Um... isn't it because you're in a cha chaan teng (where the bulk of the food is eaten with a fork and knife or spoon)?

No, it was a cooked food center and other orders were unforked. For sure I’ve had the experience of bringing visitors to a cha caanteng and having to explain the lack of insult in providing a fork and spoon with fried rice or deep tau fan. This wasn’t that.