How to pronounce Moron

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /moˈron/. In plain English letters that is moh-RON, 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 Moron?

Moron is a dessert of the Philippines. Where it comes from: Leyte and Samar. People usually eat it for breakfast and as a snack. Its main ingredients are rice. It tastes sweet.

Where Moron comes from

Moron is one of 34 signature dishes of the Philippines on this map.

• Binagol · Dessert · Leyte

  Binagol is a sweet steamed delicacy of the Waray people of Eastern Visayas, made from mashed giant taro corms, condensed milk, sugar, coconut milk and egg yolks.

• Adobo · Main dish · Luzon

  Adobo is the Philippine way of braising meat in vinegar, garlic, bay leaf and black pepper, usually with soy sauce, until the sauce is reduced and glossy.

• Sinigang · Soup & stew · Tagalog region

  Sinigang is a sour soup, and sourness is its point.

• Lechon litson · Main dish · Cebu

  Lechon is a whole pig roasted for hours on a bamboo spit over charcoal, turned by hand until the skin becomes thin, crisp and lacquered.

• Pinakbet · Main dish · Ilocos

  Pinakbet, or pakbet, is a vegetable dish from the Ilocos region of northern Luzon and a staple of the Ilocano people.

• Bagnet · Main dish · Ilocos

  Bagnet, also called chicharon in Ilocano, is an Ilocano dish of pork belly boiled and then deep-fried until crisp.

Food of the Philippines

Dishes like Moron in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Moron:

• Num plae ai នំផ្លែអាយ · Dessert · Cambodia

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

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

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

• Mango sticky rice ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง · Dessert · Thailand

  Khao niao mamuang pairs ripe mango with glutinous rice cooked and then soaked in coconut milk sweetened with palm or coconut sugar and a pinch of salt.

• Kibi dango 吉備団子 · Dessert · Okayama, Japan

  Kibi dango is a soft rice-cake sweet of Okayama, once Kibi Province, and the city's classic souvenir.