How to pronounce O-aew

O-aew is written โอ้เอ๋ว where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʔôː.ʔěːw/. In plain English letters that is OH-ay-oh, 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 O-aew?

O-aew is a dessert of Thailand. Where it comes from: Phuket. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are beans & tofu. It tastes sweet and fresh.

Where O-aew comes from

O-aew is one of 35 signature dishes of Thailand on this map.

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Food of Thailand

Dishes like O-aew in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as O-aew:

• Ching bo leung 清补凉 · Dessert · Hainan, China

  Ching bo leung, qingbuliang in Mandarin, meaning refreshing, nourishing and cool, is a sweet cold dessert soup eaten in Cantonese, Hainanese and Guangxi cooking.

• Kralan ក្រឡាន · Dessert · Cambodia

  Kralan is the Cambodian version of sticky rice roasted in bamboo.

• Chè · Dessert · Vietnam

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• Mysore pak ಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್ · Dessert · Karnataka, India

  Mysore pak, "the confection of Mysore", is a rich sweet made mainly from gram flour, sugar and ghee, often flavoured with cardamom.