{"product_id":"watanabe-yasu-chotto-nagai-renge-chinese-spoon-thats-just-a-little-bit-longer","title":"Watanabe Yasu | Chotto Nagai Renge (chinese spoon that's just a little bit longer)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"2580\" data-start=\"2197\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"282\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approx. 177mm (L) × 42mm(spoon W)\u003cbr data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"328\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"339\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approx. 17 g\u003cbr data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"355\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"368\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e SUS304 (18–8 stainless steel)\u003cbr data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"401\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"413\"\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5527\" data-start=\"5025\"\u003eIn the spring of 2017, chef and designer Watanabe Yasuhiro found himself in a small noodle shop in Xi’an, China - the starting point of the Silk Road, and the ancestral home of many Chinese noodles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe ordered a bowl of mao’erduo mian (cat-ear noodles) - a charming, tomato-based soup with curled pasta shapes, best eaten not with chopsticks, but with a spoon. The spoon he was given was unlike any he’d used before - stainless steel, slightly longer than usual, beautifully balanced in the hand, and surprisingly good for everything from scooping to stirring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo good, in fact, that it stayed on his mind.\u003cbr\u003eThe shop owner, with generous instinct, offered him one to take home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the local supermarket he found similar shapes — but in thin aluminium, nowhere near the quality. Still, he bought them, and returned to Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original stainless version became a permanent fixture in his kitchen not for eating, but for cooking. For tasting soup mid-simmer; scooping spices or clearing seeds; for the kind of quiet, efficient movement that happens when tools disappear into your hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen students and colleagues began asking about the spoon, Yasu knew it was time to remake it - thoughtfully, and from scratch. He worked with trusted makers in Niigata to create a slightly longer, more refined version.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolished smooth, made from SUS304 stainless steel, and engraved with the name of his tool line: CASALINGHI. This “just a little bit longer” spoon is one of those quietly perfect tools — the kind that finds its way into daily rhythm and stays there. A small companion, designed by a cook, for cooks and those who love food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e調理道具のような、日常の名脇役\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA humble kitchen tool, quietly essential.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"mugen objects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42912586989635,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0766\/8547\/files\/IMG_3680.jpg?v=1769183023","url":"https:\/\/mugen-objects.store\/products\/watanabe-yasu-chotto-nagai-renge-chinese-spoon-thats-just-a-little-bit-longer","provider":"mugen objects","version":"1.0","type":"link"}