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The geography and environment of an area often have a great influence on the lifestyle of the locals, including the types of food they eat. Ayutthaya sits on a basin plain surrounded by rivers; therefore, its people have an affinity with rice fields and rivers. Local food consists mainly of natural fish and vegetables.
During the reign of King Narai the Great, the French envoy Simon de La Loubère wrote in “A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam”, that the rivers of Ayutthaya were
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