I just can't resist this empty sub-forum.
I'm not sure if chopsticks are considered "cutlery" but they are eating utensils, right?
While out for dinner with some friends, one of them brought a Chinese girlfriend so we ate at a Chinese restaurant. I made a mistake, (or so I was told) of sticking my chopsticks on the rice in my bowl while I did something, and I was told this was impolite.
Does anyone know if this is only true with the Chinese, or if this is viewed as improper at all (because I've always done that and nobody commented on it till that day)?