Food and drinkMoo ping in Thai
Moo ping, หมูปิ้งmǔu-bpîng, are sweet grilled pork skewers, Thailand's favourite breakfast on the go.
grilled pork skewers noun
- mǔu rising
- bpîng falling
- Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Classifier: ไม้máai · stick, skewer; counting word for skewers
How to use it
Thin slices of pork marinated in garlic, coriander root, sugar and a little coconut milk, threaded onto bamboo skewers and grilled over charcoal. Carts sell them from early morning on almost every soi, with a little bag of ข้าวเหนียวkâao-nǐaw: breakfast for office workers and students on their way.
Skewers are counted with ไม้máai, "stick".
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 ping
- mu ping
- moo bping
- mooping
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