Food and drink หมูกรอบ mǔu-gràwp
crispy pork belly noun
- mǔu rising
- gràwp low
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
Parts: หมูmǔu pork กรอบgràwp crispy
How to use it
Pork belly boiled, dried and deep-fried until the skin puffs up and crackles. It's chopped over rice with a sweet sauce at Chinese-Thai shops, stir-fried with Chinese kale as คะน้าหมูกรอบká-náa mǔu-gràwp, and added to pad kra pao for a few baht more.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- moo krob
- mu krop
- moo grob
- moo krop
- mookrob
More food and drink in Thai
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- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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