thịt kho tàu

Vietnamese

Etymology

thịt (“meat”) +‎ kho (“to braise”) +‎ tàu (“Chinese”).

The cuisines of China have several comparable dishes, such as red braised pork belly and ló͘-bah-pn̄g, this dish might derived from a variant or a combination of these.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰit̚˧˨ʔ xɔ˧˧ taw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰit̚˨˩ʔ kʰɔ˧˧ taw˦˩] ~ [tʰit̚˨˩ʔ xɔ˧˧ taw˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨt̚˨˩˨ kʰɔ˧˧ ta(ː)w˨˩] ~ [tʰɨt̚˨˩˨ xɔ˧˧ ta(ː)w˨˩]

Noun

thịt kho tàu

a dish of braised pork and eggs