20 Everyday Objects Designed Completely Differently Outside the US

Pick up a slick noodle with them for the first time and wooden chopsticks suddenly seem very forgiving. Korea’s everyday versions are characteristically slim, flat, and made from stainless steel, quite unlike the rounder wood or bamboo utensils many Americans first encounter at Asian restaurants. Metal tableware has deep roots on the Korean peninsula, with bronze examples surviving from ancient royal contexts, although today’s mass-produced flat form is closely connected with twentieth-century industrialization.