But this time we will be dining with the gold plated chopsticks

I beg to differ. Gold plated sticks are heavy and slippery. Disposable is the way to go IMHO!
Well, he mentioned "gold plated" not "solid gold" so shouldn't be heavy. We'll be able to afford solid gold starting from $100k+

Gold plating bamboo sticks isn't really practical though is it?

@OutOfMemory I'm a fan of disposables, and I wash them too! Although real disposable sticks (the ones that get broken in on first - and only - use) are too short and ugly to reuse.
My favorites are Japanese style wooden sticks, with pointy tips, a little shorter than the Chinese blunt ones. The best ones have grippy tips and are sanded.