Open mouth food chewing: what's the deal?

[madmen]

Chinese

[Just Weird]

6 hours ago, LivinLOS said:

Agreed, would need to be willfully in denial to not see this as a cultural trait. 

What?  Such absolute nonsense.

[Just Weird]

5 hours ago, Andycoops said:

Correct. 

Garbage.

[ThaiRebound]

Some peeves:

 

Standing in line at supermarket, the next party in line always have one person who walks behind me to wait past the register. Inevitably, they brush against me with their body and block me when I have to take my bags. Meanwhile, the person behind me stand very close to me while I am trying to pay. It's claustrophobic.

 

Flip-flop and general footwear dragging along the floor. Although, I think I'm blocking it out.

 

Loud talking in hallways of shared living spaces, such as hotel and apartments

 

Children running into me with the presumption that I am going to move to avoid their getting slammed. Parenting problem, I know. 

 

People digging their bare feet or even shoes into public seating. I hate seeing people's filthy feet, in general.

 

Smiles or laughter when thais see that a situation has caused agitation in the the other person. The smiling or laughter feels at best dismissive.

 

Flame me, w/e

 

 

 

[Just Weird]

4 hours ago, soistalker said:

No, I am not. Who I am is someone who was raised by parents who required proper table manners. This meant not chewing with our mouths open, not making sounds whilst eating or drinking, not ripping food apart with hands like a caveman, and certainly no noises from burping or flatulence. These necessities I taught to my children. If your parents did not instill these table manners in you, and you dont care if others eat like pigs or dogs, then that is you and your experience. 

At to those who deny that this is a widespread thing, you are either liars or have poor eyesight.

What you are describing is not the norm so are you saying that you're calling me, and others, "short-sighted liars"?

[Just Weird]

3 hours ago, Kurtf said:

Thai children are raised with zero discipline for the most part. Keeping their mouth shut in class, obeying rules of the road, things like that are not important in Thai society. Kids can do or say whatever they want, whenever they want. Spankings are unheard of. They grow up into adults with the same mentality and are generally a “me first” attitude. At least that has been my observations over the past seven years.

Thais learning to wai at every opportunity and saying na krab at the end of every sentence is their concession to politeness. Driving the wrong way on a street because going to the next U turn is too much trouble or pushing someone out of the way when they want to change lanes is quite acceptable. I seriously doubt most kids raised in Thailand have ever been taught how to eat politely in front of others. In fact I doubt Thai parents teach their kids by way of discipline ANYTHING.

"Thai children are raised with zero discipline for the most part. Keeping their mouth shut in class, obeying rules of the road, things like that are not important in Thai society. Kids can do or say whatever they want, whenever they want".

Nonsense.  As was the rest of your comment.

 

"Spankings are unheard of".

So they should be.

[luk AJ]

I came to the conclusion a long time ago, the chewing with the mouth open, was to suck in as much air as possible while eating food laced with chili. It helps to cool the tongue, you know.[emoji23]

And avoid burning lips. I also think the spicy food is the reason and they apply it automatically to all food even eating an apple.

But if the OP finds this disgusting he better never goes to India or Indonesia etc.. everybody eat with their hands, they first take rice and mix this with sauce and meat, slurp it from their fingers and repeat.

Ooh... by the way, they also don’t use toilet paper :)

 

 

 

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[brokenbone]

true thais often chew with mouth open,

but i'm in no position to judge cause i inhale the food

faster then any human being i have ever seen,

to the point i half miss my mouth with the fork. only the vacuum i create forces the food inside me

[sawadee1947]

1 hour ago, soistalker said:

So, are you saying that regardless of nation, this is low class behaviour?

YES

[DoktorC]

1 hour ago, soistalker said:

Haha. Nonsense. You made up your imaginary Korean friends. Slurping ramen is JAPANESE culture. It is considered rude in Korea. You are conflating two vastly different cultures. Or were your imaginary Korean friends as impertinent as you in your remarks?

Nice try.... but you should get out more... see the world... try to understand different cultures... try not to sweat the small stuff... and don't be such an ass.. But if you are as ignorant (and irrelevant) as your posts suggest stay home and dream about your mama and those glory days...

Peace out buuddy

[sawadee1947]

3 hours ago, freebyrd said:

But half dressed sweaty people in restaurants and other public places are disgusting and are seen frequently.

Be sure there are many low class farangs in Thailand. 

[Sealbash]

No, I am not. Who I am is someone who was raised by parents who required proper table manners. This meant not chewing with our mouths open, not making sounds whilst eating or drinking, not ripping food apart with hands like a caveman, and certainly no noises from burping or flatulence. These necessities I taught to my children. If your parents did not instill these table manners in you, and you dont care if others eat like pigs or dogs, then that is you and your experience. 
At to those who deny that this is a widespread thing, you are either liars or have poor eyesight.

You travel thousands of miles and are shocked to find a society with a culture different to yours. Unbelievable. Social norms differ from yours? Disgusting. Why can’t everyone everywhere be just like they were back home?


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[soistalker]

1 hour ago, Tongjaw said:

You obviously have never been to Korea or socialised with Koreans. It’s is generally acceptable to slurp when eating noodles and soup in Korea. 

I lived there for 15 years. In Seoul. Obviously we ran in different circles. Haha. Seriously, you had low friends.

[freebyrd]

15 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Be sure there are many low class farangs in Thailand. 

That quote wasn't mine, it was me that pointed out the Caucasians.

[soistalker]

3 minutes ago, Sealbash said:

You travel thousands of miles and are shocked to find a society with a culture different to yours. Unbelievable. Social norms differ from yours? Disgusting. Why can’t everyone everywhere be just like they were back home?


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Common decency is common decency.

[soistalker]

53 minutes ago, DoktorC said:

Nice try.... but you should get out more... see the world... try to understand different cultures... try not to sweat the small stuff... and don't be such an ass.. But if you are as ignorant (and irrelevant) as your posts suggest stay home and dream about your mama and those glory days...

Peace out buuddy

I'm not your buddy. And I'm not in your social class....obviously. And I'll bet you a thousand quid my passport has more stamps than yours. Care to put your money where your bullsh!t is, keyboard warrior?

[Tongjaw]

36 minutes ago, soistalker said:

I lived there for 15 years. In Seoul. Obviously we ran in different circles. Haha. Seriously, you had low friends.

Yes I’m sure you did sunshine. Keep repeating it to yourself and you’ll eventually believe it. 

[namatjira]

In China it is a mark of respect to slurp your soup and chew loudly making as much noise as possible, the more noise means the food is very tasty and you are enjoying it....that’s the culture.

 

[MeePeeMai]

5 minutes ago, namatjira said:

In China it is a mark of respect to slurp your soup and chew loudly making as much noise as possible, the more noise means the food is very tasty and you are enjoying it....that’s the culture.

 

Sound familiar?

 

 

[Mitkof Island]

22 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

I'm feeling left out here cause It has no effect on me. Haven't really paid it much attention.

More Thai bashing i guess. And foreigners never do the same ? I eat Thai food. I think i live in a country called Thailand.

[Mitkof Island]

1 hour ago, sawadee1947 said:

Be sure there are many low class farangs in Thailand. 

 

[CharlieH]

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[Acharn]

9 hours ago, gjoo888 said:

I've lived here for almost 15 yrs., eat out at least once a day, and I've never noticed anyone eating with their mouth open or walking down the street eating with their mouth open. Then again, I'm not looking for it either. Who are you, the open-mouth food eater monitor?

You said it before I could. I've lived here 37 years and have never seen this at any Thai restaurant or Thai home where I've eaten. I've also never seen it at any of the wedding or funeral feasts I've attended. I often wonder where these people live who have these experiences. Of course, I've always lived in areas where there are few, if any, farangs. Maybe that has something to do with it.

[joebrown]

IMO most Thais eat with their mouths open. But as TIT most Thais cover their mouths whilst using a toothpick. How strange!

[emptypockets]

On 7/17/2019 at 6:19 PM, tifino said:

Mrs is enthralled each night, watching her heroes on youtube; many vying to out eat each other.

All trying to shove as much pla ra, or raw beef or other into their gobs!

 

A closed mouth gets in the way

 

my earliest memory of open mouth eaters was in malaysia; where the oldies all get about, with betel nut fragments flayling about between chews

Raw beef...must be a different Thailand to what I'm used to.  I can't think of anyone I know who eats beef at all.... Much less raw. 

 

I know some Thais do eat beef, I buy it at the wet market but I have to admit I've never seen any Thai eat beef. 

The gf expressed her desire to eat steak.  Took her to a nice restaurant and told her the steak was grain fed beef from Australia.  Shock and horror.... She had the salmon. She didn't know steak was beef. 

[emptypockets]

9 hours ago, runamok27 said:

Seems pretty common throughout Thailand. Very common with Chinese people too. I don't believe they are taught that it is rude to do so, so they just do it. My wife's sister takes it to another level and it's rather disgusting but oh well. Just join in and do it too. It's kind of funny when you do because they look at you kind of strange for doing exactly what they are doing.

Why is it rude? 

[EVENKEEL]

4 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Raw beef...must be a different Thailand to what I'm used to.  I can't think of anyone I know who eats beef at all.... Much less raw. 

 

I know some Thais do eat beef, I buy it at the wet market but I have to admit I've never seen any Thai eat beef. 

The gf expressed her desire to eat steak.  Took her to a nice restaurant and told her the steak was grain fed beef from Australia.  Shock and horror.... She had the salmon. She didn't know steak was beef. 

Raw beef is popular among the Thai men up north, when beef is eaten.

[MeePeeMai]

Just now, emptypockets said:

Raw beef...must be a different Thailand to what I'm used to.  I can't think of anyone I know who eats beef at all.... Much less raw. 

 

I know some Thais do eat beef, I buy it at the wet market but I have to admit I've never seen any Thai eat beef. 

The gf expressed her desire to eat steak.  Took her to a nice restaurant and told her the steak was grain fed beef from Australia.  Shock and horror.... She had the salmon. She didn't know steak was beef. 

My wife's family in Isaan makes the best beef in a black sauce (Isaan food) called lab ngeua or lap ngua.  It's my favorite and is really tasty. 

 

My wife never had a real steak until I took her out to the "Steak Bangkok" restaurant here and she had a sirloin steak (I had the T-bone).  She finished it all and said that it was good but she wouldn't eat it unless it was well done (any pink at all and she would refuse).

 

Now she eats a steak or a burger with me occasionally but prefers pork (I can't eat pork).

[emptypockets]

5 hours ago, ThaiRebound said:

Some peeves:

 

Standing in line at supermarket, the next party in line always have one person who walks behind me to wait past the register. Inevitably, they brush against me with their body and block me when I have to take my bags. Meanwhile, the person behind me stand very close to me while I am trying to pay. It's claustrophobic.

 

Flip-flop and general footwear dragging along the floor. Although, I think I'm blocking it out.

 

Loud talking in hallways of shared living spaces, such as hotel and apartments

 

Children running into me with the presumption that I am going to move to avoid their getting slammed. Parenting problem, I know. 

 

People digging their bare feet or even shoes into public seating. I hate seeing people's filthy feet, in general.

 

Smiles or laughter when thais see that a situation has caused agitation in the the other person. The smiling or laughter feels at best dismissive.

 

Flame me, w/e

 

 

 

Perhaps Thailand is not for you? 

Move old mate you will enjoy life more.  Don't subject yourself to this torture willingly. 

[emptypockets]

16 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Raw beef is popular among the Thai men up north, when beef is eaten.

Quite.  Where I live in Isaan I can honestly say I've never seen a Thai eat beef.