Many visitors to Oriental countries such as China and Japan are fascinated when they see a small child of perhaps just two years of age eating with a pair of seemingly oversized chopsticks.
Ierodoties tādās austrumu zemēs kā, piemēram, Ķīna un Japāna, daudzi ar apbrīnu skatās, ka pat bērni, kas tikko sasnieguši divu gadu vecumu, ēd, izmantojot šķietami pārāk lielos irbuļus.