Eating culture of Thailand | Thai eating culture

• There is freedom of eating anywhere and anytime
• They eat together with family and friends as eating alone is considered bad luck.
• Most home cooked meal are combination of new and leftover dishes because a house cook always extra food for unexpected guests.
• Children are told to eat leftover food first
• There is no proper eating order as any course can be eaten anytime
• Chillies in vinegar is important for noodle soup
• Fresh chilli in fish sauce for fried rice 
• They don't waste rice
• There is diversity in vegetables and fruits 
• There are 30 varieties of banana and 70 different kinds mango.
• Banana leaves are used as a kind of wrap in Thai cooking instead of silver foil.