The food, when it came, was plentiful and delicious. The appetizers caused no issues as they were eaten by hand. The entrées were more problematic however.
“Despite their name, you neither chop or stick your food with chopsticks,” Barry said, repositioning the eating utensils in Jimmy’s hand. Barry didn’t mind showing his men—he got to hold their hands in public after all.
Jake, too, was having his issues. “Who designed these stupid things anyway?” he grumbled, picking a king prawn off his shirt.
“Here, let me show you again,” Barry said, taking Jake’s hand in his. “The bottom chopstick is held rigidly, it’s the top one that you move.”
But no matter how many times Barry demonstrated how to use chopsticks, Jake and Jimmy got more of their food on the table or themselves than in their mo
