re: Do you own chopsticks that you bring to Japanese/Vietnamese/Thai restaurants?

Actually this is kind of an interesting situation. Most American restaurants have reusable silverware. If you go to a nice place, they usually have a good knife for a steak, soup spoon, etc., so you are getting good utensils to use.

Most Japanese places Just give you the wooden, throwaway ones. I can see people wanting to use a better quality reusable set they can bring.

Would people bring their own utensils to American restaurants if they have you plastic utensils?