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Seafood đôm yam, a spicy-andsour soup.
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Local Specialities
In Bangkok, geography, the influence of the royal palace and the country's main minorit-
ies - Chinese and Muslims - have all served to shape the local cuisine.
CENTRAL THAI CUISINE
The people of central Thailand are fond of sweet/savoury flavours, and many dishes in-
clude freshwater fish, pork, coconut milk and palm sugar - common ingredients in the
central Thai plains. Because of the region's proximity to the Gulf of Thailand, central
Thai eateries, particularly those in Bangkok, also serve a wide variety of seafood. Chinese
labourers and vendors introduced a huge variety of noodle and wok-fried dishes to central
Thailand as many as 200 years ago.
