Thai food in the certral part is a combination of various tastes -- hot, salty, sweet and greasy. Its main courses are usually quite peppery; and its dessert is quite sweet, such as foi thong (golden threads), thong yip (golden picks), thong yot (golden drop), etc.
In former times, people in the central part regularly sat on the floor when eating. Trays of food would be placed on a mat, carpet or low table according to the status of each family. People used their hands to pick up rice and put it into their mouths (this manner of eating is called in Thai poep khao), instead of using spoons as at present. Only when there was a bowl of curry or other liquid food, was a spoon laid for use jointly by people eating at the same table.
Later, when the Western style of eating was introduced into this country, this eating pattern was changed into the international one as seen nowadays. But some people in the country have preserved the traditional way up to now.