One thing I particularly liked about Bangladeshi culture was eating with your hands. Although you can find flatware, the average Bangladeshis will eat most of their meals with their hands, or more correctly their right hand. The left hand is traditionally used to “wipe” and is generally considered unclean. Therefore while eating, the left hand is usually kept beneath the table.
A response I heard to why they use their hand was “Why let anything get between you and your food?” Their logic makes sense to me. Now back in the States I constantly have to resist the urge to eat without my utensils.
More and more though, eating with utensils is becoming a status symbol, so many of the upper class now have them for guests.
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