THAI FOOD basil chicken fried rice

Dim and Cathy Geefay cook Thai basil chicken fried rice . Thai recipes, Thai ingredients, Thai cooking instructions included

THAI FOOD basil chicken fried rice.

 

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Bangkok

           Bangkok is the capital, largest city and most important cities in Thailand. Known in Thai as Krung Thep Mahanakhon or "City of Angels" in a nutshell, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River in Ayutthaya Kingdom. This was ahead of Siam, the status of the capital in 1768 after the burning of Ayutthaya. However, the current Rattanakosin Kingdom not begin until 1782, when the capital was moved across the river at Rama I, after King Taksin. Rattanakosin capital is now more formally called "Phra Nakhon", refers to the old core of the metropolis "and the name Bangkok now incorporates the urban build-up from the 18th century, which has its own public administration and governor.

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Since its inception in the capital of Siam, is the center of Europe's plans for Colonial, but due to its strategic position in Indochina, acted as a buffer zone, and communicate between the forces of European power. In this way, it was notorious in the world as an independent, dynamic and influential cities. And for over two hundred years, Bangkok has become a political, social and economic center of Thailand, Indochina and one of Southeast Asia.

As a direct result of the 1980 and 1990 Asian investment boom, a number of large international companies rely on regional headquarters in Bangkok, the city was a regional strength in finance and business. The increasing importance of global politics, culture, fashion and entertainment emphasizes its status as Alpha World City. In 2009 was the second most expensive city in Southeast Asia for Singapore.

Cities, rich historical and cultural sights outside its notorious entertainment has become synonymous with the exotic. Its wealth of history coincides with its rapid modernization, reflected in the city and the urban community. Grand Palace, Vimanmek Palace Complex and its thousands of temples and is known in the city's red light district to combine paid in 11 million international visitors each year, or just Paris and London.

Bangkok has approximately 6,355,144 inhabitants, while the greater Bangkok area has a population of 11,971,000 (January 2008). Capital belongs to the highly urbanized triangle of central and eastern Thailand, which stretches from Nakhon Ratchasima along Bangkok to the industrialized east coast of the United States. Bangkok borders six other provinces: Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon Nakhon Pathom and all five provinces are joined in the metropolitan area in Bangkok Metropolitan Area. Is not supported by two international airports, Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok International Airport, Don Muang, four Rapid Transit lines run by the BTS, MRT and SRT, with plans to add eight to 2020.

Thailand

Thailand is an independent country, located in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered in the north to Burma and Laos to the east by Laos and Cambodia, south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and west by the Andaman Sea and the southern tip of Burma. Their maritime boundaries to include Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and Indonesia and southeast India in the Andaman Sea in the southwest.

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The country is a kingdom, a constitutional monarchy with King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, who reigned from 1946, making it the world's oldest head of state and the current longest reigning monarch in Thai history. The king is officially known as head of state, the military, a defender of the Buddhist religion, and defender of all faiths.

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The largest city in Thailand Bangkok, the capital, which is also the center of the country in political activities, commercial, industrial and cultural.

Thailand is a country of the world's top 50 in terms of total area (slightly smaller than Yemen and slightly larger than Spain), with an area of approximately 513 000 km2 (198,000 m²), and the country's 21 most populous, with about 64 million people. approximately 75% of the population of ethnic Thais, 14% are of Chinese origin, and 3% are ethnic Malay, the rest belong to minority groups, including Mons, Khmer and various tribes. There are about 2.2 million legal and illegal immigrants in Thailand. Thailand has also attracted a number of foreigners from developed countries. The official language is Thai. Their main religion is Buddhism which is practiced by about 95% of all Thais.

Thailand has experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1995 and is a newly industrialized country with tourism, because of the famous tourist destinations like Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Ko Samui, and exports, contributing significantly to the economy..

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