''Khao kha mu'' ( th, ข้าวขาหมู, , lit.: 'pork-leg rice'; zh, 猪脚饭,
pinyin
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: ''zhū jiǎo fàn''), or sometimes simply called ''kha mu'' (), is a popular
Thai food
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. It is influenced by
Chinese cuisine
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, specifically
Teochew cuisine
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.
''Khao kha mu'' is an individual dish consisting of
stewed pig's trotter
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Description
Pigs' ...
in seasoning condensed hot pottage (some recipes are mixed with
cocoa powder or boiled
peanut
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s
[ ), then it will be cut into thin slices and topped on steamed rice. The dish is served with half spiced corned eggs, small pieces of pickled mustard greens and occasionally blanched ]chinese broccoli
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with fresh bird's eye chili peppers and cloves of garlic on the side. Sometimes it is eaten with clear broth soup. The accompanying dipping sauce is most often made of yellow chili peppers, garlics, granulated salt, limeade and vinegar.
''Khao kha mu'' is a food that can be found online from street stalls, food court
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s in department stores to the luxury restaurants.
For Bangkok, there are many famous ''khao kha mu'' restaurants in various neighbourhoods such as Bang Wa
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, Phlapphla Chai
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, Mo Mi
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This intersecti ...
, Sam Yan
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, etc. Some restaurant in Bang Rak received Bib Gourmand
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awards twice in both 2018 and 2019 Michelin Guide.
References
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Chinese cuisine outside China