eat in style mean that all the dishes, except for sweet and fruit, are served at the same time and therefore placed all together in the middle of the table. Help yourself to this spread at your leisure instead of being told what to eat when in western style. Furthermore you can combine various dishes' flavour to create new ones. Except for noodle eaten as an in-between snack, everyday meals are large affairs for the family, friends or community to join together for a feast. Eating is a social event.
A meal should be a delightful mix of opposites, of contradicting and thus complementing taste in the tradition of yin and yang