They shop with an almost religious fervour, they demand (and deliver) fresh and flavoursome food, and they work hard to maintain strong and supportive local communities.

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The local cuisine has a fan club as numerous as it is vociferous, and its members enjoy introducing visitors to the succulent kebaps, flavoursome mezes and exotically spiced Ottoman dishes that form its signature dishes.

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If you get hungry as you get lost shopping in Chiang Mai's streets, the temples along the way host food stalls selling flavoursome northern Thai cuisine and other stamina boosts for the small change in your pocket.

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