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Khanom pia wai phrajan refers to a Chinese pastry found in Bangkok's China Town.

Khing ohn is a Thai term meaning "young ginger".

It refers to a ginger root which has not yet matured. It has a yellow skin that is not wrikled or hard. It taste milder and less hotter like the old ginger.

Kuih Koci refers to a Malaysian sweet cake made of glutinous rice and has frangrant pandan flavored leaves and has a grated coconut filling. It is wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed.

Kuih refers to cake or dessert that is part of Nyonya cuisine which made Nyonya famous for.

Kuih also refer to sweet cakes in Malaysia. Examples of Kuih are Kuih Koci, Kuih Lapis, Kuih Puteri Ayu, Kuih Dadar, among others.

Kokorec refers to a Turkish popular street food consisting of sheep's intestines, tail fat and spices that are wound tightly together around a horizontal skewer and then slowly grilled.

Kokorec is served with bread sprinkled with chili and salt and maybe dried oregano.

Abbatis a l’Anglaise refers to French food made of poultry giblets cooked with sautéed onions and potatoes.

Abbatis is French for giblets or offal.

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