Nice to eat rice with the hand, say Asian experts


Hand to mouth: People using their hands to eat at a restaurant in George Town. — K.T. GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Eating rice with the hand involves the adroit use of the thumb to slide rice soaked in sauce on the fingers into the mouth, says former president of Consumers International Datuk Anwar Fazal.

“I take all international visitors I host for vegetarian rice on banana leaf in Penang Gandhi Ashram.

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