1 SHARING IS CARING
If you are not sharer like myself, you are in big trouble. I am very particular and picky about my food, so the whole concept of letting someone order for you, and share was quite challenging for me at the beginning.

When eating at home or in a restaurant, Thai people traditionally order many different dishes, which complement each other, and everybody shares the meal together.
When sharing food, don’t take more than 1-2 spoon fulls of one dish at the time, or you will appear greedy. Thais are very generous and considerate, so make sure everyone has a chance to taste each dish.

2 WHERE ARE THE CHOPSTICKS?!
Not many people know that chopsticks are not really used in Thai food culture, only with a few noodle soup dishes exceptions. If the dish is not served with chopsticks, don’t ask for it.
Also, don’t waste your time looking for a knife. Traditionally, Thais eat with spoon and fork, which is used for manipulating food on the plate, so don’t stick it in your mouth.

3 SPICY OR VERY SPICY?
If you don’t like spicy food it’s not a problem, many foreigners think that all Thai food is very spicy, which is just not true. There are many mild dishes and most meals are made to order, so I am sure you will find plenty to choose from.

Saying that I’m myself a well known chilly fanatic. I just can’t get enough and I also secretly enjoy the surprised looks of locals, watching me spooning off piles of chilly powder in my curry. Challenge accepted.

4 Life Is Food And Food Is Life
Thai people live and breathe food, and from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep, they eat or think about what they are going to eat. There is no concept of breakfast, lunch or dinner so you just eat whenever you feel like it and that is usually very often.
Most Thais are very lucky with their metabolism heritage…and for the rest of us, this means hitting the gym 5x a week, just to be able to keep up.

5 THE WORLD’S SMELLIEST FRUIT
Thailand has some of the most delicious and exotic fruit and durian is one of them. Durian is regarded as a delicacy, rare and expensive superfruit and you will either love it or hate it. Recently one rare durian was auctioned for 300,000THB, which is almost 10,000USD.

Due to its overpowering smell, durian has been banned in many types of public transport and hotels across Asia, and you will see the “no durian” sign in many places when traveling across Thailand. Its taste and smell are so unique that is difficult to describe, but according to my friend, who actually enjoys eating durian, he describes the aftermath of eating it: ‘Your breath will smell as if you’d been French-kissing your dead grandmother’.
Can’t wait to give it a try?