how he’s had to “Americanize” both his Italian and Japanese kitchens.
He and his chefs have been kind enough to allow us to re-design the menu so we can pay $35/entree for the food we want to eat. Whatever! I’d rather eat well and pay more than pay less and eat poorly.
FYI: My husband and I eat one meal a day -dinner- so we will not compromise and I will not cook. 🙂
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I also sometimes get into a routine of having only one meal (also dinner) per day, and I love that you focus on high-quality meals. One of the reasons I moved here was because of the cuisine. It was probably even in the top five. You can probably guess quite easily one other top reason.
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Thanks, ST! Glad to know how to do this properly! Eating soup keeps me humble at the best of times, so I don’t often attempt it in public. You shoulda seen how I got beaten up, once, by a bowl of French onion soup, smothered in cheese, as a side for “dipping” a roast-beef sammich (French Dip) back in college days. Yikes!
Then, a friend very calmly reached for two clean mugs at a nearby table, poured half of the soup into each, and said: “Here, Nan….As long as you look like you know what you’re doing, it doesn’t matter. Enjoy!” And so I did.
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Thank you, Pearlie Unrue, for the kind remark combined with the ‘heads-up’ concerning a possible internet browser compatibility issue.
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