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March 23, 2010
Big Chilli (Bangkok, Thailand nickname)

Big Chilli (summary)

Thai cooking uses many types of chili peppers. Bangkok (Thailand's capital) is sometimes called the "Big Chilli," mainly because of a magazine by that name that was started in 1999.…

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