A Conversation for International Dining Etiquette
Thailand
The Jabberwock Started conversation Jun 15, 2000
In southern Thailand, food is normaly eaten with a spoon and fork. Hold the fork in your left hand and spoon in your right, and DON'T PUT THE FORK IN YOUR MOUTH. You should use the fork to put food on your spoon and then put the spoon in your mouth.
In the north, food is often served with sticky rice, which arrives in a small bamboo basket with a lid (one basket per person). You eat with your RIGHT hand. Once you've finished, put the lid back on the rice basket.
Generaly in asia, once food has touched your plate it is unclean from everyone else's point of view. If you've ended up with too much food on your plate, the food is wasted as it would be unthinkable to give it to another diner who is still eating.
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