Happy Sales HSCH85/S, Bamboo Chopsticks Gift Set Crane Design, Scenery Black

These chopsticks are incredible. They are cute, slim, but fit nicely in the hand. They even have a texture at the end of the chopsticks so when you pick up food, it grips nicely and the food doesn’t slip off. The prints are unique and pretty. And THE PRICE!!! Amazing. I'd definitely buy from this brand again!

I've used chopsticks for years and thought I'd gotten pretty handy with them, but it turns out I'd been a beginner. There are two major reasons these are "advanced" instead of just "beginner" chopsticks.The first reason is that unlike the chopsticks frequently available in the US at most restaurants, these are round instead of square. It makes them feel more luxurious as a product, but it does mean it's harder to grab things with them. To solve this problem, 2 inches of the tips are covered with a slightly rougher texture to assist in gripping. It does successfully give you better grip, but the texture is noticeable against your lips and tongue when eating with them.The second reason these chopsticks are advanced is the angle of the tips. Instead of an even taper down the length of each stick, these change the angle of their taper for the last 3.5 inches. This gives a wider stick width down to the taper point since there's negligible taper to them for most of their length, but it means they have to be held slightly differently. Instead of holding the sticks touching in your hand and allowing the entire tapered length to cause the tips to touch when closed, a small gap must be left between the sticks in the hand in order to get the angles of the tapered points to touch. By doing this more pressure can be placed on the tapered portions of the tips instead of wasting pressure along the length of the sticks, but it means the hand position is slightly different. Furthermore the sticks not touching at the back requires somewhat independent hand control of each stick instead of being able to control the pair as a single unit.Luckily I actually learned to hold my chopsticks in a way conducive to the more advanced style of chopsticks and have maintained it over the years, so I had less problem than others who will likely have to adapt significantly to the new styling if they learned to use chopsticks in the US.Appearance-wise these chopsticks are beautiful. They're brightly lacquered red for most of the length, and have a fixed black image wrapped around the top 1.5 inches. As far as I can tell they're loosely related pairs of images, but since you have to have the sticks turned just the right way to be able to put the halves of the picture together, you can really use any two sticks without even noticing they're not the "matched pair". The chopsticks being of the more advanced style is also noticeable in their appearance, making them seem more classically traditional even though they are lacquered still.Functionally these are a bit of a luxury item. Like high quality knives, pots, pans, silverware, etc, these can't be washed in a dishwasher. Normally that would be a deal breaker for me, but since they're round and seem to be completely waterproof I don't mind hand washing them since they can almost be wiped down with a damp rag to get them completely clean.

Design is holding up great in the dishwasher

While they were pretty the colors on them were still inaccurate the yellow was actually like a brownish color the green was more like a muddy greenish Brown the purplish pink was more of a red orange and then the one that was actually supose to be red was orange

About a year ago, I purchased a red and black set of tableware. I have been used to eatting asian food with the disposable type of chopsticks. My fiance is Chinese living in Maylasia and when I go there, I would like to be used to eatting with real chopsticks and not the disposable types only.I was a little worried, especially about chopsticks, after purchasing some many years ago and discovered they were made with plastic and not genuine or good at all. I read these were from Bamboo but was still worried because they looked so smooth. I showed the link to the item to my fiance and then after receiving them and she said they were very nice and good. I can feel the texture at the tips but was still a little worried.After eating some Chinese food and Japanese food from a local restaurant, I was very happy with these. I was able to get all the food, even a single grain of steamed rice. They are slightly thicker than the disposable types so I will need to get more familiar with them.I am glad to have found these, at a very good price. They do not appear to be made very cheaply and are slightly heavier than the plastic types of the same size. If my fiance and her family say they are good and able to use them to eat food, then I am very happy. I am also happy that these match my tableware.Perfect to keep for guests coming over, especially when having Asian food of any type. Perfect also for those that make their own sushi at home and have guests come over. These are also perfect for anyone needing chopsticks and wanting to match a theme of tableware. Overall, I think if anyone wants good priced and good Asian tableware like chopsticks, these are perfect.

These are super lightweight and great for ramen.The prints at the other end of the chopstick help to differentiate, so everyone get their own pair.Light weight and doesn’t transfer heat when you’re using it to eat, unlike metal chopsticks that can sometimes burn.Bamboo and wooden chopsticks typically grip better than plastic and metal ones. The etchings still the tip of these chopstick also helps in gripping food.Bamboo chopsticks should be hand washed, I usually just let it soak for a minute if there’s very sticky food on it, then just wash with warm soapy water and sit it in the dish draining cup with the pointy end up.The lacquer on the tip is starting to wear a bit on my pair, I’ve been using it a lot for ramen since I got these. The others held up a bit better since they’re not being used every day.

very nice but a little bit expensive!