10 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:I can imagine that the plastic jobs they give you in restaurants would make for a challenge if you didn't have at least somewhat sticky rice.
It helps to develop the Chinese rice-eating technique of holding the rice bowl next to your lips and using the chopsticks to shovel the rice into your mouth. It works with both sticky and non-sticky rice. Picking up individual grains is not something they do.
The most prized rice found here is not Chinese, but Thai. I seldom buy Chinese rice despite Thai being a lot more expensive. Many years ago, I had to go back to England for a couple of months and Chinese friends who had mocked me for buying Thai rice were begging me to give them what I had remaining in my rice store - in case it "went bad" while I was away.
I also sometimes buy Cambodian Jasmine Rice - pretty indistinguishable from Thai and marginally cheaper. I've never seen basmati in stores here, although it is available online. India/China relationships have never been great.
