Place Soup Spoons
Vietnamese restaurant etiquette?
I frequent this one Vietnamese place downtown, and I had a couple questions;
When you order a vermicelli dish, all the components (Satay meat, veggies) are served on top of the vermicelli itself. Do you use your chopsticks to pick up pieces of meat/veg and then pick up some vermicelli, or is it OK to mix the whole thing using your ‘sticks and going from there?
Also, when you are having noodle soup, is it considered impolite to drink the soup by lifting the bowl to one’s lips? Or are you supposed to use a Soup Spoon?
I am half Vietnamese, and know tons about the food. You are first talking about a rice noodle bowl and it’s best to mix all the ingredients with your nuoc mam (sauce).
As far as lifting bowls are concerned, we lift everything to our mouths at home out of convenience like little rice bowls, and soup bowls (pho) to get every last bite. When you are at a restaurant usually the bowls are XL and you are given a tremendous amount of broth, so it would be more difficult to finish the entire bowl and drink the broth making it necessary to lift your bowl.
For you do what ever you feel is comfortable and you won’t offend Vietnamese folks, but your white friends might feel otherwise. In which case you need to tell them to get over themselves and get cultured.
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2- 1944 Harmony House Plate MAYTIME Oval Soup Table Place Spoons $4.00 |
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International COUNTESS Place Oval Soup Spoon 244587 $23.99 |
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Oneida KING JAMES Silverplate Soup Place Spoon 495383 $9.99 |
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Oneida SILVER SHELL Place/Oval Soup Spoon 6 7/8″ 501187 $11.99 |
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1- 1901 International Silver MAYFLOWER Oval Soup Table Place Spoon $4.00 |
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1- 1951 Oneida MAGNOLIA / INSPIRATION / QUEEN ROSE Oval Soup Table Place Spoon $4.00 |
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STRASBOURG-GORHAM STERLING SET OF 2 PLACE/OVAL SOUP SPOONS $199.99 |
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Oneida Silver South Seas Silverplate Set of 8 Place/Oval Soup Spoons $58.35 |
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GLADWIN SILVERPLATE RATTAIL GLOSSY PLACE SOUP SPOON – 94D6 $5.00 |
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1106 Wm. Rogers Arbutus Silver Plate Place / Soup Spoon $9.99 |
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3 LADY HAMILTON Oneida Community PLACE OVAL SOUP SPOONS (c.1932) Silverplate $19.95 |
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LES SIX FLEURS BY REED & BARTON STERLING SILVER PLACE SOUP SPOON 6 1/2″ $129.00 |
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PLYMOUTH BY GORHAM STERLING SILVER PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $109.00 |
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PIROUETTE BY ALVIN STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $109.00 |
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PIROUETTE BY ALVIN STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ NEW $119.00 |
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MARLY SOUP OR PLACE SPOON solid CHRISTOFLE $48.00 |
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IMPERIAL SCROLL BY VERA WANG STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON $129.00 |
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4 MAGIC LILY Embassy Silver – International, PLACE OVAL SOUP SPOONS, Slvp $36.95 |
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INTAGLIO BY REED & BARTON STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON PETUNIA $109.00 |
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PINE TREE BY INTERNATIONAL STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON $109.00 |
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NELLIE CUSTIS BY LUNT STERLING SILVER PLACE SOUP SPOON $109.00 |
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Oneida Rogers Presentation Place Oval Soup Spoon $6.69 |
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1847 Rogers Lovelace Oval Soup Place Spoon $6.68 |
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EXC! 1936 Silverplate Flatware ~ Oval Place Soup Spoons ~ Community CORONATION $33.99 |
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FEATHER EDGE BY TIFFANY & CO.STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON $129.00 |
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PALM BY FRANK WHITING STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $109.00 |
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BROOM CORN BY TIFFANY STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $119.00 |
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Holmes & Edwards Silver Fashion Oval Soup Place Spoon $7.50 |
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FEDERAL COTILLION BY FRANK SMITH PLACE SOUP SPOON $109.00 |
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1847 Rogers Flair Place Oval Soup Spoons $8.88 |
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Oneida TEMPO Stainless (Oneidacraft Deluxe) – 3 Place/Oval Soup Spoons $14.99 |
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International Silver Flair Silverplate Set of 8 Place/Oval Soup Spoons $35.01 |
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Oneida BRIDAL WREATH – Set of 8 Place Soup Spoons – Silverplate Flatware Lot EE $24.99 |
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4 Oval Soup / Place Spoons FIRST LOVE (1937) -NM $19.99 |
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Vintage Wm Rogers TRIUMPH / DEBUTANTE 1925 Oval Soup Table Place Spoon $3.50 |
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International Silver Exquisite Silverplate Set of 8 Place/Oval Soup Spoons $29.18 |
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DIAMOND BY REED & BARTON STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON NEW $119.00 |
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ELEGANTE BY REED & BARTON STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $109.00 |
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INTERNATIONAL DEEP SILVER COUNTESS KOREA PLACE / OVAL SOUP SPOON $7.95 |
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BUCKINGHAM BY GORHAM STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $95.00 |
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FELICIANA BY WALLACE STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON $109.00 |
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MARY CHILTON BY TOWLE STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7 1/2″ $89.00 |
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JAPANESE BY TIFFANY & CO. STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON VERMEIL $499.00 |
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GRENADA BY OLD NEWBURY CRAFTERS ONC STERLING SILVER PLACE SOUP SPOON 7 1/8″ $189.00 |
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Oneida MEADOWBROOK – Set of 6 Place Soup Spoons – Wm A Rogers Silverplate Lot EE $19.99 |
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Oneida MEADOWBROOK – Set of 5 Place Soup Spoons – Wm A Rogers Silverplate Lot FF $16.99 |
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MOULTON BY OLD NEWBURY CRAFTERS ONC STERLING SILVER PLACE SOUP SPOON 7″ $149.00 |
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Holmes & Edwards ~ LOVELACE ~ Place/Oval Soup Spoon $6.59 |
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Towle Supreme Chablis Flatware Silverplate Table Soup Place Spoon $7.99 |
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MARY II BY LUNT STERLING PLACE SOUP SPOON 7 1/4″ $109.00 |