Chopsticks 101 - How To Master Using Them

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Hiroyuki Terada - Diaries of a Master Sushi Chef

8 жыл бұрын

Holding and using chopsticks may seem very difficult for many but we hope to help each and every one of you who have had some difficulty using them in the past.
For starters, remember that the way you hold them is in a relaxed state; the only time there's pressure is when you surround the chopsticks around the item to grab and it is at that moment that you actually bring the fingers together and grab the item. It's actually very simply once you get the hang of it.
Now if you've been using chopsticks for a while, try grabbing some uncooked rice and see how fast you can transfer each grain, from one plate to another. Let us know how awesome you are at using them in the comment section below.
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About Master Sushi Chef Hiroyuki Terada:
Master Sushi Chef Hiroyuki Terada is one of the top Japanese Chefs in the entire world and the most popular Japanese chef on KZfaq.
At age 10, Terada learned the basics of sushi from his father and then went on to attend RKC Chef's School in Kochi, Japan from 1987-1989. He soon earned a nickname for his fast knife, attention to detail, divine presentation and ability to create new dishes and accents based on traditional Japanese cuisine. After graduating RKC Chef School, he was called to serve under Master Chef Kondo at Yuzuan restaurant in Kochi, Japan from 1989-1992. Mr. Kondo is the master of Kansai style cooking, considered to be the high-end of Japanese cuisine. Terada earned the title Master Sushi Chef by becoming the standing head sushi chef & can serve Fugu (Japan Licensed) to the public.
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Chef Hiroyuki Terada is using the Minonokuni Matsu-1573 210mm Yanagi. Super Blue Steel. Can also be used for breaking down whole fish and chickens. But normally for slicing, sashimi, vegetables, meat etc.. This is Chef Hiro's custom specked knife.
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@d3athblad3 8 жыл бұрын

Chopstick usage lessons from the master himself! Cheers, guys

@scottay6722 8 жыл бұрын

*meets Hiro for the first time* Me: Hey Hiro its nice to meet you! how are you doing?" Hiro: "Good afternoon" Me: "thats not....a...." Hiro: "good.....good after.......good afternoon." Me: "......"

@_rami_745 8 жыл бұрын

i loled

@Mrtheunnameable 8 жыл бұрын

I just want to know how he's doing.

@anneornales0882 7 жыл бұрын

Scott Seigel ii

@OQUINN83 8 жыл бұрын

Has Hiro ever checked you off camera? Telling you something like "Look, quit laughing at my style of greeting the people. If I want to say good afternoon, I'm gonna say good afternoon." Anything like that?

@austin.rivera 8 жыл бұрын

+Hiroyuki Terada - Diaries of a Master Sushi Chef do you know where I can find the sushi rollers

@austin.rivera 8 жыл бұрын

+Hiroyuki Terada - Diaries of a Master Sushi Chef oh OK thank you I'll buy one and ill try to make my own sushi

@UhhIdontknow 8 жыл бұрын

I love you two to be honest it feels like you two bring life into the kitchen every video I love it and keep up the great work Hiro and cameraman:D

@diladrin3733 8 жыл бұрын

Love the greeting! I definitely need to practice my chopstick skills, that was some professional grade there.

@djlowtek 8 жыл бұрын

Some people really struggle with this. I found emphasizing the fact that the bottom stick doesn't really move around much, and to just hold it firm - that usually get it to "click" with some people.

@jmatt4life 8 жыл бұрын

I do know how to use chopsticks, very well! Good video!!! Two Thumbs Up!

@crywhit4619 8 жыл бұрын

I love how Hiro dgaf how he is "supposed" to say the intro. Keep rockin Hiro! I love you!

@jojoman8308 8 жыл бұрын

thank you for always making my day

@ObesePuppies 8 жыл бұрын

finally... ive been looking for this technique for over 1000 years

@Deebohhh 8 жыл бұрын

Haha "can you catch flies!" Too funny Charlie. Keep it up guys!

@stormcrown9 8 жыл бұрын

thanks! this was just what i was looking for

@johnnewkirk2275 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your content... It really helped

@joshuagaines2888 8 жыл бұрын

I'm coming to Miami next week from Oklahoma. Hopefully I can stop by!!!!! I've been dying to try your food!!!!

@gilt4523 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hiroyuki!

@mariamia2253 8 жыл бұрын

Nice Thanks M going to try it out and let's see if I manage to 'master' the art like master Hiro 😜

@obliviousfafnir01 8 жыл бұрын

Hiro is always a good sport :D

@patflip1 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Could you also show us the deference between the chopsticks? What I have heard is that there are many different chopstick with different purpose for every chopstick. Thank you again! Great video as usual.

@woodp9349 8 жыл бұрын

great teaching. thanks

@CarlosRodriguez-gf3rf 8 жыл бұрын

Excelent...no dude...nice ! !!. .saludos desde Merida yucatan. México

@HackettLai 8 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this even I do know how to use chopsticks ~ nice video!

@halley1888 8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video where Hiro does something with a sea urchin if he hasn't already :D those always look really cool!

@dwaynewladyka577 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for an informative video.

@paulkim46 8 жыл бұрын

hahah this is awesome. will be sharing with my coworkers who can't use chopsticks properly!

@ashsice87 8 жыл бұрын

Good to know that I use them just like Hiro. Lol now I can stop feeling self conscious.

@leomartinez4398 8 жыл бұрын

Lmao man I love Hiro he's funny and too cool I would kill to meet him lol

@cocacolafiesta 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for great demonstration. Learning how to use chopsticks was on my Bucket List but after many fails I settled to accept the child’s chopsticks given at P. F. Chang, lol! I’ll give it another try.

@sherry7749 8 жыл бұрын

Yezzzzzz I was need so Mach thx darling ❤️🤗

@zoe-leekay108 8 жыл бұрын

[ Another awesome video! It always makes my day to check my KZfaq and see another great video from you guys, and I'm glad that I saw this one now because I never knew how to use chopsticks! :-0 Keep up the good work guys, always. And don't worry Hiro, one day your 'How are you?'s will be more natural, Lol! ❤ ]

@KL-bg8fi 7 жыл бұрын

The most simple way I've seen to eat with Chop Sticks.

@williammatthews2948 7 жыл бұрын

Cool. I will be using chopsticks this afternoon during dinner. I'll practice using the rice technique Master Hiro demonstrated until I master them. The chef at a local Japanese restaurant gave me a pair of chopsticks that had a folded piece of paper secured with a rubber band at the top end and those are easy to use. I need to practice more with the loose pair I have because I'm determined to master them. Wish me luck. I'm getting hungry again:) LOL

@williammatthews2948 7 жыл бұрын

***** I practice daily and I will master them.

@davidwoods1188 8 жыл бұрын

Good vid here Hiro and if im not mistaken the camera mans name I "heard" in another video Charlie yet again showing viewers how to do something most dont (like myself) Thank you :P

@sciarabianca 8 жыл бұрын

Japanese culture, a wonderful world, thanks Mr Terada-san

@bruceh6878 8 жыл бұрын

i love his greeting. down to business kinda guy

@blackwingz55 8 жыл бұрын

Being a chinese guy I've been using chopsticks as long as I could remember probably when I was 4 or 5. But I never really got taught how to use an chopstick I just gradually knew how to use it by using it or watching other family members use it. I use mine differently I use my thumb and pointing finger to hold one while the other rests on myiddle finger.

@eugenethedream9154 8 жыл бұрын

I learned how to use chopsticks because of naruto, all the ramen looked tasty so if you buy a lot of ramen you get used to chopsticks and I taught my self

@UberPancakes0313 8 жыл бұрын

I wanna find a place where they have ramen like Naruto would have 😭

@ChaozDealer 8 жыл бұрын

big cities usually have a ramen restaurant or two

@xinic5 7 жыл бұрын

Orange ninjas simply are not logical....

@neondarknessor 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you. ☺

@drummergirll 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome :D I love eating Sushi - I think im doing it right but I would love to see a Sushi etiquette video from you.. like how to pick it up and dip it in the sauce.. I was eating sushi ready prepared last week and it suggested dipping the sushi face side down into the sauce, but I could not master exactly how to do it without having to pick it up twice

@johnlillyblad5188 Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that sushi should be eaten with bare hands.

@maelduckies7330 8 жыл бұрын

Pro chef

@KingRobertIofScots 8 жыл бұрын

Good luck to all you new chopstick. High fives to everyone who already knows how to use them! 🖐🖐

@OK-wu4eq 3 жыл бұрын

Damn I can’t use it

@averagerooster5406 2 жыл бұрын

✋✋✋ just wanna know how to get more dexterity and holding power and picking up smaller shit

@konanakatsuki7187 2 жыл бұрын

I was able to get it down on my third try.still need to practice tho

@GGz613 8 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! my skill are horrible thanks for being helpful

@CowTaurog 8 жыл бұрын

The rolls you used to demonstrate looked really good, what was it? Some veggies in it, I LOVE veg in sushi, most people seem to hate it.

@yongyun7778 8 жыл бұрын

cameraman: "Hiro, how are you?" Hiro: "How are you?" lol

@dmoney6966 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@lethalyoshie 21 күн бұрын

Pleasantly surprised to find out (after getting the urge to "get better" at using them) that I, as an American, am better than most of the world at using chopsticks. I eat most of my meals with chopsticks. I can move grains of rice like a Mfer. And it's now clicking why my coworkers all smile whenever I eat lunch in meetings lol. In the bottom of a cup of ramen noodles, I don't drink the leftover vegetables with the broth, I pick each piece of corn and carrot up one by one with my chopsticks. I do this probably several times a week lol

@senorvillarruel8129 8 жыл бұрын

Great😛

@nirashrov1071 8 жыл бұрын

though the whole video is about chopsticks, u still made me so hungry lol

@Midnight7762 8 жыл бұрын

... Hiro.... How are you? - H. - How are you?! XD Ofc Thumb up!! But also, when I first time came to the Japanese restaurant and took the Chopsticks, I began to eat with them, like as if eating whole life with them.

@themightychabunga2441 8 жыл бұрын

Where can I get left-handed chopsticks? Just kidding. Thanks for lesson ;)

@meghanmccutcheon3615 7 жыл бұрын

I'm just bored and decided to learn to use chopsticks, I'm not too good at it :( The bottom chopstick keeps sliding

@Q234SK1 7 жыл бұрын

yeah me too, I don't know what to do

@amalthaidi 6 жыл бұрын

Meghan Mccutcheon me too how to stop that

@annvik3772 6 жыл бұрын

keep your thumb straight

@center8922 2 жыл бұрын

Arigatou, sensei.

@673Subliminal 8 жыл бұрын

I never understood why some people have so much trouble with using chopsticks. I remember when I learnt to use them, I was in Japan on a school trip, where we stayed with a family for two weeks. I went to the school, sat down and watched how they used them and just picked up how to use them instantly. Many years later, I can still just pick them up and go. Not that I use chopsticks regularly, maybe once every two years at some Cantonese restaurant. I think people have a bad habit of just saying, "Oh this is hard" or "I can't do it". Positive mindset is what lets you get things done :)

@VinoGumdrop Жыл бұрын

Hiro San ❤️‍🔥

@DjKixk 8 жыл бұрын

haha nice video guys

@keithduff6312 8 жыл бұрын

What is the best quality chopstick? Wood or plastic?

@stephanaeon 2 жыл бұрын

I can use them but want to be better! Thank you!

@nathan3953 8 жыл бұрын

Hiro should go to school to learn how to prepare fugu, that's so unique that if he were to learn how ;Nove would be packed!

@nathan3953 8 жыл бұрын

+Hiroyuki Terada - Diaries of a Master Sushi Chef oh I see, I suppose that is for the best. I still think it's a delicacy. If literally maggot cheese is legal in the FDA I think a puffer should be. BTW I love the channel!

@LostandNeededClips 8 жыл бұрын

Is it only me that I'm having trouble with the chopsticks because it keeps slipping of of my ring finger

@annvik3772 6 жыл бұрын

keep your thumb straight when you move and hold the chopsricks

@NetAndyCz 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same issue. I can make it fixed if I press on it really hard with my thumb, but that hurts after a very short while...

@9980552264 5 ай бұрын

Use a spoon!

@douglas16gamer 7 жыл бұрын

Hey chef, there are different ways to take them? Or this is the only one?

@evanhall9671 8 жыл бұрын

I have a question for chef Hiro. Do you ever get sick of sushi being around it all day long? Or do you still like to eat it?

@RvBVakama 8 жыл бұрын

Have a guess guys. How much time does it take out of your day to reply to comments? Because you do a great job at it!

@RvBVakama 8 жыл бұрын

+Hiroyuki Terada - Diaries of a Master Sushi Chef no estimate? :)

@RvBVakama 8 жыл бұрын

***** Amazing :D You guys are just too awesome!

@deeedlebug 6 жыл бұрын

I love chopsticks i use them all the time! But eventually my hand cramps up. How to prevent this?

@killerman601 8 жыл бұрын

Can you guys make a chicken teriyaki roll please

@williamkgreene 8 жыл бұрын

for home, do you recommend disposal chopsticks? if not, what type for home?

@ElleDeas 8 жыл бұрын

Just buy some nice chopsticks, Asian grocery stores or online at places like bento&co

@caeciliaroding9526 8 жыл бұрын

Haha if you ever get the chance of filming Hiro while he catches a fly with chopsticks, don't let it fly by,

@YumieLumie 8 жыл бұрын

Hello, I've heard when taking food from a plate to your plate, I should use the other end of my chopstick, is this right?

@thomashomsombath 8 жыл бұрын

I guess so if its raw, because you dont want the raw food mixing with the already cooked food so you use the other end of the chopsticks

@hakamyahya7394 8 жыл бұрын

hello hiro i watched some of yiu recent lobster videos and i just wanna know how much do they cost like by pound if 1 then how much if 2 then how much like that and thank you

@alexbeckley2080 8 жыл бұрын

1 Med lobster (1.75 - 2.25 lbs) = ~ $30. source : publix grocery store, South Carolina, USA.

@hakamyahya7394 8 жыл бұрын

+alex beckley thnx dude

@alexbeckley2080 8 жыл бұрын

i work in seafood, right next to the AFC sushi guys. i get their samples before they leave :)

@yana5398 2 жыл бұрын

What type of chopsticks can I cook with? Wooden chopsticks?

@brianramos4251 8 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video of hadeling sushi rice without gloves, I'm trying to get used to not using gloves without the rice sticking to my hand alot

@katqt32 8 жыл бұрын

Try dampening your hands with some water before touching the rice! A bowl of water nearby you will help, or a moist towel.

@sunvro8341 7 жыл бұрын

would hiro be willing to serve omakase?

@swegswoogity2297 8 жыл бұрын

will it sushi? cereal

@RobertLeBlancPhoto 5 жыл бұрын

I'm Asian, but I was adopted when I was 2 to Caucasians. I had to teach myself how to use chop sticks. I knew I mastered them when I used them to pick up another set of chop sticks and handed them to my friend. 😁

@tymime 8 жыл бұрын

I can't do it this way... my middle finger gets in the way or directs it the wrong way if it's under the top chopstick. I have to plant it on top of the bottom chopstick to get the tips to meet.

@kudrake9124 8 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@Theredhaunter 8 жыл бұрын

I was right!

@DarthRane113 2 жыл бұрын

Man some things I can do others are impossible. Like steamed dumplings I can't get the grip strength to keep them from falling out of the chopsticks

@Veryuta 8 жыл бұрын

I've not lived.. never used chopsticks in my life! i need to get out more.

@mitsuevo72003 8 жыл бұрын

Hiro!!!! Genki?

@bambamsbittenapple313 8 жыл бұрын

👍

@outofnames3798 8 жыл бұрын

finally i won't have to use a fork everytime i eat sushi haha

@mikewest3108 8 жыл бұрын

I swear I was just thinking to myself "I wonder if he can catch a fly." then you asked him. LoL. Gmta right? See you next time. :-)

@jiros8285 4 жыл бұрын

Seems easy but as soon as I do it myself. Dang, it's really hard af.

@Chenrandyliu 8 жыл бұрын

Yes I"m glad you guys can do this, cause even some asians don't know how to use chopstick properly. lol

@Theredhaunter 8 жыл бұрын

Okay, wow.

@Chenrandyliu 8 жыл бұрын

haunter Pr1me true story lol

@Chenrandyliu 8 жыл бұрын

haunter Pr1me its not racist...its a culture thing...I'm talking about asians that lives in asian countries like China, Japan, etc

@Chenrandyliu 8 жыл бұрын

haunter Pr1me haha its cool dude, its the internet after all

@Theredhaunter 8 жыл бұрын

Okay wow.

@271johnny 8 жыл бұрын

Do u have to use ur right hand to use chopsticks

@metalmech583 8 жыл бұрын

Obviously not.

@hakamyahya7394 8 жыл бұрын

use both☺

@MrCowboySpaceman 7 жыл бұрын

some people use their noses

@TakashiLikesMetal 8 жыл бұрын

all my relatives think I'm retarded because of the way I hold the chopsticks... maybe now I'll learn how to use it Hahahah

@daveallen8169 8 жыл бұрын

I like the claw technique, my way works so much better

@traceymartin35 8 жыл бұрын

lol I'm pretty good with chopsticks I know I don't always hold them right but I can pick up rice lol

@hsaeh1754 8 жыл бұрын

Thank u.me myself I never know how to use chopsticks.

@hsaeh1754 8 жыл бұрын

+Hiroyuki Terada - Diaries of a Master Sushi Chef thank u for the lesson

@apit280 6 жыл бұрын

my finger like getting cramp..its like giving a pressure at my mid fingger tu hold it ..how to make it become less pressure on it XD

@wandalillard5428 Жыл бұрын

I always put one against my middle finger instead and my index finger holds the one that moves, for me my ring finger is too far back and when I try the correct way like here the chopsticks always make a lopsided X and I can never hold food that way, and it hurts my fingers. XD

@cac2244 4 жыл бұрын

I must be a lost cause, 'cause no matter what I do, the bottom chop stick slides up my ring finger and the chop sticks will not meet at a single point but instead cross... Tried for weeks, time to give up. I am using round Japanese chop stick, but same happens, to a lesser degree, with square Chinese chop sticks as well. The only way I get to be somehow proficient is by using thumb and first two fingers where i hold the bottom stick by pushing with my index and handling the top stick with the major and the thumb, but any heavier food will fall.

@jonahs92 8 жыл бұрын

我不是中国人，我爱筷子 !

@kirk1968 7 жыл бұрын

"Basically, how da...use chopsticks..." He already looks uncomfortable, then our cameraman uses sloppy English to describe the purpose of this video. Awesome.