do other nationalities ever use spoon in eating besides in slurping soups?

In the UK we tend to use a Knife and fork for main courses and savoury dishes. I always use a fork to eat rice, although on a trip to Hong Kong and Mainland China i have the chop stick thing down to an art! We use spoons quite a bit for cereals, desserts and all kinds. I am just an everyday and I don't know the exact etiquette for utensil use in the UK, but i hope it provides you with a basic idea. So in the Phillipines the utensil set up is a spoon and fork? Do you use knifes also? Rice is quite easy to shovel on to a fork, give it a try one day.

Yep, that's true, I'm not sure why other nationalities are not used to using spoons other than the serving spoon. Hehehe. Just recently I had lunch at a Japanese Restaurant with my friends, and of course, I asked for a spoon and fork, because I can't really use the chopsticks, how hard I try. hehehehe.

actually its up to them if they feel comfortable of eating without the spoon specially in soap. for example in japan or other country who normally use chopstick they will rather slurp the soap than use chopstick since they cant take soap just by chopstick alone. sometimes its also based on their belief. people feel contented and full enough if they slurp than use spoon. it really depends to each so we cant just judge them. what matter is we both have the capacity to eat.

That is just how everyone of us was raised. In my country we use spoons for soup, dessert and breakfast cereal. Fork and knife for cooked meals, including rice. But when we braai, you just use your two old hands. TATA.