One table, many dishes

At a Thai restaurant with friends, nobody orders 'their own' dish. The table orders several กับข้าว, the dishes that go with rice: perhaps a curry, a stir-fry, a soup, a spicy salad and an omelette. They all go in the middle. Each person gets a plate of rice and takes a spoonful or two at a time, not a heap. A serving spoon, ช้อนกลาง 'middle spoon', often sits in each dish; use it rather than your own. A good order balances the table: something spicy, something mild, something sour, something salty. One-plate street dishes are the exception: ข้าวผัด or กะเพรา come one per person. The bill usually comes to the table, not to each person.