Chopsticks in Korea are made of stainless steel. They are rather heavy, cold when placed in air-con room and hot when you leave them in noodles bowl. Legend has it that in the past chopsticks used in palaces are made of silver in order to prevent the royal family from being poisoned. This has been passed on to later generations as a norm or culture but silver is too expensive to use for ordinary people. The cool thing is even Korean restaurants overseas also use the same material, except for the ones in food court or hawker center which, of course, even stainless steel is too costly for them.
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