A chopstick rest is tableware, similar to a knife rest or a spoon rest, used to keep chopstick tips off the table and to prevent used chopsticks from contaminating or rolling off tables. Chopstick rests are found more commonly in restaurants than in homes. They come in various shapes and are made from clay, wood, plastic, metal, glass, porcelain or precious stones such as jade. If the chopsticks come in paper sleeves, some people fold the sleeves into chopstick rests.[1]
In East Asia, chopstick rests are usually used at formal dinners. They are placed on the front-left side of the dishes, with the chopsticks parallel to the table edge and the points toward the left, or to the right side of the dishes, with the chopstick points towards to the front.
Gallery
Various kinds of rests
Origami chopstick rest
Chinese style setting
A typical Japanese meal—chopsticks on a chopstick rest at the front side of the dishes, pointing to the left
Noritake Chinese chopstick rest
Chinese spoon and chopstick rest
Chinese metal dragon shaped chopsticks spoon rack
See also
Notes
- ↑ (in Japanese) A video showing the folding of a chopstick rest Archived 2008-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Chopstick rest Collection, A collection of hashioki
- Erick's Chopstick Rests (Hashi Oki) Page
- Jen's Chopstick Rests Gallery
- Jurek Zarzycki's Chopstick Rests collection
- Chopstick rests, Asian Art Mall
- Unique Chopstick Rest