Polynesian cuisine
Pacific island cooking
Polynesian cuisine encompasses the traditional foods and cooking methods of the Pacific island peoples—Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, Tahitian, and Maori among them.
Staples include taro, breadfruit, coconut, and seafood.
Cooking often involves earth ovens where food is wrapped in leaves and slow-roasted over hot stones: the Hawaiian luau, Samoan umu, and Maori hangi.
We had kalua pork at the luau.
The term also covers the mid-century American restaurant style blending tropical ingredients with Chinese and American influences.
- Pacific islandsArchipelagos in largest ocean
- taroEdible tropical corm
- poiMashed taro root
- coconutHard-shelled tropical drupe
- coconut milkExtracted tropical drupe liquid
luau · kalua · pork · earth oven · breadfruit · fire pit · ahi · poke · raw fish · spam · tiki · tropical · ukulele · hibiscus · yam · banana · fish · reef
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