How to pronounce Kibi dango

Kibi dango is written 吉備団子 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kibi daŋɡo/. In plain English letters that is kee-bee DAHN-go, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Kibi dango?

Kibi dango is a dessert of Japan. Where it comes from: Okayama. People usually eat it at teatime. Its main ingredients are rice. It tastes sweet.

Where Kibi dango comes from

Kibi dango is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

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  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

• Jingisukan ジンギスカン · Main dish · Hokkaido

  Jingisukan, named after Genghis Khan, is grilled mutton or lamb cooked on a dome-shaped iron pan.

• Ishikari nabe 石狩鍋 · Soup & stew · Ishikari, Hokkaido

  Ishikari-nabe is a Hokkaido hot pot of fresh salmon simmered in a miso broth.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Kibi dango in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kibi dango:

• Omegi-tteok 오메기떡 · Dessert · Jeju, South Korea

  Omegi-tteok is a rice cake found only on Jeju Island.

• Erduoyan fried cake 耳朵眼炸糕 · Dessert · Tianjin, China

  Erduoyan zhagao, ear-hole fried cake, is a fried sweet cake of Tianjin.

• Tibok-tibok tibuk-tibuk · Dessert · Pampanga, Philippines

  Tibok-tibok, tibuktíbuk in Kapampangan, is a dessert pudding from the province of Pampanga, made mainly from the milk of the carabao, the water buffalo, and galapóng, ground soaked glutinous rice.

• Num plae ai នំផ្លែអាយ · Dessert · Cambodia

  Num plae ai is a Cambodian sweet of glutinous rice filled with palm sugar.