I don't buy the stuff about 'enjoying the taste' and all that bollox...but some time ago I was told a possible reason behind this (my High school geography teacher-long time ago). Thanks to that 'inpracticable' solution, they eat in a bit different way then we would with, for example, spoon: more reps, smaller portion goes in to your mouth each time. This way, a smaller 'dish' will make you feel 'stuffed' (ok a bit of an exaggeration - but you know what I mean.) Now. If you take China population into the account - imagine how much food they would have to produce/import to satisfy all that people, eating with spoons or forks -> Hence old Chinese wise men came up with this chop sticks solution. Not sure if that's what really happened, but it make sense. At least a bit :D