Setting the table Thai style!

Place a medium sized plate for each person on the table. Large dinner plates are rarely used, as it is usual to keep filling up your plate so that you always have fresh warm rice and accompaniments. On the right, place a large dessertspoon, and chopsticks if they are to be used, on the left place a large fork. Cutting implements are rarely used as most Thai food is in bite-sized pieces already. To the right front of your plate place a small soup bowl with a small soupspoon! On the table, tissues should be provided or Thai style napkins - a toilet roll with the cardboard tube taken out of the middle placed inside an 'attractive' holder.
All the food dishes are placed in the middle of the table within everyone's reach. Sauces, which go with particular dishes, are placed directly next to that dish in an informal setting or if it is a formal dinner then every single diner will have an individual set of sauces in front of his plate.
If you will be eating sticky rice, it will either come in a large bamboo rice basket from which everyone is served or you can place small individual rice baskets, with the ready cooked rice inside, in front of each plate.
Set a water glass for each person and fill it with iced water. Other drinks are a matter of taste preference. Some people like to drink beer or some local fruit juices, such as guava or coconut. If you are having an extended dining and socializing evening then there might be whiskey served, usually with ice and water or soda water.