For as long as we can remember , the spoonful - branching hybrid known asthe sporkhas long reigned as perhaps the most utilitarian , brilliant , and ridiculous casual utensil . But a comparatively Modern utensil call the Chork might just have it thump by combining chopsticks and a crotch to make the ultimate multi - purpose eating instrument . And thanks to Panda Express , you could be using one in the near hereafter .

Although Chorks have been around for a few years now , Panda Express appears poised to popularize the utensil after introducing them alongside its young   General Tso ’s Chicken dish at a media consequence in   Glendale , CA , this week . When reach by email on Thursday , a Panda Express interpreter said that while Chorks are currently not available at its eating house , " there is a possibility that they will make   their   way into stores   in the future tense . "

As you may have guessed by now , Chorks are basically project to avail people who breastfeed at using chopsticks get orange volaille into their mouths . They front like a distinctive solidifying of plastic chopsticks at first glance , until you notice the ends come together to forge a four - pronged ramification at one end . you could use a Chork three ways : 1 ) as a ramification 2 ) as chopstick for father , and 3 ) as genuine chopsticks ( if you split it apart ) , according tothe official Chork site .

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Need to see the things in action ? Here ’s a super cheesy infomercial the party created to avail explain how they shape :

Panda Express claims the Chork is the " stark path to instance the mashup of American and Chinese acculturation – just like Panda Express . " Translation : it ’s the fitly American path to eat Asian - inspired debauched food at your local mall solid food court / airport / college campus .

Regardless of how you feel about the things , you have to allow in they might help with lift out up the last few bits of rice cling to your plate .

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